Generalizing from the Text, If You Were to Quote a General

question 109

Multiple Choice

Generalizing from the text, if you were to quote a general figure for the size of the increase in the number of women in the professions today as compared to 25 years ago, the best estimate you could give would be that women today are about ______ likely to work in the professions.

• A) equally
• B) 2 to 3 times more
• C) 5 to 6 times more
• D) 8 to 10 times more

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Definitions:

SUPERDOT

A now obsolete electronic system used by the New York Stock Exchange for routing orders directly to the trading floor, replacing manual order handling.

Specialist

A financial expert who possesses a deep understanding of specific securities or sectors, often responsible for facilitating trades by matching buyers with sellers.

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)

A non-profit organization that protects customers of brokerage firms that are forced into bankruptcy, providing a safety net for investors' assets.

Latency

The delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer, often discussed in the context of trading to measure the delay in executing a transaction.