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Multiple choice. Choose the answer that completes the questions most accurately. When you check the circle that precedes it you will immediately be notifed whether your answer is correct or not.

Number One

  1. Which of the following is not a mammal:
    1. bat

    2. horse

    3. whale

    4. shark

  2. Canada's population is closest to about:
    1. 5% of America's population

    2. 10% of America's population

    3. 15% of America's population

    4. 20% of America's population

  3. The permanent set of teeth in a human adult including wisdom teeth numbers:
    1. 28

    2. 30

    3. 32

    4. 34

  4. Which one of these birds does not have feathers:
    1. penguin

    2. ostrich

    3. eagle

    4. robin

    5. they all have feathers

  5. A healthy day's food would include all but:
    1. 10-11 servings of the bread and cereals group

    2. 5-6 servings of the meat group

    3. 2-3 servings of the dairy group

    4. 2-3 servings of the fruit and vegetable group

    5. sweets and oils sparingly

  6. Which of the following is true about hypnosis:
    1. It is not real.

    2. Depth of hypnosis is determined by subjects response.

    3. Most people cannot be hypnotized.

    4. Weak-minded people are hypnotized easier.

  7. When formulating goals into specific activities, one should:
    1. Give priority to activities done easiest.

    2. Overrule any previously scheduled appointments.

    3. Make sure activities have a date, time, and place to ensure their fulfillment.

    4. Wait two weeks or until no longer busy to start activities.

  8. Drug and alcohol abuse:
    1. is the major cause of racism

    2. doesn't always lead to death

    3. are major causes of family breakups

    4. is coincident with rock and roll

  9. Teachers:
    1. are concerned with the welfare of every student

    2. can help students by encouraging critical thinking

    3. are unfair

    4. are all critical thinkers

  10. Movies today:
    1. invariably promote death and violence and anarchy.

    2. are the cause of the increasing crime rate in America.

    3. seem to be much more graphic in nature.

    4. all of the above.

  11. Mormons:
    1. have a monopoly on truth.

    2. can receive as well as give truth.

    3. are encouraged to welcome truth from all its sources.

    4. deny any and all doctrines of other sects.

    5. all of the above

    6. b and c

    7. a and d

Number Two
  1. How many sides does the Pentagon have in Washington DC:
    1. eight

    2. nine

    3. five

  2. The majority of English citizens speak:
    1. Kurdish

    2. English

    3. Hebrew

  3. Which of the following are considered romantic languages:
    1. Portuguese

    2. Italian

    3. Spanish

    4. all of the above

  4. Which of the following is an example of the tyranny of geography:
    1. industrial pollution

    2. flooding caused by a monsoon

    3. economic disparity caused by socialism

    4. none of the above

  5. Which of the following is not a common theory of human geography:
    1. triage theory

    2. small planet theory

    3. cooperative theory

    4. life boat theory

  6. What makes a skip different from a hop and a walk:
    1. a skip is faster

    2. a skip can only go in one direction

    3. there is no difference

    4. the uneven beat found in a skip

  7. At what age do babies start to comprehend speech:
    1. 2 weeks

    2. 10 years

    3. 9 months

  8. The skiing industry is more profitable in the following state:
    1. Utah

    2. Florida

    3. Puerto Rico

    4. Louisiana

  9. You can have hallucinations if you eat:
    1. raisin bran

    2. LSD

    3. LDS

    4. beans

  10. Who was a splendid Russian dancer:
    1. M.C. Hammer

    2. Michail Barishnakov

    3. Lucky Day

    4. Dusty Bottoms

Number Three
  1. The University of Michigan is in the ________ Conference:
    1. Western Athletics

    2. Big Twelve's

    3. Big Ten

    4. General

  2. How many consecutive years has Nebraska won the college football championship:
    1. ten

    2. two, but due to a football strike ti wasn't really consecutive

    3. two

    4. zero, they can't qualify because of NCAA violations

  3. Which college football coach does not have over a .750 winning percentage in the last decade:
    1. Joe Paterno

    2. Tom Osborne

    3. Bobby Bowden

    4. Bear Bryant

  4. How many members does the Big Ten consist of:
    1. ten

    2. eight

    3. one hundred

  5. College football has established an ________ overtime as a means of determining a winner:
    1. sudden death

    2. alternate possession

    3. jumpball

  6. When an offensive blocker blocks a defender in the back of the legs and below the waist, the penalty is called a:
    1. chopped block

    2. chop blocker

    3. chip and block

    4. chop block

  7. The four top paying bowl games in college football are:
    1. Rose, Orange, Fiesta, and Sugar

    2. Citrus, Peach, Cane, and Cotton

    3. Flower, Tangerine, Party, and Flour

  8. The biggest and best bowl games are always played on what day:
    1. Hanukkah

    2. New Years

    3. St. Patrick's

    4. New Years Eve

  9. Who won the Heisman Trophy for the 1995 season:
    1. Steve Young

    2. Rashaam Sallam

    3. Kijana Carter

    4. Kerry Collins

  10. Nebraska's mascot is a:
    1. cheese head

    2. cougar

    3. cornhusker

    4. hawkeye

Number Four
  1. A species is a:
    1. bunch of similar looking organisms

    2. genetically distinctive natural population that shares a common gene pool

    3. group of organisms that live in the same place

    4. group of individuals that cannot breed with each other

  2. The official language of Bolivia is:
    1. Spanish

    2. Ayamaran

    3. Portuguese

    4. Bolivese

  3. A mile is:
    1. 800 meters

    2. 2400 meters

    3. 1600 meters

    4. 1200 meters

  4. Christmas is celebrated on:
    1. December 25

    2. December 1

    3. March 30

    4. April 6

  5. The four standard works are:
    1. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

    2. Book of Mormon, Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price

    3. Nephi, Abinadi, Alma, and Moroni

    4. English, History, Math, and Science

  6. Persia conquered Babylon in the year:
    1. 721 BC

    2. 403 AD

    3. 501 BC

    4. 539 BC

  7. The United States' Independence Day is:
    1. July 4

    2. January 20

    3. March 17

    4. July 31

  8. The first president of the United States was:
    1. Thomas Jefferson

    2. Abraham Lincoln

    3. George Washington

    4. John Adams

  9. Emily Dickinson was a:
    1. novelist

    2. poet

    3. composer

    4. artist

  10. Altruism, as defined by social scientists, is:
    1. selfless concern for others and unselfish behaviors that foster the welfare of others

    2. social norm of reciprocity

    3. connected series of rules that govern a complex pattern

    4. running away from the situation

Number Five
  1. Which of the following is not a seed of the Renaissance:
    1. civic pride

    2. humanism

    3. agriculture

    4. realism

  2. Patrimony is:
    1. a father's relationship with his children

    2. a neutral nation

    3. property inherited from one's father or ancestors

    4. the cutting of a precious stone

  3. Which of the following are bases:
    1. bleach and baking soda

    2. vinegar and lemon juice

    3. Ajax

    4. dish detergent

  4. The heating of a liquid, such as milk, long enough to kill the bacteria is known as:
    1. shearing

    2. pasteurization

    3. triangulation

    4. ionization

  5. During which century did artists begin signing their works:
    1. 19th century

    2. 11th century

    3. 8th century

    4. 15th century

  6. Several hours before an athletic event, athletes should eat a lot of:
    1. candy bars

    2. high protein foods

    3. fatty foods

    4. carbohydrates

  7. Which of the following is not a part of an atom:
    1. a cell

    2. a proton

    3. a nucleus

    4. an electron

  8. A person mainly burns fat:
    1. only after 10 minutes of moderate exercise

    2. only before 20 minutes of moderate exercise

    3. at dead rest

    4. only during a strenuous 3 minute sprint

  9. A dominant allele is:
    1. dihybrid

    2. an organism

    3. alternative forms of a gene

    4. the form of a gene that is always expressed in a heterozygote.

  10. Which of the following works was painted by Vincent Van Gogh:
    1. School of Athens

    2. Wehlsch Pirg and the Four Apostles

    3. Starry Night

    4. Tribute Money and Trinity with the Virgin

Number Six
  1. The refund amount for distributors with unopened product is:
    1. 80%

    2. 90%

    3. 100%

    4. 50%

  2. The refund amount for retail customers is:
    1. no refund

    2. 90%

    3. 100%

    4. 95%

  3. If a person has an allergic reaction to a product they:
    1. can return for 90% refund

    2. can return for replacement

    3. cannot return

    4. can return for a full refund no matter what

  4. If a distributor is missing product from a package you should:
    1. send replacement with no questions

    2. research account then decide if appropriate to replace

    3. never reship because mistakes don't happen

    4. call them liars

  5. If a person wants to cancel their ARO shipment, have them do which of the following:
    1. call ARO

    2. cancel credit card

    3. send fax or mail cancellation to ARO department

    4. just refuse packages when they arrive

  6. If an order processor wants to do a conference call on policies for returns, you should:
    1. refuse, tell them to get their supervisor

    2. do it and make sure the order processor pays attention so they can explain it next time

    3. tell them just to transfer the call

    4. hang up

  7. When a person says they didn't receive a package, you should:
    1. track it with UPS

    2. immediately reship

    3. wait a week

    4. call them liars

  8. If a distributor calls and says their HPX Hydrating Gel won't come out, you should:
    1. instruct them to dispose of it immediately

    2. teach them the hole cover technique where you shake it

    3. replace it

    4. tell them that is impossible

  9. If someone was charged on their credit card and they don't know what it is for, you should:
    1. research the credit card number and find history of charges

    2. tell them to call their credit card company

    3. ask them to think; they obviously used it

    4. both b and c

  10. When faced with a problem dealing with more than $100, you should:
    1. not make any exception--immediately realize it must be their fault

    2. get supervisor approval for exception

    3. just do it

    4. none of the above

Number Seven
  1. Mesopotamian civilization contributed to the Western civilization by inventing and introducing:
    1. the wheel

    2. the first type of writing

    3. the lunar calendar

    4. all of the above

    5. a and c

  2. The papyrus the Egyptians used for writing on was made of:
    1. the animal skin

    2. the plant, called the papyrus reed

    3. the clay, finely pressed and rolled

    4. the cellulose, similar to that from which we make paper

  3. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, was NOT:
    1. a student of Plato

    2. a personal tutor to Alexander the Great

    3. a scientist and politic

    4. a believer in the golden mean

  4. Alexander the Great died in the age of thirty-three:
    1. of war injuries

    2. of an infectious disease

    3. of natural death

    4. being killed in the battle of Gaugamela

  5. The decline of empires was always caused by:
    1. many internal and external causes

    2. civil war

    3. lack of civic ideals

    4. pride of the nation

  6. Who initiated adoption of Christianity by the Roman Empire:
    1. Constantine

    2. Diocletian

    3. Theodosius

    4. Horace

  7. The Frankish state was founded by chieftain Clovis around:
    1. 350 BC

    2. AD 350

    3. AD 500

    4. AD 800

  8. Which material was NOT used by monks in making medieval books:
    1. leather

    2. wood

    3. rope

    4. paper

  9. The Great Charter of English public and private liberties signed by King John in 1214 is called the:
    1. Declaration of Independence

    2. Magna Carta

    3. Bulla of King John

    4. Major Charta

  10. The printing press was invented:
    1. by John Gutenberg

    2. in Germany

    3. in England

    4. by Johannes Gruber

    5. a and b

    6. c and d

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