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1 GOOGLE ™ reports that its global traffic from outside the US represents:

(a) 10%
(b) Between 15% and 45%
(c) More than 50%

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The answer is (c).
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2 Where is the largest Japanese online community outside Japan?

(a) Los Angeles
(b) Vancouver
(c) Sao Paulo

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The answer is (c).
About 2.5 million Japanese nationals live abroad. The largest Japanese population lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Source)

3 Simplified Chinese refers to Chinese markets in:

(a) Mainland China
(b) Hong Kong, Taiwan

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The correct answer is (a).
Simplified Chinese is used mainly in the People's Republic of China (mainland China) and Singapore. (Source)
 

4 How many people speak Arabic as their native language?

(a) 50 million +
(b) 150 million +
(c) 250 million +

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The answer is (c).
Approximately 256 million+ people speak Arabic worldwide (Source)

5 The most popular search engine in China is:

(a) Google
(b) Yahoo
(c) Baidu

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The answer is (c).
Baidu 52% +, Google 30% + Yahoo 5% or less (Source)
 

6 The largest online market outside the US is:

(a) Germany
(b) China
(c) Japan

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The answer is (b) China, with 144 million internet users. Japan has 86 million, and Germany 58 million (Source)

7 Proportionally to its population, the highest percentage of internet users is in the following country:

(a) USA
(b) Sweden
(c) Japan

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(b) is the correct answer.
An estimated 74.9% of the population of Sweden uses the internet on a regular basis (Source)
 

8 There are more internet users in:

(a) Europe
(b) North America
(c) Asia

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The answer is (c).
About 387.6 million internet users in Asia versus 312.7 million in Europe, and 232 million in North America. (Source)

9 In South America, what is the proportion of Spanish-speaking internet users vs. Portuguese/Brazilian internet users:

(a) 85% Spanish – 15% Portuguese/Brazilian
(b) 65% Spanish – 35% Portuguese/Brazilian
(c) almost 50/50

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The correct answer is (c).
There are an estimated 26 million Brazilian internet users for a combined 57.1 million internet users in South America. (Source)
 

10 In Europe, the largest Internet community is in the following country:

(a) UK
(b) Germany
(c) France

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(b) is the right answer.
Germany has an estimated 50.6 million internet users, France 29.5, and the UK 37.6. (Source)
 
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