July 2008 Style Guide Quiz
9 Questions
| Total Attempts: 170
This quiz tests your comprehension of the new style guide.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What should you do if an analyst is identified by their first name only?
- A.
Put their first name in the speaker list
- B.
Use "Unidentified Participant"
- 2.If someone calls in a question and says they own stock, how should they be listed in speaker names?
- A.
Shareholder
- B.
Private Investor
- C.
Stock Holder
- 3.The retail company CEO plays a short commercial during the presentation.
- A.
Attempt to transcribe the commercial
- B.
Denote it with (video playing)
- 4.A rep speaks something in an unknown foreign language. It's not translated.
- A.
Don't include it
- B.
Use (spoken in foreign language)
- C.
Attempt to transcribe in foreign language
- 5.The speakers' remarks are translated, but the analyst questions are in English.
- A.
Insert (interpreted) after every speaker
- B.
Insert a special disclaimer at the end
- C.
Insert (interpreted) after every interpreted speaker AND insert a special disclaimer at the end
- 6.A company holds a separate media call after their analyst call.
- A.
Always transcribe
- B.
Never transcribe
- C.
Ask Manager/Streetops whether to transcribe or not
- 7.A representative says, "earnings per share are 52 pence."
- A.
GBP0.52
- B.
52 pence
- C.
52p
- 8.A representative says, "in Australian dollars, earnings per share were 52 cents."
- A.
AUD0.52
- B.
52 cents
- C.
AUD$0.52
- 9.For "we earned 4 to 600 million dollars," which of the following is completely unacceptable?
- A.
$400 million to $600 million
- B.
4 to $600 million
- C.
$400 to $600 million
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