Linguistics
What is true about descriptive grammar?
a. specific, detailed rules
b. taught explicitly
c. necessary for effective communication
c. necessary for effective communication
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act excluded Chinese laborers from immigrating to America. When was the law repealed?
a) 1905
b) 1922
c) 1943
d) 1955
C) 1943
True or False: According to Seth M. Holmes, the migrants believe the best time of year to cross the border is December to January because that is when there are the least number of environmental hazards and many jobs are available then.
False
What factors might cause an exogenous increase in supply? (select all that apply)
A. Advertisement expenditure
B. Number of consumers in a market
C. Climatic conditions
D. Consumer income
E. All of the above
C. Climatic conditions
What is the world's most HATED cryptocurrency? (According to Fox Business and 835,000 Twitter Posts)
a. Dogecoin
b. Ethereum
c. Bitcoin
d. Apecoin
e. Axie Infinity
c. Bitcoin
a. weak and soft
b. weak and strong
c. hard and soft
a. weak and soft
In the 1870s, who was a key figure in rousing anti-Chinese sentiment in America?
A) Denis Kearney
B) Grover Cleveland
C) Ulysses S Grant
D) Andrew Carnegie
A) Denis Kearney
According to Darwin's theory, what three conditions are necessary for natural selection to produce adaptations?
a. Structural Mutation, Social Intelligence, and High Reproduction Rate
b. Variation, Social Intelligence, and High Reproduction Rate
c. Variation, Heretability, and High Reproduction Rate
c. Variation, Heretability, and High Reproduction Rate
Which of the following is not one of the ideas associated with the school of classical economics?
A. Specialization and the division of labor
B. Laissez-faire and the functioning of markets free of government intervention
C. The pursuit of individual self-interest leads to positive economic outcomes
D. Supply creates its own demand
E. Markets sometimes fail, necessitating government intervention
E. Markets sometimes fail, necessitating government intervention
____ is the cryptocurrency platform behind ada, the name of the currency. ____ also uses smart contracts, enabling identity management.
a. eToro
b. Cardano
c. Bistamp
b. Cardano
What is it called when air is being moved to make sound?
a. lateral sounds
b. airstream mechanic
c. egressive sound
b. airstream mechanic
Why is Asian Heritage Month in May? (select all that apply)
A. to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States
B. to commemorate the killing of Vincent Chin
C. to commemorate the end of the Chinese Exclusion Act
D. to commemorate the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad
A. to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States
AND
D. to commemorate the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad
What are the 3 subfields of biological anthropology?
a. paleoanthropology, primatology, human adaptation
b. paleoanthropology, primatology, archeology
c. prehistoric biology, primatology, archeology
a. paleoanthropology, primatology, human adaptation
If I invest $100 at 5% interest per year, in which year will I have doubled my investment according to simple compound interest.
A. 12th
B. 13th
C. 14th
D. 15th
d. 15th
One of Bitcoin's defining features is the limit on the total amount of coins in circulation. What is the largest amount of bitcoins to ever be produced?
A. 184 billion
B. 467 million
C. 143 billion
D. 21 million
A. 184 billion.
In an obscure event that took place in August 2010 and is known as the "value overflow incident", a code vulnerability allowed someone to send a transaction that created 184 billion bitcoins - 184,467,440,737.09551616 coins to be exact.
Pronounce these characters
a. /ʒ/
b. /ð/
c. /ʤ/
a. zh as in viSion & beiGe
b. the as in THat & wiTHer
c. djuh as in Job & baDGer
Which president signed the bill to extend Asian Heritage Week to Asian Heritage Month?
A. George W. Bush
B. Bill Clinton
C. George H. W. Bush
D. Ronald Reagan
C. George H. W. Bush
What is it called when a resource is dominated by one group?
a. Scramble Competition
b. Contest Competition
c. Economic Competition
b. Contest Competition
Suppose the price of beef rises by 10 percent and the quantity of beef demanded falls by 20 percent. We can conclude that:
A. demand for beef is price elastic and consumer spending on beef is falling
B. demand for beef is price elastic and consumer spending on beef is rising
C. demand for beef is price inelastic and consumer spending on beef is falling
D. demand for beef is price inelastic and consumer spending on beef is rising
E. demand for beef is unit elastic and consumer spending on beef is constant
A. demand for beef is price elastic and consumer spending on beef is falling
What was the name of the first altcoin?
a. Polygon
b. Polkadot
c. Ethereum
d. Namecoin
d. Namecoin
What is the Aspiration [ʰ] rule
a. Voiced stops may be voiceless at the beginning of a word.
b. Voiceless stops are aspirated at the beginning of a stressed syllable.
c. Voiceless stops may have an inaudible release at the end of a word.
b. Voiceless stops are aspirated at the beginning of a stressed syllable.
The real interest rate can be approximated by the Fisher equation. What is the exact formula for the real interest rate?
A. (nominal)/(inflation) - 1 = real
B. (1 + nominal)/(1 + inflation) - 1 = real
C. (nominal - inflation)/(1 - nominal) = real
D. (nominal)/(inflation) = real
E. The Fisher equation always gives the exact real interest rate
B. (1 + nominal)/(1 + inflation) - 1 = real
Litecoin, TRON, Binance, Dai, Solano, Cronos, Quant, Shiba Inu, Polygon, Lido Staked Ether, XRPL, OKB,
Binance, Polygon, XRPL