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1. Monolingualism is one sign that a nation suffers from ________. (A) parochialism (B) geocentrism (C) ethnocentrism (D) polycentrism

2. Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude? (A) He has a parochialistic attitude. (B) He has a geocentric attitude. (C) He has a polycentric attitude. (D) He has an elitist attitude.

3. A manager who wishes to be successful in international business should avoid a(n) ________ attitude. (A) multicultural (B) geocentric (C) ethnocentric (D) multiracial

4. Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand. (A) geocentric (B) ethnocentric (C) polycentric (D) regiocentric

5. In today's global environment, managers must have a(n) ________ attitude in order to be successful. (A) parochial (B) ethnocentric (C) geocentric (D) bigoted

6. The ________ was formed by twelve original members with the primary motivation of reasserting the region's economic position against the United States and Japan. (A) Association of South-East Asian Nations (B) European Union (C) Central America Free Trade Agreement (D) African Union

7. What is the primary reason that the intensifying economic crisis in Europe threatens to impact the decisions of global managers in the United States and throughout the world? (A) The inability to trim benefits and free up labor markets prevents the region from spurring any significant growth over the next decade. (B) New measures by the European Commission to oversee banks and to monitor national budgets have been met with resistance by euro zone members. (C) The euro zone is a larger economic unit than the United States or China and is a major source of world demand for goods and services. (D) The massive debt in Greece has caused Europe to slide into a new recession.

8. Which of the following is currently under negotiation by 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere? (A) African Community (B) Mercosur (C) African Union (D) Free Trade Area of the Americas

9. Which of the following is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations? (A) Japan (B) China (C) Myanmar (D) South Korea

10. Nepal belongs to which of the following regional trade alliances? (A) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (B) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (C) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (D) Common Wealth of Independent States

11. The World Trade Organization evolved from which of the following? (A) Marshall Plan (B) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (C) Mercosur (D) Truman Doctrine

12. The International Monetary Fund is an organization of ________ countries that promotes international monetary cooperation and provides member countries with policy advice, temporary loans, and technical assistance to establish and maintain financial stability and to strengthen economies. (A) 172 (B) 193 (C) 188 (D) 160

13. The forerunner of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development was the ________ that was formed in 1947 to administer American and Canadian aid under the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. (A) Organization for European Investment (B) Organization for European Economic Cooperation (C) Organizational Council of Europe (D) Organization of European States

14. According to the text, which of the following is a typical definition of a multinational corporation? (A) It is a company that has multiple home bases and manufacturing plants. (B) It is a company that pays corporate taxes in at least two countries. (C) It is a company that maintains franchises in multiple countries. (D) It is a company that maintains operations in multiple countries.

15. Multidomestic corporations reflect the ________. (A) geocentric attitude (B) xenophobic attitude (C) ethnocentric attitude (D) polycentric attitude

16. Multidomestic corporations ________. (A) decentralize management and other decisions to the local country (B) maintain operations in multiple countries, but do not allow managers in each country to make their own decisions (C) attempt to replicate their domestic successes by managing foreign operations from the home country (D) reflect ethnocentric attitudes

17. Which of the following is the basic difference between multidomestic corporations and global companies? (A) Multidomestic corporations reflect an ethnocentric attitude, while global companies reflect a polycentric attitude. (B) Multidomestic corporations are run by global companies but must be owned by a local, national company. (C) Multidomestic corporations decentralize management to the local country, while global companies centralize management in the home country. (D) Multidomestic corporations typically do business with more countries than global companies.

18. A global company reflects the ________. (A) polycentric attitude (B) geocentric attitude (C) ethnocentric attitude (D) regiocentric attitude

19. Transnational organizations are also known as ________. (A) borderless organizations (B) multidomestic organizations (C) polycentric organizations (D) ethnocentric organizations

20. An organization decides to go international. Which of the following steps should it take to do so with a minimal investment? (A) It should indulge in licensing. (B) It should indulge in global sourcing. (C) It should indulge in franchising. (D) It should indulge in forming strategic alliances.

21. When an organization acquires products made abroad and sells them domestically, it indulges in ________. (A) importing (B) licensing (C) global sourcing (D) franchising

22. Adam has been hired by an organization that has a partnership with a foreign company. Both the partners share resources and knowledge while developing new products. Adam's organization has formed a ________. (A) franchising company (B) foreign subsidiary (C) licensing company (D) strategic alliance

23. Joint ventures are a type of ________. (A) licensee (B) foreign subsidiary (C) franchisee (D) strategic alliance

24. A domestic firm and a foreign firm sharing the cost of developing new products or building production facilities in a foreign country constitute a ________. (A) franchising agreement (B) joint venture (C) brokering agreement (D) foreign subsidiary

25. A ________ economy is one in which resources are primarily owned and controlled by the private sector. (A) free market (B) planned (C) technocratic (D) command

26. Geert Hofstede's research found that countries varied on ________ dimensions of national culture. (A) nine (B) eleven (C) five (D) seven

27. Which of the following two dimensions of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness program fit directly with Hofstede's dimensions? (A) uncertainty avoidance and in-group collectivism (B) power distance and gender differentiation (C) gender differentiation and in-group collectivism (D) power distance and uncertainty avoidance

28. Which of the following dimensions of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness program is similar to Hofstede's nurturing dimension? (A) in-group collectivism (B) institutional collectivism (C) future orientation (D) humane orientation

29. A country that is assertive, believes in acquiring money and goods, and is competitive in nature is said to ________. (A) have a high power distance (B) be achievement oriented (C) be a collectivist (D) have a long-term orientation

30. ________ is the extent to which a society encourages people to be tough, confrontational, and competitive rather than modest and tender. (A) Humane orientation (B) Assertiveness (C) Future orientation (D) Institutional collectivism

31. ________ is a cultural dimension in which people expect others in their group to look after them and protect them. (A) High power distance (B) Achievement (C) Collectivism (D) Low uncertainty avoidance

32. While talking with her advisor at the university, Jane deduces that she has a(n) ________ attitude, as she has never traveled abroad and only relates well to people from her home country. (A) regiocentric (B) ethnocentric (C) geocentric (D) polycentric

33. Jane joins an international student association in order to better understand the views of students from other countries. She is trying to become more ________ in her attitude. (A) geocentric (B) polycentric (C) ethnocentric (D) parochialistic

34. You plan to explain during your talk that the acronyms EU, NAFTA, and ASEAN refer to ________. (A) soccer teams in Europe (B) new multinational corporations (C) regional trade alliances (D) foreign airlines

35. One of the hottest topics of your talk will be the North American Free Trade Agreement. One of the points that you will emphasize is that ________. (A) a large number of people continue to migrate from Mexico to the United States in search of jobs and prosperity (B) Mexico is struggling to prosper from the free trade agreement (C) between 1994 and 2007, merchandise trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico increased slightly (D) as of 2012, it is the second largest trade bloc in the world in terms of the combined gross domestic product of its members

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