BA 300 FINAL EXAM ROMANO ACTUAL
EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Mr henry potter the richest man in bedford falls is the principle
shareholder in Bailey Savings & loan and the banks board of trustees.
He dismisses peter bailey's restraint toward customers who fall behind in
their loan as "sentimental hogwash". Mr. Potters business philosophy is
most consistent with: Answer: Objectivism and shareholder orientation
⩥ In recent Businessweek article, one scholar wrote: "When people
judge their chances of experiencing a good outcome -- getting a great
job or financial security -- they estimate their odds to be higher than
average. What concept matches that description? Answer: c. the illusion
of optimism
⩥ Which of the following statements about advertising ethics is not true
according to the video and reading "Ethics in Advertising"? Answer: b.
Because advertising is morally neutral, and because truth is always a
matter of opinion, it is impossible to identify any limits on distortion
⩥ According to the text, a businessperson operating under the illusion of
control believes he can control events more than he really can and
therefore: Answer: d. Is likely to underestimate the risk facing his
company from a particular decision.
,⩥ In a February 2, 2012 Wall Street Journal, Forbs columnist Rich
Karlgaar offered a vigorous ethical defense of Apple's use of factories
run by a company named Foxconn in Shenzhen, China to make certain
Apple products, including the iPad.Apple use of Foxconn employees to
manufacture Apple products is: Answer: Consistent with ISCT, assuming
the inspection by the independent labor group confirms that Foxconn's
treatment of a workers in China offends no broadly held held ethical
norms.
⩥ On November 4, 2013 the Department of Justice Office of Public
Affairs issued a press release stating that Johnson and Johnson and its
subsidiaries agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion in criminal and civil
liability for making off-label was the result of multiple lawsuits filed
under the ________________ provision _________________, which
allows prove citizens to bring action on behalf of the government and to
share in any recovery. Answer: c. Qui tam; False Claims Act
⩥ Carl, a junior executive, has worked for 10 years at a major tech
company. He lives in accordance with Nozcick's Rights Theory. As he
pursues his next promotion, which of the following behaviors will he
consider to be ethical? Answer: e. all the above
⩥ Calicorp, a California, has decided to fire Michael, a fat hairy Muslim
employee that is in ISIS. Several employees have complained to the
chief executive officer that, now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed
they feel that it would be un-American to continue to employee a
,Muslim out of fear that he will seek revenge for Bin Laden's death. If
Calicorp fired Michael because they believes his religion makes it more
likely he will seek revenge for the death of Osama Bin laden: Answer: b.
Calicorp will be liable if the heart of the reason the Company is firing
Michael is because of his religion
⩥ A recent survey of 1000 Wall Street analysts found that two-thirds of
them had accepted various favors from companies they follow and on
which they offer guidance to potential investors. The analysts who
denied they could be influenced to give special treatment to companies
who gave them favors may be suffering under the distorting effect of:
Answer: a. the illusion of superiority
⩥ According to the textbook, why does the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act make it illegal for companies and their employees t make payments
or give rewards to a foreign government or other high-rank official?
Answer: e. Money paid to influence officials to make favorable
decisions they would otherwise make disrupts the free market system.
⩥ According to the text, the federal organizational sentencing guidelines
use a "carrot and stick" to encourage corporations to comply with the
federal legal mandates including laws prohibiting fraud. The "carrot" of
the guidelines: Answer: a. Calls for decreases in the level of potential
punishment for companies that establish strong internal controls to
detect and root our illegal behavior.
, ⩥ Destructive Development, Inc, is trying to get an ordinance passed by
the City Council that will favor their business. Nothing is written down
and the company actually has no intention of following through with the
promise. This is: Answer: b.An attempted bribe, because a promise of
something of value in this context has the same effect as if something
has actually been received.
⩥ According to the text, under the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley law legislating
corporate governance and accounting reform: Answer: e. all the above
⩥ Utilitarianism is: Answer: a. Consistent with a stakeholder
⩥ Charles G. Koch, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries - a company
estimated to be worth $100 billion - released a book this month, called
Good Profit. On page 7 of the book, Koch talks about his company's
opposition to government subsidies, "such as special tax breaks, import
tariffs, restrictions on exports, mandates, anticompetitive regulations,
and bailouts - including those that would sermon the surface to be
beneficial to us.".......... Koch's opposition to corporate welfare is most
aligned with: Answer: B, Nozick's rights theory
⩥ Aeronautics giant Boeing fired two internal auditors for leaking
documents and information to a reporter regarding alleged flaws in the
company's internal audit of it information technology control systems.
The company convened an employee review board and determined that
the leaks constituted...... Who wins and why? Answer: C, the boeing
because sarbanes-oxley does not protect whistleblowing to the media
EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Mr henry potter the richest man in bedford falls is the principle
shareholder in Bailey Savings & loan and the banks board of trustees.
He dismisses peter bailey's restraint toward customers who fall behind in
their loan as "sentimental hogwash". Mr. Potters business philosophy is
most consistent with: Answer: Objectivism and shareholder orientation
⩥ In recent Businessweek article, one scholar wrote: "When people
judge their chances of experiencing a good outcome -- getting a great
job or financial security -- they estimate their odds to be higher than
average. What concept matches that description? Answer: c. the illusion
of optimism
⩥ Which of the following statements about advertising ethics is not true
according to the video and reading "Ethics in Advertising"? Answer: b.
Because advertising is morally neutral, and because truth is always a
matter of opinion, it is impossible to identify any limits on distortion
⩥ According to the text, a businessperson operating under the illusion of
control believes he can control events more than he really can and
therefore: Answer: d. Is likely to underestimate the risk facing his
company from a particular decision.
,⩥ In a February 2, 2012 Wall Street Journal, Forbs columnist Rich
Karlgaar offered a vigorous ethical defense of Apple's use of factories
run by a company named Foxconn in Shenzhen, China to make certain
Apple products, including the iPad.Apple use of Foxconn employees to
manufacture Apple products is: Answer: Consistent with ISCT, assuming
the inspection by the independent labor group confirms that Foxconn's
treatment of a workers in China offends no broadly held held ethical
norms.
⩥ On November 4, 2013 the Department of Justice Office of Public
Affairs issued a press release stating that Johnson and Johnson and its
subsidiaries agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion in criminal and civil
liability for making off-label was the result of multiple lawsuits filed
under the ________________ provision _________________, which
allows prove citizens to bring action on behalf of the government and to
share in any recovery. Answer: c. Qui tam; False Claims Act
⩥ Carl, a junior executive, has worked for 10 years at a major tech
company. He lives in accordance with Nozcick's Rights Theory. As he
pursues his next promotion, which of the following behaviors will he
consider to be ethical? Answer: e. all the above
⩥ Calicorp, a California, has decided to fire Michael, a fat hairy Muslim
employee that is in ISIS. Several employees have complained to the
chief executive officer that, now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed
they feel that it would be un-American to continue to employee a
,Muslim out of fear that he will seek revenge for Bin Laden's death. If
Calicorp fired Michael because they believes his religion makes it more
likely he will seek revenge for the death of Osama Bin laden: Answer: b.
Calicorp will be liable if the heart of the reason the Company is firing
Michael is because of his religion
⩥ A recent survey of 1000 Wall Street analysts found that two-thirds of
them had accepted various favors from companies they follow and on
which they offer guidance to potential investors. The analysts who
denied they could be influenced to give special treatment to companies
who gave them favors may be suffering under the distorting effect of:
Answer: a. the illusion of superiority
⩥ According to the textbook, why does the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act make it illegal for companies and their employees t make payments
or give rewards to a foreign government or other high-rank official?
Answer: e. Money paid to influence officials to make favorable
decisions they would otherwise make disrupts the free market system.
⩥ According to the text, the federal organizational sentencing guidelines
use a "carrot and stick" to encourage corporations to comply with the
federal legal mandates including laws prohibiting fraud. The "carrot" of
the guidelines: Answer: a. Calls for decreases in the level of potential
punishment for companies that establish strong internal controls to
detect and root our illegal behavior.
, ⩥ Destructive Development, Inc, is trying to get an ordinance passed by
the City Council that will favor their business. Nothing is written down
and the company actually has no intention of following through with the
promise. This is: Answer: b.An attempted bribe, because a promise of
something of value in this context has the same effect as if something
has actually been received.
⩥ According to the text, under the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley law legislating
corporate governance and accounting reform: Answer: e. all the above
⩥ Utilitarianism is: Answer: a. Consistent with a stakeholder
⩥ Charles G. Koch, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries - a company
estimated to be worth $100 billion - released a book this month, called
Good Profit. On page 7 of the book, Koch talks about his company's
opposition to government subsidies, "such as special tax breaks, import
tariffs, restrictions on exports, mandates, anticompetitive regulations,
and bailouts - including those that would sermon the surface to be
beneficial to us.".......... Koch's opposition to corporate welfare is most
aligned with: Answer: B, Nozick's rights theory
⩥ Aeronautics giant Boeing fired two internal auditors for leaking
documents and information to a reporter regarding alleged flaws in the
company's internal audit of it information technology control systems.
The company convened an employee review board and determined that
the leaks constituted...... Who wins and why? Answer: C, the boeing
because sarbanes-oxley does not protect whistleblowing to the media
