Econ STAT Survey
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- 1.What College do you attend?
- A.
Scripps
- B.
Pomona
- C.
Pitzer
- D.
Harvey-Mudd
- E.
Claremont Mckenna
- F.
Other
- 2.Year in school
- A.
First-year
- B.
Sophomore
- C.
Junior
- D.
Senior
- 3.Gender
- A.
Male
- B.
Female
- 4.Are you a member of a varsity athletics team at your college?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.Major?
- 6.Cumulative GPA (4 point scale) in college?If you are a first year student do not answer
- 7.Who was the 13th President of the United States?
- A.
Millard Fillmore
- B.
John Buchanan
- C.
Zachary Taylor
- D.
Franklin Pierce
- E.
James Polk
- 8.The 20th amendment pertains to which of the subjects below?
- A.
Prohibits manufacturing or sale of alcohol in the US
- B.
Prohibits the denial of voting rights based on sex
- C.
Changes the dates at which the President/VP and Congressmen begin their terms
- D.
Limits the number of times a person can be elected president (two terms)
- 9.What modern (post-WWII) US President left office with the highest approval rating?
- A.
Ronald Reagan
- B.
Bill Clinton
- C.
John F. Kennedy
- D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 10.Who was the first Chief Justice on the Supreme Court?
- A.
John Jay
- B.
John Marshall
- C.
Alexander hamilton
- D.
James Madison
- 11.What was the US median household income in 2013?
- A.
$44,300
- B.
$65,100
- C.
$51,900
- D.
$39,800
- 12.Who was the previous Chairman of the Federal Reserve?
- A.
Timothy Geithner
- B.
Janet Yellen
- C.
Ben Bernanke
- D.
Allan Greenspan
- 13.What was the unemployment rate as of October 2014?
- A.
5.1%
- B.
5.8%
- C.
6.5%
- D.
7.1%
- 14.Who is the wealthiest person in the world right now?
- A.
Bill Gates
- B.
Larry Ellison
- C.
Warren Buffet
- D.
David Oxtoby
- E.
Carlos Slim
- 15.What is the minimum age eligibility for becoming a US Senator?
- A.
18
- B.
25
- C.
30
- D.
35
- 16.Who is the current Secretary of State?
- A.
John Kerry
- B.
Hillary Clinton
- C.
Leon Panetta
- D.
Colin Powell
- 17.How many seats are there in the House of Representatives?
- A.
538
- B.
100
- C.
475
- D.
435
- 18.What is the estimated population of undocumented immigrants currently residing in the US (according to the Center for Immigration Studies)?
- A.
8 mllion
- B.
11 million
- C.
3 million
- D.
14 million
- 19.What was the 2013 Billboard Year-End most popular song across all genres?
- A.
Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- B.
Wake Me Up - Avicii
- C.
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
- D.
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
- 20.Taylor Swift's album 1989 sold 1.287 million copies in the first week - what was the last album to sell this many copies in one week?
- A.
No Strings Attached - *NSYNC [2000]
- B.
Confessions - Usher [2004]
- C.
Millenium - Backstreet Boys [1999]
- D.
The Eminem Show - Eminem [2002]
- 21.Where was Beyonce born?
- A.
Houston, Texas
- B.
New York City, New York
- C.
Los Angeles, California
- D.
Miami, Florida
- 22.What was the highest grossing film in 2013 (worldwide)?
- A.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- B.
Frozen
- C.
Iron man 3
- D.
Gravity
- 23.What art historical style was the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (the Florence Cathedral) completed in?
- A.
Byzantine
- B.
Gothic
- C.
Romanesque
- D.
Baroque
- 24.What type of plate tectonic boundary does the San Andreas Fault represent?
- A.
Transform-fault boundary
- B.
Divergent boundar
- C.
Oceanic-continental convergence boundary
- D.
Continental-continental convergence boundary
- 25.The ozone layer lies predominantly in which layer of the atmosphere?
- A.
Troposphere
- B.
Thermosphere
- C.
Stratosphere
- D.
Mesosphere
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