D. less expensive to enforce
E. easier to comply with
Correct Answer : B
Question 7
Which of the following if true, would most weaken the author’s assertion that, in 1970’s,
corporate response to federal requirements (lines 18-19) was substantial?
1. Corporate contracts with minority owned business totaled about $2 billion in 1979
2. Between 1970 and 1972, corporate contracts with minority owned businesses declined by 25
percent
3. The figures collected 1977 underrepreented the extent of corporate contracts with minority
owned businesses.
4. The estimate of corporate spending with minority owned businesses in 1980 is approximately
$10 million too high
5. The $1.1 billion represented the same percentage of total corporate spending in 1977 as did
$77 million in 1972.
Correct Answer : E
Question 8
The passage most likely appeared in
1. a business magazine
2. an encyclopedia of black history to 1945
3. a dictionary of financial terms
4. a yearbook of business statistics
5. an accounting textbook
Correct Answer : A
Question 9
The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about corporate
response to working with minority subcontractors?
1.
Annoyed by the proliferations of “front” organizations, corporates are likely to reduce their
efforts to work with minority owned subcontractors in the near future.
2. Although corporations showed considerable interest in working with minority businesses in
the 1970’s their aversion to government paperwork made them reluctant to pursue many
government contracts.
3.
The significant response of corporation in the 1970’s is likely to be sustained and conceivably
be increased throughout the 1980’s
4. Although corporations re eager to co-operate with minority owned businesses, a shortage of
capital in the 1970’s made substantial response impossible.
5. The enormous corporate response has all but eliminated the dangers of over expansion that
used to plague small minority owned businesses.
Correct Answer : C