{"id":32114,"date":"2016-02-17T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=32114"},"modified":"2016-02-14T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T01:42:22","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-february-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-february-17\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (February 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B16%7D%29%5E%7B%28%5Cfrac%7B-1%7D%7B4%7D%29%7D\" alt=\"(\\frac{1}{16})^{(\\frac{-1}{4})}\" class=\"latex\"> ?<\/p>\n<p>A. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7B-1%7D%7B2%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{-1}{2}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?2\" alt=\"2\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?256%5E2\" alt=\"256^2\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{1}{2}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?4\" alt=\"4\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-183803.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- B\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">-<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #8db3e2; border-top: 4px solid #000000; border-bottom: 4px solid #000000; padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: #ffffff; list-style-type: disc;\">Veritas Prep has worked with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide. 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Sign up for\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=216481.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=9961&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaptest.com%2Fgmat%2Fgmat-practice%2Ffree-gmat-practice-question-a-day\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>Kaplan's Free Question a Day<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Verbal<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSecurities Industry Regulator: Brokerage \u201cBuy\u201d ratings are suffering from a credibility gap. There is a far greater proportion of \u201cBuy\u201d ratings than \u201cSell\u201d ratings. In fact, 80% of all major financial institution\u2019s ratings are \u201cBuy\u201d ratings. Given that inflated volume of \u201cBuy\u201d ratings, it\u2019s hard to trust the quality of those ratings, and equally challenging to take them seriously. 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Accordingly, a financial institution\u2019s investment rating is rendered almost meaningless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the Securities Industry Regulator\u2019s statements are true, then which of the following must be true?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u24b6 An investor can only profit from an investment if he or she confirms the merits of a company\u2019s financial future.<\/p>\n<p>\u24b7 A \u201cBuy\u201d rating does not guarantee that a given company will have a strong financial future.<\/p>\n<p>\u24b8 Financial institutions should refrain from issuing \u201cBuy\u201d ratings.<\/p>\n<p>\u24b9 The ability of a company to earn a \u201cBuy\u201d rating has become easier than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-inference-series-1-securities-industry-regulator-200100.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- B -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;tag=gmatclub-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=blog&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/gmat-tests\/\"><strong>Browse all GMAT Questions of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to GMAT Question of the Day:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GMAT-Question-of-the-day&amp;loc=en_US\">E-mail<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GMAT-Question-of-the-day\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math What is ? 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