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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. Bill Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of what company?
(a) Amazon.
(b) Microsoft Corporation.
(c) Ebay.
(d) Apple Inc.

3. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?
(a) Lindsay Graham.
(b) Dick Cheney.
(c) Milton Friedman.
(d) George W. Bush.

4. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Friendster.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Twitter.

5. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
(a) $85 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $50 million.
(d) $200 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a browser-based operating system created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation?

2. When did Thomas L. Friedman win a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary illuminating the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat?

3. What refers to the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group?

4. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?

5. In March 2010, the majority of the finalists of the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants from where?

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