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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through For Chapters 11-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the degree to which a correct forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively?
(a) Predictability.
(b) Index.
(c) Security.
(d) Recession.

2. What does HDI stand for?
(a) Human Development Index.
(b) Hunger Depletion Index.
(c) Hereditary Disease Index.
(d) Habitat Degradation Index.

3. When was the Hope credit established?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1974.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, companies want to profit, and consumers want what?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Safety.
(c) Education.
(d) Results.

5. In the Epilogue, the author discusses seven issues used to understand and improve the world. What is the third?
(a) Productivity.
(b) The divide between the rich and the poor.
(c) Maximizing utility.
(d) The market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of the Republic of Cuba?

2. OPEC has maintained its headquarters where since 1965?

3. Who introduced the Hope credit?

4. In what year did Douglas Ivester tell his sales team to pass free Coca-Cola around as the Berlin Wall toppled?

5. What is an investment strategy that attempts to balance risk versus reward by adjusting the percentage of each asset in an investment portfolio according to the investors risk tolerance, goals and investment time frame?

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