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1

Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations are
A)norms
B)values
C)folkways
D)mores
E)traditions
2

Culture is an evolutionary product of a number of factors including all of the following except
A)religion
B)physical geography
C)language
D)education
E)prevailing economic philosophies
3

Social mobility is usually not possible in a
A)class system
B)group system
C)social strata
D)caste system
E)ethical system
4

A __________ is a system of social stratification in which social status is determined by the family into which a person is born and by subsequent socioeconomic achievement.
A)caste system
B)class system
C)group system
D)social strata
E)ethical system
5

The importance of hard work, wealth creation, and frugality is emphasized for
A)Catholics
B)Hindus
C)Jews
D)Protestants
E)Buddhists
6

__________ is critical of those who earn a profit through the exploitation of others.
A)Christianity
B)Hinduism
C)Islam
D)Judaism
E)Buddhism
7

In order to achieve nirvana, __________ lead a severely ascetic lifestyle of material and physical self-denial.
A)Hindus
B)Buddhists
C)Protestants
D)Catholics
E)Jews
8

Loyalty, reciprocal obligations, and honesty in dealings with others are values that are important to the _____________ system of ethics.
A)Catholic
B)Jewish
C)Hindu
D)Buddhist
E)Confucian
9

The extent to which different cultures socialized their members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty is measured by Hofstede's __________ dimension.
A)power distance
B)individualism versus collectivism
C)uncertainty avoidance
D)masculinity versus femininity
E)Confucian dynamism
10

If an American business executive calls a senior German manager by his or her first name without having been invited to do so
A)the American will probably be applauded for putting everyone at ease
B)the American will probably be asked to be more formal
C)the German will probably be insulted
D)the German will probably take it as a sign of friendliness
E)the American will be perceived a being cross-culturally literate
11

Guanxi is an important component of business in China.
A)True
B)False
12

An individual who has cross-cultural literacy understands how the culture of a country affects the way business is practiced.
A)True
B)False
13

Culture can be viewed as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that taken together constitute a design for living.
A)True
B)False
14

The study of culture is simplified by the strict one-to-one correspondence between a society and a nation-state.
A)True
B)False
15

The most widely practiced religion in the world is Christianity.
A)True
B)False
16

Religion is a system of shared beliefs and rituals concerned with the realm of the sacred
A)True
B)False
17

The caste system is a central component of Buddhism.
A)True
B)False
18

The lifetime employment that is characteristic of Japanese business has its roots in Confucianism.
A)True
B)False
19

The most spoken language in the world is Chinese.
A)True
B)False
20

Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.
A)True
B)False





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