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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, When to Fight, When to Fold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack learn about current events as a child?
(a) By reading papers passengers left on his father's train.
(b) By reading comic books.
(c) By walking several miles to the closest library.
(d) By watching them on TV.

2. What was the accepted business philosophy of the 1980s?
(a) If a business is profitable, don't get out or change it.
(b) If a business is profitable, constantly find ways to make it more profitable.
(c) If a business is profitable, save money by laying off a few people.
(d) If a business is profitable, sell while the stock shares are high.

3. How does investment banker Joseph Jett rip off the company?
(a) He makes fictitious trades to inflate his own bonus.
(b) He installs a computer virus company wide.
(c) He takes money from the corporate safe.
(d) He takes all the office supplies and leaves with them.

4. How old is Jack when he begins working at GE?
(a) 19.
(b) 31.
(c) 22.
(d) 24.

5. According to an employee evaluation system, which employees are passionate, innovative, open minded, and creative?
(a) Brown-nosers.
(b) Managers.
(c) Interns.
(d) A-players.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack move to when he's promoted as one of five sector executives?

2. What does Jack give GE managers for empowerment?

3. What does the learning/training curriculum show its participants?

4. What is Jack's "Vitality Curve"?

5. What claim against GE does the Department of Justice investigate in 1991?

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