1. A country’s “degree of globalization” is based on social, political, and economic activities.
2. In the United States, the direct investment of foreign-based companies grew from $9 billion in
1966 to more than $166 billion in 2012.
3. Foreign investors are more likely to start new American businesses than purchase existing
businesses.
4. It’s been estimated that 20 to 40 percent of American managers fail to perform adequately
abroad because they haven’t been sufficiently prepared for adjusting to the foreign culture.
5. Culture is what we grow up in.
6. Differences between cultures must be understood but not accepted for international business.
7. Uncertainty avoidance indicates the extent to which a society accepts the fact that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
8. The Philippines, Venezuela, and Mexico are countries with low power distance.
9. A manager in a country with high power distance might favor a controlling strategy and
behave like an autocrat.
10. Hofstede’s dimensions are similar for countries that are geographically close together.
11. Collectivism is evidenced by people taking care of only their immediate families.
12. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are considered masculine societies.
13. Canada and the United States are low-context cultures.
14. Polychronic cultures generally have less economic success than monochronic cultures.
15. An advantage of learning the language when you are an international traveler is the avoidance
of interpretational disasters.
16. A very firm handshake is the universal business greeting.
17. A business suit may not be the appropriate attire for an evening of entertainment in some
societies.
18. It is acceptable to decline sampling a nation’s delicacies.
19. Normal gift-giving practices in some countries are considered unethical in others.
20. In a high context culture, people look for meaning in what is not said.
21. What is expected to be key to worldwide economic revival?
22. Which of the following is a reason to become familiar with international business
communication practices discussed in the chapter?
23. Which concept proposed that advancements in communication and transportation
technologies would compress the world to a point where it would be one big happy unit?
24. The idea that under the skin, all human beings are alike, brothers and sisters in the common
family of man is known as the:
25. Which one of the following is not a dimension of national culture?
26. Of the following countries, which is thought to have a high power distance?
27. Of the following countries, which is said to have weak uncertainty avoidance?
28. Which of the following suggests a loosely knit social framework in which people are
expected to take care of themselves and immediate family only?
29. A culture that approves of placing family above wealth is considered to have a _______
dimension.
30. In which of the following countries are business cards handed to the recipient with both hands
with the information facing the receiver?
31. In which of the following regions are women’s bare legs, arms, shoulders, or heads
considered offensive in public?
32. Which of the following are considered insulting in some countries?
33. Which is a potential gift-giving blunder?
34. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good intercultural communicator?
35. Preparation for a foreign assignment may include
36. The need for more intercultural awareness arises from
37. The speed with which international trade fell so uniformly during the global economic
collapse of 2008 was due to
38. Why should managers become culturally sensitive?
39. Culture includes
40. According to Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural differences, the United States has
41. The fact that many US workers do not take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act is
an indication of which dimension of cultural differences?
42. Hyper-punctuality is a characteristic of which cultures?
43. Research shows that when employees of different cultures work for a multinational firm
44. According to the US Department of Education, which foreign languages are the most
important to learn?
45. Machine translators, such as Google Translate, should not be relied upon because
46. Bribing someone during the conduct of business is a violation of which US law?
47. A person who sees his/her country as the best in the world and looks down on others as
inferior because they are different is known as
48. What should a manager do to prepare for an assignment in another country?
49. If English is the dominant international language of business, why should a manager learn a
foreign language in preparation for an overseas assignment?
50. Select a country you are familiar with—or, if you have not traveled to another country, select
a region within the United States—and analyze its culture, using Hofstede’s dimensions of
cultural differences.