[单项选择]Technicians use many technical techniques in analyzing the bond market as well as the stock market. What is the major difference in technical trading rules regarding the bond market vs the stock market

[单项选择]Many sales representatives prefer to use laptop computers because they are ______ for people who travel a lot.
A. convenience
B. conveniently
C. conveniences
D. convenient

[单项选择]Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of ______.
A. energy
B. source
C. power
D. material

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Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their forms and functions, their dimensions and appearances, were determined by technologists, artisans, designers, inventors, and engineers using nonscientific modes of thought. Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks about cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in the mind by a visual, nonverbal process. In the development of Western technology, it has been nonverbal thinking, by and large, that has fixed the outlines and filled in the details of our material surroundings. Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
The creative shaping process of a technologist’s mind can be seen in nearly every artifact that exists. For example, in designing a diesel engine, a technologist might impress individual ways of nonverbal
A. Crucial.
B. Of core importance.
C. Trivial.
D. Of reference use.

[单项选择]How many cellular phones were in use in 1985


A. 75000.
B. 50000.
C. 25000.
D. 100000.

[单项选择]Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other ______.
A. bruises
B. blunders
C. handicaps
D. drawbacks

[单项选择]Why could not people use stamps for many times


A. Because the stamps would be taken away when they had been used.
B. Because the stamps would be torn up (撕碎) when they had been used.
C. Because the stamps would be put on seals by the post office.

[单项选择]An analyst does research about a sensitivity analysis to determine about a potential real estate investment and gathers the following information:

Discounted Rate	Present Value of After-tax Cash Flows
21%	$144712
25%	$124343
31%	-$107747
33%	-$121350

If the purchase price is $500000 with debt financing, the yield (internal rate of return) of the investment is most likely greater than:（）
A. 21% but less than 25%.
B. 25% but less than 31%.
C. 31% but less than 33%.

[单项选择]Many traditional societies see the use of one's family name as a sign of ______.
A. respect
B. distance
C. importance
D. gratitude

[单项选择]There are many who believe that the use of force ______ political ends can never be justified.


A. in search of
B. in pursuit of
C. in view of
D. in light of

[单项选择]An analy,st does research about fund manger performance. In an efficient stock market, a list of appropriate policies for a portfolio manager who does not have superior ability to analyze is least likely to include the:（）
A. use of index funds.
B. elimination of systematic risk.
C. minimization of transaction cost.