1) Why was the SEC Act of 1933 passed?

2) What are the two main goals of the legislation, SEC Act of 1933?

3) What information is required to be contained in the company prospectus, that has to be made available on the SEC website?

4) Define the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)? What are the three responsibilities of the SEC?

5a) When a corporate security is issued during interstate commerce, what must that firm do first before the security can be sold to investors?

5b) Also what must financial services firms do before they can conduct business?

6) In addition to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, congress passed Acts to maintain public faith in the integrity of the securities markets; name some of those Acts:

7) What type of legal action does the SEC bring?

Name a few offenses that the SEC seeks to have prosecuted:

8) What was the SEC Act of 1934 created to do? Additionally what does the SEC regulate?

9) What requirements must companies listed on the stock exchanges follow? What is the ultimate purpose of these requirements?

10) What power and responsibility does the SEC have? what does the SEC investigate?

11) What financial and shareholder conditions does a company have to satisfy to be under the jurisdiction of the SEC?

12) On December 31, 2009, what was the aggregate market value of the common stock held of the registrant, MicroSoft?

13a) On July 20, 2010 how many shares of common stock outstanding are there?

13b) On July 20, 2010 how many registered holders of record are there of MicroSoft's common stock?

14) What is the state of incorporation of MicroSoft Corporation? 15) State the corporation's mailing address?

16) Read this: Note About Forward-Looking Statements

What words characterize "forward looking" statements? Five is enough....

17) How does MicroSoft generate and earn revenues?

18) Characterize MicroSoft's products and services.

19) Define "cloud based computing".

20) Define Microsoft's vision for long term growth. Specifically three actions.

21) Name MicroSoft's operating segments.

22) What were research and development costs for fiscal 2010 in $usd?

23) What are the four areas of significant opportunities to drive future growth based on key technology trends and MicroSoft's broad focus on long-term research and development of new products and services?

24) How many persons are employed by Microsoft?