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Part IV: Test Bank
As you approach the assessment of your students’ learning, bear in mind the earlier discussion of
Bloom’s Taxonomy and the depth and complexity of student learning. Multiple Choice and
True/False questions will tend to address the lower levels of remembering and understanding. A
good essay question can also assess application, analysis, and evaluation, but to assist them in
deeper learning, to discover whether they are able to apply that learning in real world situations,
and to assess aspects of affective and behavioral learning, other kinds of assignments are
necessary. Having them engage in ethnography, civic engagement opportunities, in-depth values
analysis essays of their own and another’s cultural perspective, journaling about their feelings
and reactions, and having them develop learning activities for their peers are excellent additional
ways to assist and assess their learning. Such assignments can be done individually or in groups.
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following statements is accurate about the impact of globalization on an average
person in the United States of America?
d. Workers who have lost jobs in the recent past and most economists defend globalization
saying that the losses incurred are always offset by the gains in consumer prices.
2. Raymond works as a business consultant for large multinational companies (MNCs) based in
the United States. He conducts sessions for employees of these MNCs before they are sent to
Japan for work. His job requires him to educate them about behaviors that can cause ill will
and mistrust, enhance negative stereotypes, and result in loss of business opportunities. In this
scenario, Raymond is most likely to be employed as a _____.
d. collaboration specialist
3. Which of the following statements is true about the technological imperative to study
intercultural communication?
a. All media experts believe that online connectivity necessarily strengthens relationships.
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4. John, an engineer in a multinational corporation, uses e-mail to communicate with colleagues
from India and Taiwan on a weekly basis. In this scenario, John’s communication illustrates
a(n) _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
5. Which of the following statements is true about the changing immigration patterns in the
United States of America?
a. Current patterns of immigration fail to have a significant impact on the social landscape
because the foreign-born population continues to fall as a percentage of the total population.
6. Changes in the composition of the U.S. population illustrate the _____ imperative for studying
intercultural communication.
a. economic
7. John and Nancy were raised in Illinois and speak only English. Many of their neighbors,
however, have emigrated from countries outside the United States and speak English as a
second language. John and Nancy’s desire to have a positive relationship with their diverse
neighbors illustrates a(n) _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
8. Violence, conflict, and tension between differing cultural groups who are in constant contact
with each other illustrate a(n) _____ imperative for studying intercultural communication.
a. economic
9. Conflicts between the U.S. government and various drug cartels in Mexico, and the Boko
Haram and Christian–Muslim conflicts in Nigeria illustrate the _____ imperative for studying
intercultural communication.
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d. demographic
10. Increased understanding of one’s self as a cultural being illustrates a(n) _____ imperative for
studying intercultural communication.
d. technological
11. Maria had never really thought much about her Italian heritage until she became friends with
Aylin, an American of Middle Eastern descent. Through conversation and visits to Aylin’s
family, Maria gradually began to realize how many of her own behaviors were culturally
determined. Maria’s experience illustrates a(n) _____ imperative for studying intercultural
communication.
a. economic
12. People who believe that cultural differences are only superficial and that there are certain
rules that apply across cultures are operating from a _____ position of ethics.
a. political
13. Which of the following statements is true of the relativist position of ethics?
d. It focuses particularly on identifying acts and conditions that most societies think of as
wrong, such as murder and theft.
14. Rebecca is appalled that girls regularly marry before the age of fifteen in some countries. She
believes that all females should be adults before they marry regardless of their culture because
of issues of education, prenatal health, and economic rights. Rebecca has assumed the _____
position of ethics.
a. relativist
15. Toni tells her Chinese friend Guiwen that he should not be angry about his perceived
superficial friendliness of many Americans without first understanding the cultural context of
the behavior. Toni has taken a _____ position of ethics.
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a. explanatory
16. The process by which we “look in the mirror” to see ourselves as cultural beings is known
as _____.
d. heterogeneity
17. The term _____ refers to the ability of southern and eastern European immigrants to “blend”
into the general U.S. population.
a. global village
_____.
a. morals
19. Which of the following statements is true about the current economic disparity that exists
among different immigrant groups in the United States of America?
a. The gap in test scores between rich and poor children is 30 to 40 percent narrower than it
20. Economic disparity among ethnic groups in the United States can best be understood by
looking at _____.
d. economic mobility
21. The expansion of businesses into markets around the world is known as _____.
a. immigration
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22. Historically, the anti-immigrant nativistic movements:
a. targeted immigrants of southern European descent only.
23. The changes in the patterns of immigration during the last 40 years illustrate the fact that the
population of the United States is becoming much more _____.
c. nativist
d. ethical
24. The study of intercultural communication in order to proselytize others without their consent
illustrates a(n) _____ issue about the application of intercultural knowledge.
d. demographic
25. Token stories of success and upward mobility (illustrated by Oprah Winfrey, J. K. Rowling,
and Steve Jobs) reinforce _____ and perpetuate the myth that there is equal opportunity for
all to achieve upward mobility in the United States.
a. heterogeneity
True or False
26. Many American companies provide little or no training before sending their workers
overseas.
in the United States of America promoted violence against newer immigrants.
28. The Chinese Exclusion Act officially prohibited Chinese from immigrating to the United
States.
