Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid high?
(a) Granite.
(b) For sale by owner.
(c) Charming.
(d) Spacious.

2. What portion of the full commission does the seller's real estate agent generally get to keep?
(a) One third.
(b) One half.
(c) All of it.
(d) One fourth.

3. To what technology do the authors compare the system they use for determining regression analysis?
(a) A computer spreadsheet.
(b) A switchboard.
(c) An assembly line.
(d) A graphing calculator.

4. According to child-mortality statistics, what is ten times more dangerous than a gun?
(a) A television set.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A plastic bag.
(d) A squirt gun.

5. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Executives.
(b) Low level employees.
(c) Custodial staff.
(d) Visiting employees.

Short Answer Questions

1. A quoted study in the text suggest that the United States would have to pay 46 billion dollars to save what animal from extinction?

2. Which former Supreme Court Justice do the authors quote at the end of the section on capital punishment?

3. What does Gyges' ring do?

4. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?

5. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?

(see the answer key)

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