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1. Which of the following is least likely to be an international business?
a. A Swiss manufacturer of computer hard drives
b. The worlds fourth largest retailer
c. A US milk distributor
d. A Mexican financial services company |
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2. When it is said all parts of a cultural are inter-related, it means:
a. We are all related to one another in some way
b. Every person in a culture shares genetic heritage
c. The most basic cultural group is a family
d. All parts of a culture are connected so you can not change just one part of a culture |
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| d. All parts of a culture are connected so you can not change just one part of a culture |
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3. Someone who believes the entire world should be a capitalist democracy is probably using which world view?
a. Multinational perspective
b. Homer Simpson perspective
c. Multidomestic perspective
d. global perspective |
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| a. Multinational perspective |
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4. What is meant when it is said that culture is shared?
a. Culture is genetically based traits that are shared
b. Culture is measured through shared physical traits like nose width.
c. A trait is only a cultural trait when it is shared by a group of people
d. Cultured pearls are meant to be shared |
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| c. A trait is only a cultural trait when it is shared by a group of people |
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5. Culture is said to be a "fuzzy set" problem because:
a. No single measurement can be made that perfectly reflects a culture
b. Cultures are based on a core communality in various traits that most members of the culture share
c. There are individual and subgroup variances that differ from a cultures core
d. All of the other answers are correct |
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| d. All of the other answers are correct |
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6. When measuring how willing people within a culture are to take risks, you are measuring:
a. Uncertainty Avoidance
b. Power Distance
c. masculinity vs. femininity
d. collectivism vs. individualism |
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7. A company that requires managers wear suits and ties and provides elaborate offices for executives while the average worker wears blue jeans and works on a factory floor is working under which cultural dimension:
a. Low Uncertainty Avoidance
b. High Uncertainty Avoidance
c. low power distance
d. high power distance |
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| d. collectivism vs. individualism |
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8. Countries with a high rating on collectivism are likely to have advantages in:
a. Creating large commodity product firms
b. Fighting off unionization efforts
c. low power distance
d. high power distance |
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| a. Creating large commodity product firms |
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9. A feminine culture is
a. Very competitive
b. Very macho
c. supportive and caring
d. dominated by females |
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10. Determining a cultures attitude toward which of the following would be most useful in trying to determine the potential size of a peoples stock market.
a. Time
b. Change
c. Authority
d. Risk |
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Which of the following is not one of the benefits of increased international business?
a. Increased inequality
b. Increased profitability
c. increased peace
d. increased technology transfer |
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Since cultures are developed through history:
a. All parts of a culture are rationally planned
b. Cultures are derived by studying history books
c. Cultures develop as they develop with no logic applied
d. Contradictions between cultural elements are rare |
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| c. Cultures develop as they develop with no logic applied |
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Culture is all the following EXCEPT:
a. Learned
b. Individual
c. shared
d. inter-related |
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What is meant when it is said that culture is shared?
a. Culture is measured through shared physical traits like nose width.
b. Culture is genetically based traits that are shared
c. A trait is only a cultural trait when it is shared by a group of people
d. Cultured pearl |
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| c. A trait is only a cultural trait when it is shared by a group of people |
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The preference of a culture for "superiors" to maintain a clear seperation in behavior and expectation from subordinates is called:
a. Masculinity
b. Collectiveism
c. Power Distance
d. uncertainty avoidance |
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Small incremental innovations usually occur best in:
a. Low power distance cultures
b. High power distance cultures
c. Highly individualistic cultures
d. highly collectivistic cultures |
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| d. highly collectivistic cultures |
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8. A cultures attitude towards material wealth will:
a. Not effect the business climate
b. Not affect any of their other attitudes
c. All of the above
d. Largely determine their attitudes towards business |
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| d. Largely determine their attitudes towards business |
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10. In societies with low power distance, most employee prefer a management style that:
a. is consultative
b. Permits nepotism
c. is paternalistic
d. is autocratic |
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Which of the following would not be considered a major difference between international business and business operating within a single country:
a. Currency issues
b. Differing economic systems
c. The need to fulfill customers wants
d. Differing geographies |
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| c. The need to fulfill customers wants |
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Which of the following pairs of countries are most likely to go to war with one another.
a. Two countries close to each other geographically with extensive trade ties.
b. Two countries far from each other geographically with extensive trade ties.
c. Two countries far from each other geographically with very limited trade ties.
d. Two countries close to each other geographically with very limited trade ties. |
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| d. Two countries close to each other geographically with very limited trade ties. |
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In the US, it is expected that citizens will criticize our government but foreigners are culturally not allowed to criticize it. That is an example of a:
a. cultural exclusive
b. Cultural imperative
c. Cultural adiaphore
d. cultural mandate |
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The preference of a culture for assertive, controlling behavior is:
a. Power distance
b. Collectivism
c. Uncertainty avoidance
d. Masculinity |
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Determining a cultures attitude toward which of the following would be most useful in trying to determine the potential size of a peoples child care market:
a. Time
b. Achievement
c. Family
d. Risk |
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