Test your knowledge of news stories covered in the Current Events Update by answering the following multiple-choice questions.

____ 1. The Y2K bug is the result of:

a. sabotage of an international computer network
b. unexpectedly heavy usage of the Internet
c. a decision by programmers to abbreviate dates
d. incompatibility between ibm and Apple systems

____ 2. Following the House impeachment of Bill Clinton, the Senate trial concluded by:

a. censuring the President
b. acquitting the President
c. indicting the President
d. removing the President from office

____ 3. Which of the following steps has Congress taken to combat global warming?

a. enacted legislation to cut greenhouse emissions
b. declared a national drought emergency
c. appointed a commission to study the problem
d. none of the above

____ 4. By the time a child completes elementary school, he or she has typically seen how many murders on television, in films and in other media?

a. 2000     b. 4000     c. 6000     d. 8000

____ 5. The most common method of preventing school violence involves:

a. placing teachers in hallways
b. installing metal detectors
c. establishing mentorship programs
d. requiring school uniforms

____ 6. In early campaigning for the 2000 election, the candidate who had raised the most funds was:

a. Bill Bradley     c. Al Gore
b. George W. Bush     d. John McCain

____ 7. Independent prosecutor Ken Starr's investigation into alleged misconduct by Bill Clinton cost taxpayers at least:
a. $20 million     c. $40 million
b. $30 million     d. $50 million

____ 8. Concerns over the y2k bug center on:

a. disruption of the banking system
b. failure of computer equipment
c. the occurrence of social unrest
d. all of the above

____ 9. The fund-raising goal of George W. Bush's presidential campaign is:
a. $50 million     c. $70 million

b. $60 million     d. $80 million

____ 10. The total number of nato soldiers killed in combat during the war in Kosovo was:

a. 0     b. 25     c. 50     d. 75