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 statement best captures the article’s central point?

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   1. The account confirms espionage and explains its effect on Nvidia.
   2. The investigation’s findings establish Huang’s involvement.
   3. The inquiry is confirmed, while the allegation and its implications remain unresolved.
   4. The share-price fall proves investors rejected Huang’s leadership.
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   Answer

   The inquiry is confirmed, while the allegation and its implications remain unresolved.

   The article separates confirmed developments from unresolved claims.

   Those gaps limit what can be concluded: the confirmed development is that Nvidia began an investigation, while the underlying allegation remains unverified in the information available here.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

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   What does the phrase “Those gaps” refer to?

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   1. The absent information about the inquiry’s conduct, evidence, and duration.
   2. The lack of a company response about its operations.
   3. The difference between financial prospects and risk expectations.
   4. The absence of a precise date for the reported share-price decline.
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   Answer

   The absent information about the inquiry’s conduct, evidence, and duration.

   It points back to the unspecified details of the inquiry and allegation.

   It also gives no details about who is conducting the inquiry, what evidence is under review, or how long the process may take.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   Why does the article mention investor expectations about risk?

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   1. To show that the allegation alone caused investors to sell.
   2. To explain how prices may reflect risk judgments without proving a specific cause.
   3. To establish that Nvidia’s financial prospects have deteriorated.
   4. To identify which investors initiated the price movement.
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   Answer

   To explain how prices may reflect risk judgments without proving a specific cause.

   It offers context while cautioning against assigning a specific cause.

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

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   What limitation prevents readers from assessing the decline’s scale?

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   1. The article does not identify the inquiry’s investigators.
   2. The article gives no response from Huang.
   3. The account does not name the woman.
   4. The account supplies neither a decline percentage nor trading context.
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   Answer

   The account supplies neither a decline percentage nor trading context.

   Neither a percentage nor relevant trading context is reported.

   Without a reported percentage or trading context, the scale of the market reaction cannot be assessed.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   What condition does the article identify for assessing the inquiry’s eventual importance?

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   1. Whether the investigation establishes facts and further developments emerge.
   2. Whether the company’s share price returns to its earlier level.
   3. Whether Huang announces a change to Nvidia’s leadership arrangements.
   4. Whether the unnamed woman is publicly identified.
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   Answer

   Whether the investigation establishes facts and further developments emerge.

   Its importance depends on findings and later 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.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   How does the article organize its account?

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   1. It presents investigation findings before introducing the allegation.
   2. It compares Nvidia’s financial results with those of competitors.
   3. It reports the event, clarifies uncertainties, then considers market and company implications.
   4. It traces the woman’s history and then recounts Huang’s response.
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   Answer

   It reports the event, clarifies uncertainties, then considers market and company implications.

   It moves from the reported event to evidential limits and possible implications.

   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.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   What is the relationship between the share-price decline and the investigation news, according to the article?

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   1. The inquiry conclusively caused the decline.
   2. They are temporally connected, but the cause is not established.
   3. Investor sales preceded and prompted Nvidia’s investigation.
   4. The article rules out the allegation as a cause.
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   Answer

   They are temporally connected, but the cause is not established.

   The reported timing connects them without proving causation.

   In this case, the reported timing connects Nvidia’s decline with news of the investigation, but it does not establish why individual investors sold shares or whether the allegation alone caused the movement.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

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   Which claim is supported about the woman?

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   1. She was found to have spied for China.
   2. She has been identified by Nvidia.
   3. She is confirmed to have had a relationship with Huang.
   4. She is accused of spying, but the account does not establish espionage.
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   Answer

   She is accused of spying, but the account does not establish espionage.

   The account describes her as accused and leaves the accusation unverified.

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

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