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Started on Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:58 PM

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Question 1

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Which of the following is one of the Millennial Development Goals?

Select one:
a. Promote public education

b. Monitor the child mortality rate

c. Acknowledge the existence of deadly diseases

d. Eliminate extreme poverty and hunger 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Eliminate extreme poverty and hunger

Question 2

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The World Bank Group has helped put in place reform, in the Philippines, that cuts the registration time for new vessels down quite
drastically. This measure has resulted in:

Select one:
a. Incumbent operators unable to prevent brand new companies in serving specific paths 

b. More vessel owners completing registration

c. Less paperwork for incumbent operators to handle

d. All of the above

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Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Incumbent operators unable to prevent brand new companies in serving specific paths
Question 3

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World culture theory of globalization focuses on the way in which participants in the process become conscious of and give meaning
to living in the world as a single place.

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 4

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The World Bank looks into issues like: 

Select one:
a. Building roads and dams

b. Long-term development 

c. Education

d. All of the above 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: All of the above

Question 5

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The right to leisure and to rest is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Select one:
True 

False

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The correct answer is 'True'.
Question 6

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When Europeans started the slave trade, by bringing African labor to the Americas, new diseases were introduced to the Americas
which included:

Select one:
a. malaria

b. dengue fever

c. yellow fever 

d. All of the above

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is: All of the above

Question 7

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What are some forms of motivation for donors providing aid to various regions or countries?

Select one:
a. To influence a region or country with the donor country’s culture and language. 

b. To provide aid to societies that have been categorized by the donor country as progressive.

c. To give aid to regions or countries with strong commercial ties to the donor country.

d. All of the above 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: All of the above

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Question 8

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Information technology has improved healthcare in which of the following ways:

Select one:
a. Prevention and control of newly emerging diseases
b. Patient to health care provider interaction
c. Improved responses to outbreak situations
d. All of the above 

The correct answer is: All of the above

Question 9

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An Austrian economist once stated that capitalism is a movement toward:

Select one:
a. information destructiveness

b. creative destruction 

c. creative construction 

d. None of the above

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: creative destruction

Question 10

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A controversial Universal Declaration of Human Rights article is the right to freedom of opinion and disinformation. 

Select one:
True 

False

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The correct answer is 'False'.
Question 11

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What are two key components that are essential for future development, beyond the Millennium Development Goals, that are crucial
for expansion, according to the report on these specified goals?

Select one:
a. Social and Cultural Cohesion 

b. Funding and Innovation

c. Both A and B

d. None of the above 

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is: Funding and Innovation

Question 12

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The World-Polity Theory of globalization is explained by:

Select one:
a. The pursuit of establishment of a common “world culture” 

b. A desire for stricter environmental regulations

c. Economic greed
d. A desire to learn from indigenous cultures

The correct answer is: The pursuit of establishment of a common “world culture”

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Question 13

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What is one way the growing poverty crisis be dealt with properly?

Select one:
a. Suggesting new policies, however not implementing them fully.

b. Managing old and outdated policies.

c. Reforming unfair policies. 

d. None of the above.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Reforming unfair policies.

Question 14

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Increased international trade of goods has helped to reduce the spread of infectious disease, due to improved access to nutritious
foods and effective medications globally.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 15

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In terms of development, what two factors are key in helping nations grow?

Select one:
a.  Having development on the agenda and average international cooperation.

b. Having development be a top priority and having excellent international cooperation. 

c. Developing businesses on a national level, without the support of international cooperation.

d. None of the above

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Having development be a top priority and having excellent international cooperation.

Question 16

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Information technology has improved which of the following sectors of society:

Select one:
a. Education and journalism
b. Privacy and security
c. Family and eldercare
d. All of the above 

The correct answer is: All of the above

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Question 17

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Generally speaking, what are the responsibilities of a knowledge worker?

Select one:
a. manipulates and manages information

b. delegates and gathers information

c. gathers and manipulates information 

d. Both B and C

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: gathers and manipulates information

Question 18

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Mobile applications can help users around the world by:

Select one:
a. Help break their cigarette habit. 

b. Help monitor outbreaks of dengue fever. 

c. Both A and B

d. None of the Above

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is: Both A and B

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Question 19

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The Bretton Woods Conference mapped out seven goals for the International Monetary Foundation through a document called the
Articles of Achievement.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 20

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The concept of genocide as a distinct crime did not exist prior to World War II.

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 21

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One noteworthy development initiative, regarding sustainable mariculture took place in Tanzania, where locals were able to harvest
edible ______and _________.

Select one:
a. lobster, whale

b. seaweed, shrimp 

c. fish, lobster

d. kelp, crabs

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Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: seaweed, shrimp

Question 22

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Lack of, or even limited freedom, whether that freedom be related to knowledge, religion, and culture, has been a common theme in
the following areas of the world:

Select one:
a. Eastern Europe

b. Some parts of Asia, and Latin America

c. the Arab world and Africa

d. All of the above 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: All of the above

Question 23

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What do critics say about Asian values?

Select one:
a.  The values help promote independent thinking, while keeping authoritarians in power.

b. The values smother independent and creative thinking, while promoting authoritarianism.  

c. The values encourage the open discussion and importance of creative thinking.

d. None of the Above.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: The values smother independent and creative thinking, while promoting authoritarianism.

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Question 24

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A company that has operations in more than one country is considered a:

Select one:
a. National Corporation

b. International Partnership

c. Limited Liability Corporation

d. Mutlinational Corporation 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Mutlinational Corporation

Question 25

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Phantom Aid is defined as:

Select one:
a.  Some aid that is not received by the intended recipients.  

b. Aid that is unaccounted for, due to corruption.

c. All aid that is not received by the intended recipients.

d. All aid comes from anonymous sources

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is: All aid that is not received by the intended recipients.

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