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1
As enumerated in "Globalization: Where Do We Go from Here?", globalization has altered many economic assumptions, chief among them being the market's ability to do all of the following, except:
A)regain its balance.
B)recover its health.
C)optimally create wealth for its participants.
D)be all things to all nations.
2
As observed in "Globalization: Where Do We Go from Here?", critics of globalization point to the fact that unbridled market mechanisms and rapid globalization have led to:
A)limited economic good, but an appreciable lift of hope in struggling countries.
B)disastrous outcomes.
C)cautious optimism.
D)a surprising degree of economic repair in developing nations.
3
According to "Globalization: Where Do We Go from Here?", the leading developed nations have been accused of being motivated by purely nationalistic interests and the quest to recolonize poor countries.
A)True
B)False
4
As noted in "China Must Carry the World," the middle class in China today is:
A)shrinking as the number of poor skyrockets.
B)larger than the entire working population of the United States.
C)only slightly larger than it was 30 years ago.
D)wealthier than the middle class in any other world economy.
5
As identified in "China Must Carry the World," two of the major risks with China as the global economy remains in recession are:
A)population growth and inflation.
B)political secrecy and aspirations for colonial expansion.
C)provincialism and insularity.
D)deflation and trade wars.
6
According to "China Must Carry the World," China holds larger U.S. dollar reserves than any other nation; they total more than $2 trillion.
A)True
B)False
7
As brought out in "The World Is Not Flat," Thomas Friedman, in The Lexus and the Olive Tree, tellingly admits that his "best intellectual sources" about globalization are:
A)corporate CEOs.
B)labor union leaders.
C)European socialists.
D)hedge fund managers.
8
As reported in "The World Is Not Flat," in a July 2006 interview, Thomas Friedman incorrectly identified CAFTA as the:
A)Canadian Free Trade Arrangement.
B)Caribbean Free Trade initiative.
C)Central Asian Free Trade Agreement.
D)Corporate American Free Trade thing.
9
As stated in "The World Is Not Flat," Thomas Friedman's solution to the dangers of unregulated markets is more deregulation.
A)True
B)False
10
As outlined in "Is Global Trade a Threat or Opportunity?", U.S. manufacturers have proven that they can export products and operate globally, from General Motors making cars in Asia to the Kellogg Company making cereal in:
A)Iraq.
B)Germany.
C)Chile.
D)Siberia.
11
As related in "Is Global Trade a Threat or Opportunity?", in 2005 it was reported that the U.S. Big Three automakers would be closing 26 plants in the United States over the next several years, and that between 2006 and 2008, Japan-based companies would be:
A)opening four new plants in the United States.
B)opening 48 new plants worldwide.
C)shutting down all their plants in North America.
D)reopening at least half of the Big Three's closed plants.
12
As maintained in "Is Global Trade a Threat or Opportunity?", for companies that embrace global trade and build the capabilities to operate globally, open markets will be the key to growth, and the U.S. economy alone may no longer support the growth of many companies.
A)True
B)False
13
As expressed in "Economists Rethink Free Trade," American economists have traditionally thought of free trade as the:
A)panacea of politicians, and little else.
B)enemy of the people.
C)most misunderstood concept in economics.
D)great unmitigated good.
14
As explained in "Economists Rethink Free Trade," today's economists are seeing that more jobs can be handled offshore thanks to:
A)the malaise of middle-class America.
B)the unchecked exploitation of foreign workers.
C)high-speed telecommunications
D)lowered standards.
15
As set forth in "Economists Rethink Free Trade," many ordinary Americans have long been suspicious of free trade, seeing it as a destroyer of good-paying jobs.
A)True
B)False
16
According to "Globalization with a Human Face," President Barack Obama, after chiding the Congress for flirting with protectionism, went ahead and imposed a 35-percent tariff on:
A)discounted Indonesian apparel.
B)cheap Chinese tires.
C)limited-vintage French wine.
D)fine Russian caviar.
17
As mentioned in "Globalization with a Human Face," the all-out trade war that helped trigger the Great Depression occurred after the United States imposed the:
A)Prohibition laws.
B)Smoot-Hawley tariffs.
C)so-called Trustbuster measures.
D)Taft-Hartley Act.
18
As disclosed in "Globalization with a Human Face," in 2009, Congress killed a pilot program allowing Mexican trucks to transport goods across America.
A)True
B)False
19
As expressed in "The Global Debt Bomb," Carmen Reinhart, a University of Maryland economist, has found that, in terms of economic growth, a 90-percent ratio of government debt to GDP is a:
A)point of no return.
B)tipping point.
C)disgrace in any economy.
D)scenario not just for concern, but for panic.
20
As disclosed in "The Global Debt Bomb," a Forbes survey of sovereign credit, taking into account trends in spending and revenue, economic freedom, and the price of the debt insurance, ranks the United States number 35 in a class of 85, below all of the following, except:
A)Germany.
B)the Netherlands.
C)China.
D)the UK.
21
As suggested in "The Global Debt Bomb," even if countries do not stiff creditors outright, they can sometimes accomplish the same thing through inflation.
A)True
B)False
22
As set forth in "The World Economy: The Global Financial Crisis and Collapse in World Trade," the far-reaching nature of the global recession means that recovery must be primarily driven by renewed strength in domestic demand in some of the larger economies, as the world currently lacks:
A)a seaworthy compass.
B)confidence.
C)even a glimmer of hindsight.
D)a leader for an export-driven revival.
23
As noted in "The World Economy: The Global Financial Crisis and Collapse in World Trade," the few economies that recorded positive growth in the final quarter of 2008 include all of the following, except:
A)Slovakia.
B)Russia.
C)Greece.
D)Japan.
24
As observed in "The World Economy: The Global Financial Crisis and Collapse in World Trade," bank lending to the private sector across Europe and America has slowed since late 2008, as asset losses have left banks undercapitalized and unable to issue loans.
A)True
B)False
25
As expressed in "International Special Report: A Financial Crisis to the West—A Fundamental Crisis to the East," the "Cassandras of Central Europe" are the:
A)Hungarians.
B)Czechs.
C)Romanians.
D)Poles.
26
As cited in "International Special Report: A Financial Crisis to the West—A Fundamental Crisis to the East," to emphasize his belief that "things could not get worse," economic analyst Daniel Bebesy describes the financial crisis by using the salty Hungarian expression:
A)"everything is under a frog's arse."
B)"the wenches won't be cheap tonight."
C)"even the roses smell like garbage."
D)"every leg is knee-deep in crap."
27
As noted in "International Special Report: A Financial Crisis to the West—A Fundamental Crisis to the East," the financial and economic crisis was made in the West, but has hit hardest in the East.
A)True
B)False
28
As pointed out in "'Everyone Needs to Rethink Everything': Reflections from the IMF's Former Chief Economist," it was "a pretty big judgment call" when the government decided to let Lehman fail, and then two days later it decided to save:
A)Chrysler.
B)WaMu.
C)AIG.
D)the Lehman stockholders.
29
As noted in "'Everyone Needs to Rethink Everything': Reflections from the IMF's Former Chief Economist," in 2008, when the wave of credit panic cascaded around the world, the U.S. secretary of the Treasury was:
A)Donald Rumsfeld.
B)John Ashcroft.
C)Condoleezza Rice.
D)Henry Paulson.
30
As asserted in "'Everyone Needs to Rethink Everything': Reflections from the IMF's Former Chief Economist," nothing ends with a financial crisis.
A)True
B)False
31
As noted in "The Balance of Payments: Office for National Statistics," the main factor behind the UK's persistent current account deficit has been the:
A)political uncertainty in Central Europe.
B)deficit on the balance of trade in goods.
C)inertia of the European Union.
D)diminishing returns in foreign investments.
32
As specified in "The Balance of Payments: Office for National Statistics," almost the entire jump in the UK IIP during 2008 can be accounted for by the depreciation of:
A)the U.S. dollar.
B)gold.
C)sterling.
D)the euro.
33
As assessed in "The Balance of Payments: Office for National Statistics," direct investment earnings are cyclical, and the current global recession appears to be putting downward pressure on income.
A)True
B)False
34
As set forth in "Potential Future Functions of the World Trade Organization," the notion that the explosion of regionalism poses a systemic threat to the multilateral trading system is core to a consideration of the future functions of the WTO, particularly in relation to the balance between liberalization and:
A)nonlitigious deliberation.
B)tradition.
C)the so-called missing middle.
D)rule making.
35
As suggested in "Potential Future Functions of the World Trade Organization," those wishing to bring labor rights into the WTO are likely to argue in terms of:
A)history.
B)economic advantage.
C)social values.
D)marketability.
36
As characterized in "Potential Future Functions of the World Trade Organization," the quest for a principle-based, consensual prior agreement on what is legitimate and what is not in terms of the scope of the WTO agenda may be a fool's errand.
A)True
B)False
37
As established in "The Wicked Problem of Good Financial Markets," commercial enterprises specifically work to:
A)disguise risk.
B)reduce risk.
C)invite risk.
D)eliminate risk.
38
As cited in "The Wicked Problem of Good Financial Markets," in discussing risk management, Kunreuther and Heal describe the situation in which "the incentive to invest in protection approaches zero as the number of unprotected agents increases" as the threat of:
A)destabilization.
B)marginalized management.
C)systematic underinvestment.
D)compromised ethics.
39
As stated in "The Wicked Problem of Good Financial Markets," global risks are characteristically high probability and low impact.
A)True
B)False
40
As set forth in "Engaging China: Strategies for the Small Internationalizing Firm," in a time marked by concerns of an overheating economy, increasing operational costs, dominance in important world markets, and widening income gaps within China, the Chinese economy:
A)continues to grow relentlessly.
B)has remained on a fairly steady keel.
C)is now barely sustainable.
D)has taken a merciless beating.
41
As noted in "Engaging China: Strategies for the Small Internationalizing Firm," by the end of 2004, the world's third-largest trading nation was:
A)the United States.
B)China.
C)Germany.
D)Japan.
42
As reported in "Engaging China: Strategies for the Small Internationalizing Firm," most of the firms and/or investments entering the Chinese market are relatively large.
A)True
B)False
43
As noted in "Planning Ahead for IFRS 1: Initial Adoption of IFRS by U.S. Companies," one important reason behind the SEC's proposed road map is that IFRS has become the de facto international:
A)accounting language.
B)banking regulator.
C)investment watchdog.
D)trade authority.
44
As explained in "Planning Ahead for IFRS 1: Initial Adoption of IFRS by U.S. Companies," both IFRS and U.S. GAAP contain documentation and designation requirements to support various forms of:
A)corporate alignment.
B)bilateral compliance.
C)market positioning.
D)hedge accounting.
45
As clarified in "Planning Ahead for IFRS 1: Initial Adoption of IFRS by U.S. Companies," IFRS 1 generally prohibits any retroactive designations.
A)True
B)False
46
As identified in "The Global Financial Crisis: What Went Wrong?," the global financial crisis began to surface in the spring of 2007 with rumblings about:
A)a run on Northern Rock.
B)sub-prime loans.
C)an auto industry meltdown.
D)a collapsing Lehman Brothers.
47
As expressed in "The Global Financial Crisis: What Went Wrong?," the tendency to underestimate the probability of adverse outcomes is what could be called:
A)disaster myopia.
B)falling asleep at the wheel.
C)the human element.
D)selective denial.
48
As asserted in "The Global Financial Crisis: What Went Wrong?," risk can be pro-cyclical in both up-swings and down-swings.
A)True
B)False
49
As stated in "The Work Left Undone: Perspectives on Small Business Opportunities in International Trade," the moniker given to the recent period of economic turmoil is the:
A)Great Depression II.
B)Great Recession.
C)Return to Hooverville.
D)Bush Breakdown.
50
As observed in "The Work Left Undone: Perspectives on Small Business Opportunities in International Trade," in terms of economic recovery, the United States continues to plod forward, regaining ground at a modest pace, but it has slipped along the way due to:
A)the negative growth of foreign markets.
B)a still-elusive consumer confidence.
C)staggering debt.
D)erratic interest rates.
51
As pointed out in "The Work Left Undone: Perspectives on Small Business Opportunities in International Trade," during the 1980-82 recession, the NFlB's optimism index fell below 90 only once.
A)True
B)False
52
As mentioned in "Brazil's Iron Giant Reaches for the Top," the heart of Vale's mining operations is a vast complex in the central Amazon known as:
A)Las Cruces.
B)Carajas.
C)Vitoria.
D)El Dorado.
53
As disclosed in "Brazil's Iron Giant Reaches for the Top," Vale is considering a bid for the world's Number 6 mining company, Xstrata, based in:
A)Switzerland.
B)Germany.
C)the United States.
D)Korea.
54
As identified in "Brazil's Iron Giant Reaches for the Top," the Brazilian mining company Vale is headquartered in Sao Paulo.
A)True
B)False
55
As profiled in "NanoTech Firm Takes Passage to India," a Nanobiosym technology that has potential use in homeland security, by detecting pathogens in food, water, and the air, for example, is called:
A)Detect-a-GENE.
B)Gene-RADAR.
C)Biosense-METER.
D)Geneto-SCAN.
56
As noted in "NanoTech Firm Takes Passage to India," the parents of physicist-physician Anita Goel, founder and CEO of Nanobiosym, emigrated, before Goel was born, to the United States from:
A)Ukraine.
B)India.
C)Pakistan.
D)Israel.
57
As observed in "NanoTech Firm Takes Passage to India," India's long-skeptical attitude toward overseas corporations has begun to mellow in recent years.
A)True
B)False
58
As disclosed in "Tata: Master of the Gentle Approach," as of 2008, Tata was the front-runner in the bidding to buy:
A)Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
B)Ford Motor's Jaguar-Rover operations.
C)Coca-Cola's Schweppes line.
D)the Bethlehem Steel Group.
59
As reported in "Tata: Master of the Gentle Approach," in January 2008, Tata Chemicals bought Wyoming's General Chemical Industrial Products, a leading producer of:
A)soda ash.
B)hydrated lime.
C)hydrogen peroxide.
D)sodium hypochlorite.
60
As pointed out in "Tata: Master of the Gentle Approach," Tata is unusual in that it has not laid off any workers or shuttered any facilities following its overseas acquisitions.
A)True
B)False
61
As specified in "Rethinking Globalization," readers must remember that the global brands in the Global Brand survey:
A)all originated in the United States.
B)represent a broad variation in degrees of marketing success.
C)are truly la crème de la crème.
D)were, for the most part, randomly chosen.
62
As explained in "Rethinking Globalization," even though the global brands selected for the Global Brand study were well-known players, in some countries substitutions were made—for example, in Russia, the researchers replaced:
A)Budweiser with Miller.
B)Dove with Palmolive.
C)Snapple with Nestea.
D)Toyota with Ford.
63
As maintained in "Rethinking Globalization," in reality there are relatively few truly global brands.
A)True
B)False
64
As discussed in "Expanding Opportunity at the Base of the Pyramid," the first social business in the Arab world—and an example of how two very different organizations (a Western nonprofit and a for-profit, privately held Saudi company) can come together for a common social good—is:
A)Mighty Light.
B)Yunus.
C)Grameen-Jameel.
D)Qualcomm.
65
As mentioned in "Expanding Opportunity at the Base of the Pyramid," Cosmos Ignite Innovations developed a product designed to meet the need of the poor for access to:
A)healthcare.
B)lighting.
C)transportation.
D)telecommunications.
66
As noted in "Expanding Opportunity at the Base of the Pyramid," in India, 70 percent of the country's population resides in villages, but 70 percent of the nation's doctors live in cities.
A)True
B)False
67
According to "Hailun Piano and the Quest for Quality," all workers at the Hailun Piano factory in Ningbo, China, are trained for at least one year, and the training is four years for those involved in:
A)lathework and finishing.
B)tuning and voicing.
C)human resources.
D)sales and marketing.
68
As identified in "Hailun Piano and the Quest for Quality," Peter Veletzky, at the age of 22, became:
A)Switzerland's top salesman of musical instruments.
B)Austria's youngest master piano builder.
C)Poland's most celebrated designer of concert pianos.
D)the first CEO of Hailun's European division.
69
As stated in "Hailun Piano and the Quest for Quality," there is no global consensus on what a piano ought to sound like.
A)True
B)False
70
As disclosed in "Distant Dilemmas," in 2004, for alleged violations of the FCPA, four China-based executives were fired from their positions at:
A)Ernst & Young.
B)Alcatel.
C)Enron.
D)Lucent Technologies.
71
As cited in "Distant Dilemmas," of 2,246 survey respondents in major European countries, 25 percent thought it fine to give a cash bribe to win work, and by country, that figure rose as high as 38 percent in Spain, 43 percent in the Czech Republic, and 53 percent in:
A)Turkey.
B)Germany.
C)France.
D)Belarus.
72
As suggested in "Distant Dilemmas," although it should be clear to expatriates that bribery and other corrupt practices are unacceptable under all circumstances, it should not have to fall to HR to have to "hammer that message home."
A)True
B)False
73
According to "Jobs on Another Shore," there is evidence that in recent years, service offshoring has been:
A)on a rapid incline.
B)on a slight decline.
C)steadily increasing.
D)branded as a "failed experiment."
74
As graphically demonstrated in "Jobs on Another Shore," although the increase in economic inequality has been fairly general, it has been particularly large in all of the following countries, except:
A)Australia.
B)Finland.
C)the United States.
D)the United Kingdom.
75
As noted in "Jobs on Another Shore," in general, offshoring does not appear to be having a disproportionately large effect on skilled tasks in advanced economies.
A)True
B)False
76
As reported in "Offshored Headquarters," of the world's four most populous countries, the only one predicted to have a shrinking gross domestic product in 2009 was:
A)the United States.
B)Indonesia.
C)China.
D)India.
77
As cited in "Offshored Headquarters," Laurence Stuart, a member of the SHRM Labor Relations Special Expertise Panel, has encountered a type of new foreign owners of U.S. businesses who assume that when an employee must be terminated, "anything goes"—the type of purchasers he says have:
A)"seen too many American movies."
B)no sense of propriety.
C)a "cowboy mentality."
D)a lot to learn.
78
According to "Offshored Headquarters," many foreign professionals have the misconception that the U.S. employment market is heavily regulated.
A)True
B)False
79
According to "A Material World," with regard to the raw materials market, manufacturers have come to accept the fact that:
A)prices will eventually peak, then level off.
B)the market is unstable and that production costs will likely continue to increase.
C)there is nothing they can do to mitigate the effects of market price increases.
D)prices are likely to drop steeply in the near future, so waiting it out is the best option.
80
As claimed in "A Material World," the main ingredient in thousands of synthetic materials used in almost every industry is:
A)oil.
B)rubber.
C)steel.
D)aluminum.
81
As presented in "A Material World," the demand for raw materials in Southeast Asian countries is likely to decline soon, which will stabilize prices in most commodities markets.
A)True
B)False
82
As presented in "Keynote Panel Session 1: Whose Income Is It? How Business is Caught in the Global Competition and Controversy for Tax Revenues," the primary reason why there is so much investment outside of the United States is that the United States:
A)no longer has a competitive business advantage in the global marketplace.
B)contains only five percent of the world's population.
C)has fallen significantly when ranked with other countries by GDP.
D)has been affected more drastically by the global economic crisis than have other developed nations.
83
As described in "Keynote Panel Session 1: Whose Income Is It? How Business is Caught in the Global Competition and Controversy for Tax Revenues," the "seismic change" that is occurring for today's corporations is the necessity to:
A)compete globally.
B)perform on a portfolio basis.
C)perform in the majority of their markets.
D)compete domestically.
84
As noted in "Keynote Panel Session 1: Whose Income Is It? How Business is Caught in the Global Competition and Controversy for Tax Revenues," the question of "who gets to tax it today" focuses on operational issues, while the question of "who gets to tax it tomorrow" focuses on policy issues.
A)True
B)False
85
According to "Exploiting the Global Supply Chain," the most important thing to put into place when expanding into the global supply chain is a:
A)stable and successful domestic supply chain.
B)knowledgeable group of C-level executives.
C)logistics team that can come in at the last moment and mitigate any problems.
D)coordinated strategy across all company groups.
86
As explained in "Exploiting the Global Supply Chain," one of the biggest tradeoffs to saving money on overseas purchases is:
A)transport costs.
B)product quality.
C)payroll costs.
D)landed costs.
87
As reported in "Exploiting the Global Supply Chain," end-to-end supply-chain visibility is only important when doing business with emerging markets.
A)True
B)False
88
As claimed in "What One Hand Gives, the Other Takes," a serious negative aspect of rich countries' foreign-aid policies is that the policies are:
A)not really intended to help poor countries develop.
B)often in conflict with the rich countries' other policies.
C)usually token offerings that have little or no real meaning for poor countries.
D)intentionally formulated to hurt poor countries.
89
As explained in "What One Hand Gives, the Other Takes," "tying" foreign aid requires:
A)donor countries to "tie" their foreign-aid policies to their other domestic and foreign policies.
B)recipient countries to utilize a portion of their foreign aid to help even-poorer countries.
C)donor countries to join together when helping certain recipient countries.
D)recipient countries to purchase certain things from donor countries with part of the aid received.
90
As defined in "What One Hand Gives, the Other Takes," recipient countries should have little to no involvement in the decision-making around the foreign-aid policies of donor countries.
A)True
B)False
91
As explained in "Unequal Access," India's caste system organizes its citizens into a rigid social order based on their:
A)income.
B)gender.
C)religion.
D)family of origin.
92
As defined in "Unequal Access," the term "set-asides" refers to:
A)untouchables or lower-caste Indians.
B)government financial assistance to the lower castes.
C)positions in business or education set aside for certain groups through affirmative action.
D)Indian cultural customs that reinforce the caste system.
93
As noted in "Unequal Access," as India rises economically, a major fear is that the Indian caste system will become globalized for its members.
A)True
B)False
94
According to "China and India Go to Africa," the recent development that has affected business relationships between Africa and both India and China is that:
A)Africa has finally entered into trade agreements with the two countries.
B)India and China have discovered the natural resources that Africa possesses.
C)a growing Indian and Chinese middle class wants to purchase African products.
D)following India's lead, China has now begun to invest in African infrastructure
95
As noted in "China and India Go to Africa," a major difference between the operations of Chinese and Indian firms in Africa is that:
A)Indian workers are far more integrated into African society than are Chinese workers.
B)Chinese businesses in Africa tend to be small and privately owned, while Indian businesses are large and state-owned.
C)Indian firms tend to build new facilities, while Chinese firms buy existing facilities.
D)Chinese firms buy supplies locally, while Indian firms buy primarily from Indian markets.
96
As claimed in "China and India Go to Africa," currently, the bulk of Africa's exports to China and India consist of natural resources, such as oil, metals, and raw agricultural commodities.
A)True
B)False
97
As described in "International OHS," in an attempt to punish its union miners for refusing to work with non-union workers, employer Grupo Mexico:
A)fired all its union workers.
B)reduced union-worker salaries.
C)brought in workers from other unions.
D)dismantled safety equipment.
98
As explained in "International OHS," a current health and safety concern for Grupo Mexico mining employees in Mexico is the:
A)lack of adequate tools to do their job.
B)presence of dangerous quantities of ore dust.
C)risk of contagious diseases spreading in the mines.
D)introduction of non-union labor into the mines.
99
As discussed in "International OHS," when Grupo Mexico miners went on strike in Mexico, United Steel Workers (USW) members in the United States went to Mexico to take over the work.
A)True
B)False
100
As quoted in "Deadly Business in Moscow," U.S. attorney Jamison Firestone says that the single biggest risk to business in Russia is the:
A)complicated tax structure.
B)corrupt law-enforcement system.
C)power of foreign investment firms.
D)competition from Russian businesses.
101
As explained in "Deadly Business in Moscow," Hermitage Capital Management's Moscow headquarters was raided by Russian police because its founder had:
A)forged signatures in order to get government tax rebates.
B)complained to government officials about the Russian Interior Ministry.
C)become a vocal critic of aspects of the Russian government.
D)stolen money from Russian clients of his firm.
102
As noted in "Deadly Business in Moscow," Russian government officials sometimes work in tandem with Russian businesses to target foreign businesses.
A)True
B)False
103
According to "Global Corporate Citizenship," the concept of "global corporate citizenship" involves the company as:
A)stakeholder.
B)government.
C)society.
D)employer.
104
As defined in "Global Corporate Citizenship," the transformation of socially responsible principles and ideas into commercial value is known as corporate:
A)governance.
B)social entrepreneurship.
C)philanthropy.
D)social responsibility.
105
As claimed in "Global Corporate Citizenship," the most significant factor in the weakening influence of the state is advances in technology that have led to globalization.
A)True
B)False
106
As noted in "Going Green," the problem facing automakers is to balance the protection of the global environment with:
A)governmental regulations.
B)the demands of stockholders.
C)the survival of their business.
D)the need for speed.
107
As revealed in "Going Green," the auto industry is the cause of fewer dangerous greenhouse-gas emissions than:
A)livestock.
B)manufacturing.
C)private homes.
D)discarded appliances and batteries.
108
As profiled in "Going Green," one of the major issues facing the auto industry is that executives think in terms of short-term payback for investments rather than long-term savings and goodwill.
A)True
B)False
109
According to "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," twenty-first-century international security will depend on:
A)how many people inhabit the world.
B)whether or not the world will be able to produce enough food for its populations.
C)how the world's population is composed and distributed.
D)the ability of global income to increase more than global population.
110
As noted in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," the extreme population growth in Europe reversed after World War I because:
A)the Industrial Revolution encouraged Europeans to take their skills to poorer countries.
B)a high percentage of young men of reproductive age died in the war.
C)many Europeans were lured to North America with the promise of better conditions.
D)basic healthcare and sanitation began to spread to poorer countries, increasing life expectancy there.
111
As claimed in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," over the next four decades, the vast majority of the world's GDP growth will occur in Europe and North America.
A)True
B)False
112
As presented in "The Man Who Named the Future," Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill predicted that, within the next few decades, the countries he calls the Brics would:
A)help turn Goldman Sachs into a profit-making machine.
B)implode under the weight of the global economic crisis.
C)become world superpowers.
D)overtake the largest Western economies in scale.
113
According to "The Man Who Named the Future," the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, signaled the need to:
A)Americanize globalization by exerting U.S. influence and control in non-Western countries.
B)recognize the positive influence and impact of non-Western countries on the world.
C)examine how non-Western economies could wield more power in the future.
D)dismiss non-Western countries as irrelevant and uncooperative.
114
As noted in "The Man Who Named the Future," with the Brics concept, O'Neill has both predicted and created global economic change.
A)True
B)False
115
As outlined in "The Enterprise of the Future," the "Enterprise of the Future" will possess all of the following characteristics except:
A)a hunger for change.
B)stability.
C)social responsibility.
D)global integration.
116
According to "The Enterprise of the Future," the most crucial leader in determining an organization's success is the:
A)CEO.
B)CTO.
C)CIO.
D)SOA.
117
As claimed in "The Enterprise of the Future," technical expertise is the most important and powerful characteristic of today's new leaders.
A)True
B)False
118
According to "Finding a Job in the 21st Century," as job loss continues in the United States in the face of the global economic crisis, the layoff rate has stabilized for employees in the:
A)manufacturing sector.
B)financial sector.
C)personal computer (PC) market.
D)newspaper industry.
119
As presented in "Finding a Job in the 21st Century," a key piece of advice for job seekers is to:
A)stay in your industry and wait for it to recover.
B)take advantage of a layoff to relax and regroup.
C)make a short, specific list of potential employers to target.
D)start looking for a new job as quickly as possible after a layoff.
120
As suggested in "Finding a Job in the 21st Century," to take advantage of the current boom in healthcare, job seekers should forget their current skills and retrain to become healthcare providers.
A)True
B)False





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