BIQ Black Issues Quiz

Black Issues in Higher Education, Jan 21, 1999

The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black issues in Higher Education and is worth 10 points.

A perfect score of 100 grants membership in the prestigious and mythical Phi BiQeta Kappa honors society; a score of 80 to 90 grants membership in the honor society of BIQ Brains; a score of 60 to 70 grants membership in the society of Not So BIQ Brains; and a score of 50 or below grants membership in the Reading Black issues is Fundamental program.

Think you are smart? GO ahead, give it a try! (Answer key appears at the bottom of the page.)

1 Historically Black colleges and universities serve a higher percentage of Black students than the percentage of Hispanic students served by Hispanic-serving institutions.

A -- true

B --false

2 In 1997, which historically Black institution I secured a contract with the U.S. Air Force to run a 10-week summer flight-training program for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps?

A -- Delaware State University

B -- North Carolina A&T University

C -- Tuskegee University

D -- Florida A&M University

3 The National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education is located on which campus?

A -- University of Arizona

B -- Oklahoma State University

C -- University of New Mexico

D -- Arkansas State University

4 The new chair of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is:

A -- Dr. Earl S. Richardson

B -- Dr. Edward B. Fort

C -- Dr. Portia Holmes Shields

D -- Dr. Gloria R. Scott

5 The University of Mississippi banned sticks and other pointed objects from sporting events because:

A -- someone had been accidentally impaled in the
foot with a flag pole.

B -- the noise level from drumming was becoming
intolerable.

C -- they could be used as weapons.

D --the university discourages the waving of the
Confederate battle flag.

6 Between 1990-91 and 1995-96, what was the yearly rate of increase for African American baccalaureate attainment?

A -- 13.9 percent

B -- 9.7 percent

C -- 6.8 percent

D -- 2.5 percent

7 According to the National Library of Education, how many Black Ph.D.s are produced each year?

A -- 2,100

B -- 1,400

C -- 1,100

D -- 700

8 Of the following reasons, which one is not cited by the American Council on Education as an important outcome of diversity in the council's official diversity statement?

A -- It enriches the educational experience.

B --It promotes personal growth and a healthy
society.

C -- It helps remedy the effects of past segregation
practices.

D -- It enhances America's economic competitiveness.

9 Which fraternity revoked the charters of 22 of its chapters in 19977

A -- Alpha Phi Alpha

B -- Kappa Alpha Psi

C -- Phi Beta Sigma

D -- Omega Psi Phi

10 In 1997-98, which group required the most remediation at City University of New York campuses?

A -- Whites

B -- Blacks

C -- Hispanics

D -- Asians

Answers: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A, 5-D, 6-C, 7-B, 8-C, 9-D, 10-A