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  1. Return to Honest Work 4e Student Resources

Chapter 3 Self-Quiz

* not completed
. The __________ heuristic is the tendency people have to place inordinate weight on easily recalled events and memorable personal experiences in their deliberations.

* not completed
. Arthur Levitt, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, thinks that what is at stake when companies begin to engage in managing their earnings?

* not completed
. What is the term for a financial asset that should have been recognized in one financial

* not completed
. Thomas Fischer, former managing partner for the Milwaukee office of Arthur

* not completed
. What reason do Frederick and Hoffman offer in favor of restricting investors?

* not completed
. What reason do Frederick and Hoffman offer against restricting investors?

* not completed
. Frederick and Hoffman argue that, just as with prescription drugs, at-risk investors

* not completed
. Financial markets are vulnerable to all of the following EXCEPT:

* not completed
. According to Boatright, despite the fact that financial decision making is typically

* not completed
. There are two principal harm-based arguments against insider trading. One is that the

* not completed
. Many of the recent problems in derivatives markets have been where?

* not completed
. The type of derivatives that seem to be the most troublesome are:

* not completed
. Aristotle argues that ethical failures and unhappiness often result from:

* not completed
. Farrell compares derivatives to the black market because:

* not completed
. What could cause the "doomsday scenario" that McDonald describes?

* not completed
. Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, and Freddie Mac were created to:

* not completed
. Which of these is an example of a derivative?

* not completed
. Money has no value in itself; its value is rather a representation of mutual trust.

* not completed
. Many of today's most common basic types of business fraud have been around for centuries.

* not completed
. According to Loomis, high-up employees who commit accounting fraud plan out their schemes in great detail before perpetrating the act.

* not completed
. The dismantling of Arthur Andersen cost only 10,000 employees their jobs.

* not completed
. Paternalism is an argument used to justify restricting the investments of at-risk investors.

* not completed
. Frederick and Hoffman believe that some paternalistic acts are quite justified.

* not completed
. Moore argues that information is a valuable thing and can usefully be viewed as a type of property.

* not completed
. Moore argues that there is nothing wrong with insider trading.

* not completed
. Warren Buffett called derivatives "a financial weapon of mass destruction."

* not completed
. Farrell believes that derivatives could not have much effect on the world market.

* not completed
. Hedge funds require time and careful study, and therefore it is rather difficult to make any money quickly by investing in them.

* not completed
. In 2006, the total value of the stock market was higher than the economic output of the whole world.

* not completed
. The __________ heuristic is the tendency people have to place inordinate weight on easily recalled events and memorable personal experiences in their deliberations.

* not completed
. Arthur Levitt, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, thinks that what is at stake when companies begin to engage in managing their earnings?

* not completed
. What is the term for a financial asset that should have been recognized in one financial

* not completed
. Thomas Fischer, former managing partner for the Milwaukee office of Arthur

* not completed
. What reason do Frederick and Hoffman offer in favor of restricting investors?

* not completed
. What reason do Frederick and Hoffman offer against restricting investors?

* not completed
. Frederick and Hoffman argue that, just as with prescription drugs, at-risk investors

* not completed
. Financial markets are vulnerable to all of the following EXCEPT:

* not completed
. According to Boatright, despite the fact that financial decision making is typically

* not completed
. There are two principal harm-based arguments against insider trading. One is that the

* not completed
. Many of the recent problems in derivatives markets have been where?

* not completed
. The type of derivatives that seem to be the most troublesome are:

* not completed
. Aristotle argues that ethical failures and unhappiness often result from:

* not completed
. Farrell compares derivatives to the black market because:

* not completed
. What could cause the "doomsday scenario" that McDonald describes?

* not completed
. Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, and Freddie Mac were created to:

* not completed
. Which of these is an example of a derivative?

* not completed
. Money has no value in itself; its value is rather a representation of mutual trust.

* not completed
. Many of today's most common basic types of business fraud have been around for centuries.

* not completed
. According to Loomis, high-up employees who commit accounting fraud plan out their schemes in great detail before perpetrating the act.

* not completed
. The dismantling of Arthur Andersen cost only 10,000 employees their jobs.

* not completed
. Paternalism is an argument used to justify restricting the investments of at-risk investors.

* not completed
. Frederick and Hoffman believe that some paternalistic acts are quite justified.

* not completed
. Moore argues that information is a valuable thing and can usefully be viewed as a type of property.

* not completed
. Moore argues that there is nothing wrong with insider trading.

* not completed
. Warren Buffett called derivatives "a financial weapon of mass destruction."

* not completed
. Farrell believes that derivatives could not have much effect on the world market.

* not completed
. Hedge funds require time and careful study, and therefore it is rather difficult to make any money quickly by investing in them.

* not completed
. In 2006, the total value of the stock market was higher than the economic output of the whole world.

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