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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greatly influences Jack's work ethic and fondness of current events?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His coach.
(d) His minister.

2. How does Jack lose his college scholarship funded by the country club?
(a) He flirts with a member's wife.
(b) He shows up for work drunk.
(c) He insults a club member.
(d) He breaks a window with a golf club.

3. What begins Jack's transition phase in Chapter 4?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) The CEO's death.
(c) His wife's death.
(d) His father's death.

4. What brings about a business-altering deal for GE in the mid 1980s?
(a) HD TV requirements.
(b) The Japanese threat.
(c) Federal aid to companies.
(d) Cable television.

5. Which company originally used QMI?
(a) Target.
(b) Ford.
(c) Chrysler.
(d) Wal-Mart.

6. During which holiday is Jack's replacement named?
(a) Hanukah.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Independence Day.

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

8. Why does Jack's father encourage him to learn the game of golf?
(a) All the big shots play golf.
(b) It's less violent than hockey.
(c) It's cheaper to play golf than hockey.
(d) It is his favorite sport.

9. What does Jack call the phenomenon when usually strong, self-confident managers panic and lose confidence?
(a) The R&D Report.
(b) The GE Vortex.
(c) The Management Circle.
(d) Six Sigma.

10. Which American president called for volunteers to fill in where government's role had been reduced?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Ronald Regan.
(c) Harry Trumann.
(d) John Kennedy.

11. Which GE business sold was the largest aerospace deal in history when it occurred in 1988?
(a) Cable business.
(b) TV manufacturing business.
(c) Refrigeration business.
(d) Semiconductor business.

12. What kind of employees does Jack want at GE?
(a) Cheap labor.
(b) Devoted time-clock punchers.
(c) All American.
(d) Self-confident entrepreneurs.

13. What does QMI stand for?
(a) Quick Market Interference.
(b) Quick Meaningful Intercommunication.
(c) Quick Market Insulators.
(d) Quick Market Intelligence.

14. How old is Jack when he is promoted to a vice president for GE?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 56.
(d) 43.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the accepted business philosophy of the 1980s?

2. What does Jack say his book is about?

3. What does GE implement to produce positive growth results and exceed the company's goal?

4. Why does Jack choose to build fitness centers in some facilities?

5. What is one business in his vice president's portfolio that Jack has no interest in at all?

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