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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attitude best describes the investment banking firm employees?
(a) Lack of confidence due to the scandal.
(b) Winners at all cost.
(c) Overvalued ideas about themselves.
(d) Backstabbing for higher raises.

2. Who is the judge in hearings related to GE's purchase of the company that complements GE in various areas?
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) The Senate.
(c) The prosecutor.
(d) The leader of the House of Representatives.

3. On which network does Jack host his own show?
(a) Fox News.
(b) CNBC.
(c) CNN.
(d) CABC.

4. By May 2001, which established TV show is Jack's competing with directly?
(a) Larry King Live.
(b) Donny Deutch's The Big Idea.
(c) Lou Dobb's Moneyline.
(d) Face the Nation.

5. Who transforms GE Capital from a purely financial business into a thriving business that uses deal-making for operational skills?
(a) Former college classmates of Jack's.
(b) Members of Elfun.
(c) Interns.
(d) Talent from GE's industrial business.

6. Who does Golf Digest rank as the Number 2 CEO golfer?
(a) Bill Gates.
(b) Jack Welch.
(c) Scott McNealy.
(d) Reg Jones.

7. Which aspect of GE's business is most successful in India?
(a) Medical systems.
(b) Lighting.
(c) Appliances.
(d) Financial services.

8. What is the term Jack coins for the process of people sitting down together spontaneously to hash out a complex issue?
(a) Brainstorming.
(b) Wallowing.
(c) Brain-raining.
(d) Wading.

9. When GE bought RCA in 1985, which national television station was included in the deal?
(a) ABC.
(b) NBC.
(c) CNN.
(d) CBS.

10. What was the single biggest obstacle facing the television station now owned by GE?
(a) The spread of HDTV.
(b) The spread of reality show popularity.
(c) The spread of cable TV.
(d) The spread of satellite TV.

11. According to Jack, what is growing services all about?
(a) People.
(b) Profits.
(c) Insurance.
(d) Public relations.

12. To what does Jack compare his first 10 years as CEO?
(a) Marriage.
(b) War.
(c) Primary school.
(d) Heaven.

13. Once the investment banking firm situation is stabilized, who takes over?
(a) Jack Webber.
(b) Mike Carpenter.
(c) Jack Welch.
(d) Si Cathcart.

14. What does Larry Bossidy present on Jack's behalf at the CEC meeting?
(a) Six Sigma.
(b) Six Flags.
(c) Six Degrees.
(d) Six Pence.

15. Which deal secures Japanese distributor Nagase & Co. as GE's new partner?
(a) The Japanese-American sanction.
(b) The Japanese-American deal.
(c) The Mitui Petrochemical deal.
(d) The NAFTA deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the two shops acquired by GE that reduce the company's cost of servicing engines?

2. What kind of acquisitions does Jack pass up in the late 1990s?

3. To what is part of GE's annual $50 billion in goods and services transferred?

4. When does the list of candidates for Jack's successor narrow to the final three?

5. To which former U.S. president was Roger Ailes a political adviser?

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