FSOT: 500 Test Prep Study Questions - Question List

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486. Member states' votes in the World Bank are decided based on
  1. the principle of one country-one vote
  2. the size of a country's economy measured in gross domestic product as part of the size of the total world econom
  3. the amount of economic funds donated to the organization
  4. political negotiations setting a formula for vote distribution every five years
487. The World Bank has adopted a policy that all of its development projects and programs should be guided by the principle of sustainable development, which is generally considered to be economic development that
  1. generates a yearly profit margin of at least 3 percent
  2. increases prosperity for developing countries
  3. is integrated with social and environmental considerations
  4. reduces dependency on fossil fuels
488. In sub-Saharan Africa, rates of HIV infection are highest in the countries
  1. that are the poorest in the region
  2. that have experienced the most conflict in the last two decades
  3. with non-democratic regimes
  4. with the greatest income inequality
489. The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, announced in 2000, include which of the following items?
  1. Diminishing discrimination against gays and lesbians
  2. Promoting gender equality and empowering women
  3. Reducing worldwide defense spending to half its present level
  4. Doubling per capita income in the world's 20 poorest countries
490. The Cartagena Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity establishes
  1. an international network of protected areas to conserve biological diversity hotspots
  2. lists of protected species subject to different levels of trade restriction
  3. controls on international trade in genetically modified organisms.
  4. national targets for biodiversity conservation that parties have to meet by a given date

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