The Quick Quiz

Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for November 2003)

Come back each month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.


 
  1.  It’s said you play favorites in selecting those to achieve "world-class status." Is that true, or false?  
 
  2.  If a company does poorly in your evaluation, even when it shines in one area or another, you hold their poor showing against them. True or false?  
 
  3.  You’ve referred to your "catbird seat." What’s that mean? And is it a positive as far as your analysis of annual reports from around the world? True or false?  
 
  4.  Thanks to the new government mandates—specifically, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOx)—more companies than ever before took responsibility for their financials. True or false?  
 
  5.  Since no officers or directors would go unidentified in an annual, companies slowly but surely are making sure to identify employees. When they’re pictured in the annual report, that is. True or false?  
 
  6.  Companies invest millions in their annuals, which is why fewer and fewer are putting out a full-bodied book. True or false?  
 

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