Nvidia shares fall as company investigates alleged link involving CEO Jensen Huang

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1. Question 1 · Single choice

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   Which details about the alleged relationship are not specified?

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   1. Its location and the identity of the investigators.
   2. Its duration and the name of Huang’s company.
   3. Its financial cost and the identity of the investors.
   4. The woman’s identity and when it may have taken place.
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   Answer

   The woman’s identity and when it may have taken place.

   The account omits both the woman’s identity and the possible timing.

   The account does not identify the woman, specify when the alleged relationship may have taken place, or explain what prompted the investigation.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

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   What must listeners avoid assuming from the phrase “accused of being a Chinese spy”?

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   1. That she engaged in espionage.
   2. That the company began an inquiry.
   3. That Nvidia’s shares fell.
   4. That the account leaves facts unspecified.
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   That she engaged in espionage.

   An accusation alone does not prove that espionage occurred.

   The woman is described as accused of spying for China; that description does not establish that she engaged in espionage.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   What outcome does the recording say has not yet been set out?

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   1. The company’s share price before the inquiry.
   2. The inquiry’s eventual findings and any further developments.
   3. The identity of Nvidia’s chief executive.
   4. The reported timing of the market decline.
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   The inquiry’s eventual findings and any further developments.

   The account contains no findings or subsequent developments.

   The eventual significance for the company will depend on what the investigation establishes and on any further developments; neither outcome is yet set out in the account.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   Which possible effects on Nvidia are not indicated in the reported facts?

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   1. A change in how investors assess risk.
   2. An investigation involving its chief executive.
   3. Effects on operations, financial results, or leadership arrangements.
   4. A reported fall in the share price.
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   Effects on operations, financial results, or leadership arrangements.

   The account reports no operational, financial, or leadership effects.

   For Nvidia, the inquiry concerns its chief executive, but the reported facts do not indicate any effect on the company’s operations, financial results, or leadership arrangements.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   What does the account say about Huang’s response?

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   1. He denied the alleged relationship.
   2. He confirmed that Nvidia had begun an inquiry.
   3. He declined to comment on the share-price decline.
   4. The account does not say whether he responded.
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   The account does not say whether he responded.

   It does not say whether he has responded.

   Nor do they say whether Huang has responded.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   Which detail about the price movement is explicitly unavailable?

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   1. The size of the decline.
   2. The company whose shares fell.
   3. The fact that a market response followed.
   4. The leadership issue accompanying that response.
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   The size of the decline.

   The account offers no numerical measure of the decline.

   The development places a question about the company’s leadership alongside an immediate market response, although the available account gives no figure for the decline.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   What point does the recording make about share-price movements generally?

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   1. They are reliable proof of wrongdoing by executives.
   2. They can reflect both risk expectations and financial assessments.
   3. They always reflect a company’s latest earnings alone.
   4. They reveal which investors sold shares and why.
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   They can reflect both risk expectations and financial assessments.

   Prices can embody expectations about risk and financial prospects.

   A change in a company’s share price can reflect investors’ expectations about risk as well as their assessment of its financial prospects.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

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   What did Nvidia say it was doing after the share-price fall?

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   1. Changing its leadership arrangements.
   2. Publishing the results of an internal review.
   3. Investigating an alleged relationship involving its chief executive.
   4. Confirming an allegation of espionage.
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   Answer

   Investigating an alleged relationship involving its chief executive.

   The company said it was investigating an alleged relationship.

   Nvidia’s share price fell after the company said it was investigating an alleged relationship between its chief executive, Jensen Huang, and a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.

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