03-01-2013, 09:49 AM
EXIMIUS ONLINE QUIZ QUESTION SET-1
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Q1. The two photos talk about the deal between Tatra and Bharat Earth Movers Limited in which kickbacks were taken.
Photo 1: It’s the flag of Tatra ltd. a company based in Czech Republic.
Photo 2: Next photo shows D Hanumanthappa, president of the Karnataka wing of All India Federation of SC/ST/Backward Class and Minority Employees Welfare Association, who said that he had written a letter explaining about the deal between Tatra and Bharat Earth Movers Limited.
Q2. All are leaders who are trying to bring success to their companies. All have at one time or the other reduced their annual salary to 1 US dollar or lesser.
Photo 1: Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citi Bank. He reduced his salary to one dollar in the aftermath of financial crisis.
Photo 2: Larry page, CEO of google. He also took salary of 1 dollar. And has maintained it for years since 2007 although he requested it in 2004.
Photo 3: CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG Jeffrey Katzenberg. He renewed his salary in 2009 to run through 2013, for which he will paid $1 annually.
Photo 4: Mark Zuckerburg, CEO Facebook. He announced at the launch of the IPO of Facebook that he would reduce his salary to 1 dollar.
Q3. It is the “Vitality Curve” given by Jack Welch.
It’s a leadership construct where the workforce is graded according to the individual productivity of its members. It’s also described as a “20-70-10” system.
Q4. Their sons lent their name to the famous chocolate M&M (for Mars and Murrie). Franklin Clarence Mars’s son Forrest Mars and William Franklin Reynolds Murrie’s son Bruce Murrie struck a deal to make a chocolate called M&M’s. Murrie had 20 percent interest in the confection.
Photo 1: Franklin Clarence Mars was founder of the company Mars Incorporated.
Photo 2: William Franklin Reynolds Murrie was employed as a salesman by Milton Hershey to sell chocolates and was later made the company’s President.
Q5. “I think greed is good, you can be greedy and still feel good about yourself." -Ivan Boesky, said in a speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
Photo: Ivan Boesky made a fortune of 200 million dollars by betting on corporate takeovers. He was accused of profiteering and put behind bars for 3 and half years and fined 100 million dollars. He cooperated with Sec and became informant.
Q6. Company : Scripps founded by Edward W. Scripps. Scripps newspapers.
Motto: "Give light and the people will find their own way"
Q7. Bayer Aspirin ad: Yellow Canary
By ad agency: BBDO, Jakarta, Indonesia
Aspirin is a pain reliever and ad shows how it helps the person to get relieved of his pain around him.
Q8. Late Satyajit Ray, writer and film maker designed this logo for Rupa and Co.
Q9. Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli, was an Italian mathematician. He is known for his contribution to Accounts. Historians believe he was the first one to use double sided booking.
The business event was first noted in a memorial, then a financial expert established the debtor and creditor and then entered it in a ledger. In the third step a separate account sheet was made for both the debtors and creditors.
Hence he made life tough for students who study finance.
Q10. Photo 1: it is an HP LaserJet 1300 Printer.
Photo 2: It’s used to edit your layout of documents, website etc. Based on WYSIWYG acronym for what you see is what you get.
Photo 3: Ethernet Cable- they are used to transmit data.
Photo 4: virtual pc is shown.
Both of these products say that they give the output exactly similar to what we see on the screen. The printer prints very high quality output so that its same as what we were seeing on the screen. The soft ware also promises to give the output I accordance with what we have on the editing screen.
Ethernet Cables also transfer data without much distortion. They are used to connect two ports.
The Microsoft xp mode on windows 7 can be used. This shows that we can relate the two windows platforms and use one on another. Just like the Ethernet cable connects the two ports.