General Information
Scandal
Impacts
Investors
100

What country founded Volkswagen

A) Germany

B)Italy 

C)Japan 

D)South Korea

What is Germany

100

What was the Volkswagen Scandal 

A)Tax Evasion 

B)Implementing devices on vehicles 

C)Leaking Confidential Information 

D) Lying about assets and liabilities

What is Implementing devices on vehicles

100

How many years of prison time did Oliver Schmitt receive due to the scandal?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 8

What is  7 years

100

What could rebuild investors' confidence? 

A) Lower fines 

B) Bans from holding directorships

C) Higher fines and Bans from holding directorships

D) Give more benefits to investors 

Higher fines and Bans from holding directorships

200

What company does Volkswagen Own?

A)Nissan 

B)Audi 

C)BMW

D)Honda

What is Audi

200

How were they Caught?

A) Whistleblower 

B) Discrepancies Between Results

C)Admitting 

D) Accidental

What is Discrepancies Between Results

200

How much is being invested into the development of electric vehicles by Volkswagen in their new environmental plan?

a) 178 billion

b) 231 billion

c) 193 billion

d) 131 billion

What is 193 billion

200

Investors looking at long-term gains face uncertainty because the scandal led to immediate financial losses.

TRUE

300

What country was in charge of supervising Volkswagen post World War 2?

A) United Kingdom

B) Soviet Union

C) United States 

D) France

What is United Kingdom

300

What Organizations caught Volkswagen 

A)PETA & Cornell  

B)Harvard University & World Health Organization 

C) International Council on Clean Transportation and West Virginia University

D)Stanford & Wildlife protectio

What is International Council on Clean Transportation and West Virginia University

300

How much did the company lose in fines from their involvement in the scandal?

a) 8 billion

b) 16 billion

c) 32 billion

d) 64 billion

What is  32 billion dollars

300

WHO was at fault? 

A) Senior executives and Workers

B) Senior executives and Technical Staff

C) The whole company 

D) Technical Staff

What is Senior executives and Technical Staff

400

Who is the current CEO of Volkswagen 

A) Martin Winterkorn

B) Herbert Diess

C) Richard Teng

D) Oliver Blume

Oliver Blume

400

Between what years was Volkswagen committing this Scandal 

A) 1988 - 2008

B) 2001 - 2011 

C) 2003-2009

D) 2009 - 2015

What is 2009 - 2015

400

Which of the following is not a goal Volkswagen aims to achieve moving forward?

a) Net neutral emissions

b) Replacement of plastic components with more eco friendly materials

c) Cessation of production and development of combustion engines by 2026

d) Halving emissions from production

What is  Replacement of plastic components with more eco friendly materials

400

The board and auditors DID NOT face criticism for not detecting the emissions cheating
True/False

False
500


What year was volkswagen founded 

A) 1945

B) 1939 

C) 1937

D) 1988

1937

500

How many vehicles in the United states were impacted by the Scandal?

A)1 000 000

B)500 000

C)100 000 

D)2 000 000

B) 500 000

500

 Which is not a reason for the stock of Volkswagen dropping during the Scandal?

a) EPA announcing fines against the company

b) Volkswagen confirms defeat software is in their engines

c) Volkswagen halts sale of certain diesel vehicles

d) Engineering fault is discovered in certain models which leads to safety concerns

What is Engineering fault is discovered in certain models which leads to safety concerns

500

 What does SEC or OSC typically engage in? 

A) Enforcement against misleading financial reporting

B) Enforcement against cheating 

C) Enforcement against firing workers

D) Enforcement against Senior executives 

What is Enforcement against misleading financial reporting