Market Leader Quiz 2

Disease is rampant in the overcrowded city.

What does "rampant" mean?

• has just started

• getting better

• got rid of

• getting worse quickly

When a vehicle or its driver a (a)   s, the speed of the vehicle increases.

Type a word with 11 letters (including the first and last letters given).

The money was donated by a/an __________ benefactor.

• outdated

• invalid

• anonymous

• fluctuating

There’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

Fraudulent claims are those which are i (a)   .

Type a 7-letter word (including the first letter provided).

If I don't agree to do what they ask, I'm __________.

• toast

• volatile

• resilient

• notorious

The hours in this job are very un (a)   - you sometimes have to work late at very short notice.

Type a word to complete the sentence. Include the prefix un-.

A number of __________ buyers have expressed interest in the product.

• potential

• innumerate

• deficient

• constant

During periods of recession, many leadership teams have only one s (a)   goal in mind: survival. Grander visions are filed away or forgotten. In a recent paper, “Thriving under adversity”, senior Boston Consulting Group partners Martin Reeves and Michael Deimler argue that, in past recessions, simply cutting costs has not been enough to ensure a healthy recovery.

Type a word with 9 letters (including the first letter given).

Peter Shankman, a social media expert, says many companies are still reluctant to get involved: “Companies are slow to adapt because they’re still not 100 per cent sure they can make money with social media,” he says.

Which sentence(s) best follow the above text?

• The role of these new executives is to monitor and influence what is being said about their companies on the Internet.

• Yet Dell, for one, has made a business of it. By broadcasting discount alerts on Twitter, it says, it has generated more than $1m in sales.

• Other companies are using Twitter to put out public relations fires before they erupt or to defuse a brewing crisis.

• The core team works on “blog resolution” – trawling the web for dissatisfied customers, then attempting to contact them to make amends.

We have to invest in new technology if we are to remain (a)   .

Type a 11-letter word to fill in the blank.

The word means "wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people".