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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Neutron Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one business in his vice president's portfolio that Jack has no interest in at all?
(a) Wind turbines.
(b) Medical plastics.
(c) Petroleum conservation.
(d) Semiconductors.

2. What does Jack learn he must do in order to succeed at GE?
(a) He must go back to college for extra classes.
(b) He must practice better hiring procedures.
(c) He must work in the boiler room with the lowest paid employees.
(d) He must learn all about the company.

3. Which magazine features Jacks "No. 1 or No. 2" strategy in a cover story?
(a) USA Today.
(b) Time.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Forbes.

4. What does Jack give GE managers for empowerment?
(a) Delegated authority.
(b) A worry stone.
(c) Less work.
(d) More responsibilities.

5. Which company's restructuring is prefaced by government bailout and public struggle to avoid bankruptcy?
(a) Ford.
(b) GE.
(c) Chrysler.
(d) Bell Telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American president called for volunteers to fill in where government's role had been reduced?

2. What is Jack's title at the new GE plastics plant?

3. Why does Jack get frustrated with the plastics inventors?

4. How old is Jack when he begins working at GE?

5. What begins Jack's transition phase in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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