The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance; helping people outside the United States to understand American culture; and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
Which of the following activities would NOT fit the stated goals of the Peace Corps?
| Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh. | |
| Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan. | |
| Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia. | |
| Organizing a foreign exchange program for an American high school. |
The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for `Grand Old Party`), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 to 1932.
There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861 to 1865, and the most recent (as of 2013) being George W. Bush, serving from 2001 to 2009.
Based on this passage, which of the following statements is not true?
| Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president. | |
| The Democratic Party is a major political party in the United States. | |
| The Republican Party was formed by people opposed to slavery. | |
| The Republican Party lost national political influence after the Civil War. |
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a master`s degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out scientific approaches to management.
The core courses in the MBA program are designed to introduce students to the various areas of business such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, operations management, etc. Students in MBA programs have the option of taking general business courses throughout the program or can select an area of concentration and focus approximately one-fourth of their studies in this subject.
According to this paragraph, which of these is false:
| Core MBA courses include information technology and fundraising. | |
| This designation originated in the United States. | |
| The MBA is a master`s degree. | |
| Core MBA courses include human resources and marketing. |