1) Expatriate workers who come from neither the host nor home country are
a. Host country nationals
b. Parent country nationals
c. Neither country nationals
d. Third country nationals
2) All of the following are true about small business CEOs EXCEPT
a. Opening new markets is often the personal responsibility of the CEO
b. They want to take a break from the daily management of their businesses by going
overseas
c. New international ventures may threaten their family life
d. Their attitudes towards internationalization is a major factor in international success
3) The cultural and economic changes that occur because of how production is
organized and distributed in society refers to which concept?
a. religion
b. education
c. industrialization
d. dominant economic type
4) Successful strategies for copy cats include all of the following EXCEPT
a. Being the first to change to a new standard
b. Transferring the location
c. Seeking abandoned or ignored market
d. Selling products at a global level
5) The National Context Contingency Model of Leadership
a. Assumes that successful leaders need not modify their behaviors or develop particular
leadership traits to succeed in different nations
b. Includes two contingencies: the characteristics of subordinates and the nature of the
work setting
c. Includes factors related to the national culture and social institutions
d. Only B and C are correct
6) According to the text, which of the following areas is not one of the areas that
e-commerce companies work in?
a. Moving bits or computerized information
b. Moving money in payment flows
c. Providing Internet services
d. Moving physical products
7) Selling global products and using similar marketing techniques worldwide is an
example of a
a. Transnational strategy
b. International strategy
c. Multidomestic strategy
d. Regional strategy
8) The reason to know provisions of the FCPA is that it
a. Is the easiest to enforce and observe
b. Probably encourages foreign bribery
c. Is a tricky component for US companies
d. Emphasizes the reasonable person concept
9) If partners have similar technologies or know-how and they contribute this
knowledge equally to the alliance, they prefer
a. A shared management structure
b. A split management structure
c. A dominant management structure
d. A rotating management structure
10) Which of the following religions is most practiced around the world?
a. Christianity
b. Buddhism
c. Hinduism
d. Islam
11) According to the text, if a leader perceives the cause of a subordinate’s behavior
based on an internal attribution, then most leaders will
a. Tend to correct or reward the worker
b. Modify the work environment
c. Do nothing
d. Use transformational leadership
12) All of the following are true about the operant-conditioning model EXCEPT
a. Behavior is a function of its consequences
b. People will stop behaviors that have unpleasant consequences
c. People will continue behaviors they like irrespective of the nature of consequence
d. People will continue behaviors that have pleasant consequences
13) __________ negotiators search for possible win-win situations where the outcome
of the negotiation is mutually satisfactory to both sides.
a. Problem-solving
b. Concession-making
c. Competitive
d. None of the above
14) Competitive strategies
a. Are examples of basic generic strategies
b. Are moves multinationals and other companies use to defeat competitors
c. Can be low cost or differentiation
d. All of the above
15) According to the text, the multinational company
a. Is required to be a public corporation
b. Is any company that engages in any business function across borders
c. Must sell overseas to be a true multinational
d. Must be large
16) Proscriptive rules in codes of conduct:
a. Tell multinational companies or managers what they should do
b. Are forms of moral language
c. Tell multinational companies or managers what they cannot do
d. All of the above
17) Attribution
a. Is the process by which we interpret the meaning and intent of spoken words or
nonverbal exchanges
b. Is communication through body movements
c. Focuses on how people use space to communicate
d. A form of verbal communication
18) High power distance countries have norms, values, and beliefs such as
a. It is best to exercise power privately
b. Everyone has a place, some are high and some are low
c. A leader should develop his or her subordinates
d. Leaders are made and not born
19) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding cultural relativism as an
approach in international business ethics?
a. What is right or wrong depends on the culture
b. A guide for what is legal and appropriate is the local culture
c. Companies should follow the moral norms of the local culture
d. All of the above statements are true
20) In related diversification
a. Companies acquire businesses in any country
b. Companies acquire businesses in any industry
c. Companies acquire businesses that are similar in some way to their core business
d. None of the above
21) All of the following statements regarding subordinates expectations in different
countries are true EXCEPT
a. In counties with high power distance values, including many of the Latin and Asian
countries, subordinates expect autocratic leadership
b. In low power distance countries, such as Sweden and Norway, subordinates expect
the leader to be more like them
c. Weak masculinity norms often lead to the acceptance of more authoritarian leadership
d. Strong uncertainty avoidance norms may cause subordinates to expect the leader to
provide more detail in directions
22) All of the following are true about leadership traits in various national settings
EXCEPT
a. People from different cultural backgrounds prefer certain traits
b. In Germany, a desired leadership trait is modesty
c. In France, leaders are considered different based on social class distinctions between
cadres and non-cadres
d. In the US, assertiveness is valued as a leadership trait
23) Using more local managers to reduce the costs of training expatriate managers is a
benefit usually associated with
a. A global HRM orientation
b. A polycentric or regiocentric HRM orientation
c. An ethnocentric HRM orientation
d. A geocentric orientation
24) Major regional trade agreements include all of the following EXCEPT
a. EU
b. NAFTA
c. APEC
d. PROTEC
25) When deciding on an entry-mode strategy, cultural distance is
a. The physical distance between two countries
b. Not the distance between an organization’s culture and the local national culture
c. Similar to the geographic distance
d. None of the above
26) Counter-parry
a. Is an example of an offensive strategy
b. Is an example of a generic strategy
c. Is fending off a competitor’s attack in one country by attacking the competitor in
another country
d. None of the above
27) The movement from a socialist economy to a free market economy is also known as
which of the following?
a. Market transition
b. Dominant economic type
c. Rapid industrialization
d. Government regulation
28) If strategic alliance partners have different technologies or know-how and they
contribute this knowledge equally, they often prefer
a. Shared management structure
b. Dominant management structure
c. Split management structure
d. Rotating management structure
29) Languages in which people state things directly and explicitly where the words
provide most of the meaning are
a. Moral languages
b. High context languages
c. Low context languages
d. None of the above
30) Key leadership suggestions based on path-goal theory include all of the following
EXCEPT
a. When subordinates have high achievement needs, successful leaders adopt the
achievement-oriented style
b. When subordinates with have high social needs, they respond best to the supportive
leadership style
c. When the subordinate’s job is unstructured, the theory suggests using a supportive
style
d. When the subordinate’s job is highly structured, the theory suggests using
instrumentality
31) Strategic alliance partners prefer a dominant management structure
a. If partners have similar technologies or know-how and they contribute this
knowledge equally to the alliance
b. If partners have different technologies or know-how and they contribute this
knowledge equally to the alliance
c. If partners have different technologies or know-how and they contribute this
knowledge differently to the alliance
d. If the alliance has more strategic importance to one partner
32) The largest company in the world is:
a. Wal-Mart Stores
b. BP
c. Royal Dutch Shell
d. Chevron
33) When hiring for managerial jobs in high power distance countries, preference is
generally given to individuals
a. having a high social class or a degree from an elite university
b. from all social classes
c. based on their qualifications and skills
d. All of the above
34) Which of the following best describes emotional intelligence, one of the factors key
to the success of an expatriate?
a. The ability to adapt to new and strange situations
b. The motivation to accept international assignments
c. The ability to being aware of oneself and to understand and relate to others
d. None of the above
35) Global customers:
a. Search for government-controlled enterprises
b. Provide reduced government trade protection
c. Search the world for their supplies without regard to national boundaries
d. Encourage large firms to sell to them
36) The acronym SWOT stands for
a. Strategies with organizational timelines
b. Selection, withdrawal, opportunities, and timeliness
c. Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats
d. Strategies, winning, organizations, and tender offers
37) Discuss some reasons why reductions in world trade barriers are driving the world
toward a global economy.
38) Discuss some of the issues that make international business ethics more complex
than domestic business ethics.
39) What are e-commerce enablers? Why are e-commerce enablers becoming
increasingly popular? Discuss some of the essential services provided by e-commerce
enablers.
40) Compare and contrast pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial societies. Discuss
the implications for multinationals of any one of these three types of economies.
41) What are the three major types of economic systems? What are the effects of
economic systems on how organizations are structured in societies?
42) Provide an example of how nonverbal negotiation tactics may be interpreted
differently by people of varying cultural backgrounds.
43) Discuss how any company can become a multinational company. What are some of
the options available to companies that allow them to use international markets and
locations competitively?
44) What is a minireplica subsidiary? How is a minireplica subsidiary different from a
transnational subsidiary?