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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apprentice Manager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The business is _______________ with conductors and station agents collecting millions in small coin revenue.
(a) Dime and quarter."
(b) "Nickel and dime."
(c) Penny and dime."
(d) "Penny and nickel."

2. Machines begin taking over production with energy from _____________ independent from windmills and waterwheels.
(a) Coal-fired steam boilers.
(b) Electric steam boilers.
(c) Oil-burning steam boilers.
(d) Wood-burning steam boilers.

3. Whose pioneering skills in management are codified in his "Book of Rules and the Employees' Timetable?"
(a) Daniel McCallum's.
(b) David McClure's.
(c) Darrel McAllister's.
(d) Duane McMahon's.

4. What demand adequate cash flow and net income for operating expenses and a dividend sufficient to maintain and attract capital to grow?
(a) Railroad management skills.
(b) Railroad technology skills.
(c) Sales skills.
(d) Organizational skills.

5. Railroads link Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast and eventually to the Pacific coast, with the _______________ the best of them all.
(a) BNSF Railway Company.
(b) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(c) Union Pacific.
(d) CSX Corporation.

Short Answer Questions

1. This craft has been practiced by half its 11,000 people since when?

2. The Carnegies stay in their homeland as long as they can until conditions become intolerable in what town?

3. Scott leaves Carnegie in charge when he does what?

4. Andrew begins to see the railroad industry as an opportunity to regain what?

5. It is _______________ private business firm in the world and is called "the standard railroad of the world."

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