80 What does “the highly centralized approach” in the third paragraph refer to?
(A) Working with institutions.
(B) Working with farmers.
(C) Finding enough crop diversity.
(D) Finding sufficient funds.

76According to the passage, which of the following is true regarding Six Sigma? (A) It helped Motorola and General Motors to promote sales. (B) It requires multi-national efforts to generate satisfactory results. (C) It has gained popularity mostly among large telecommunications companies. (D) It has become a business model which provides services to organizations worldwide.

77 What is the main idea of this passage? (A) Seed banks can help farmers improve their crops. (B) The practice of seed banks requires global cooperation. (C) The idea of saving crop diversity in seed banks is debatable. (D) Seed banks are able to deal with challenges of climate change.

78 According to this passage, which of the following statements is true about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault? (A) It is using up a lot of the funding. (B) It is located in the center of Norway. (C) It aims to fight against gene modified crops. (D) It holds 75 percent of global crop diversity.

79Which of the following is true about the role of farmers in preserving crop variety? (A) Competing with seed banks. (B) Providing practical knowledge. (C) Packaging seeds for research. (D) Responding to population growth.

1. Which of the following statements regarding managers in today's world is accurate? (A) The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors. (B) Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65 years. (C) They can be found exclusively in for-profit organizations. (D) They are found only in large corporations.

2. Supervisor is another name for which of the following? (A) top manager (B) first-line manager (C) team leader (D) middle manager

3. Managers with titles such as regional manager, project leader, or division manager are ________. (A) top managers (B) production managers (C) first-line managers (D) middle managers

4. ________ have titles such as executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief executive officer. (A) Middle managers (B) First-line managers (C) Team leaders (D) Top managers

5. Which of the following is an example of an efficient manufacturing technique? (A) increasing product reject rates (B) meeting customers' rigorous demand (C) cutting inventory levels (D) increasing the amount of time to manufacture products

6. An automobile manufacturer increased the total number of cars produced keeping the production cost the same. The manufacturer ________. (A) increased its equity (B) increased its effability (C) increased its effectiveness (D) increased its efficiency