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Norms are abstract ideas about what a group believes to be good, right, and desirable. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Mores are the routine conventions of everyday life. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A group is an association of two or more individuals who have a shared sense of identity and who interact with each other in structured ways on the basis of a common set of expectations about each other's behavior. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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There is a strict one-to-one correspondence between a society and a nation-state. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Islam is the most widely practiced religion in the world. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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There is beginning to be a change to allow greater emphasis on individualism as compared to group identification in |
| | A) | the U.S. |
| | B) | Britain |
| | C) | Mexico |
| | D) | Japan |
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_____ can be defined as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living. |
| | A) | mores |
| | B) | society |
| | C) | culture |
| | D) | folkways |
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The keen awareness of the passage of time that is shared by the U.S. and Northern European cultures is an example of |
| | A) | attitudes |
| | B) | values |
| | C) | mores |
| | D) | folkways |
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Which of the following is not true of culture and the nation-state? |
| | A) | there is not a strict one-to-one correspondence between a society and a nation-state |
| | B) | nation-states are political creations |
| | C) | a culture may embrace several nations |
| | D) | the relationship between culture and country is clearly defined |
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All of the following are determinants of culture except |
| | A) | geography |
| | B) | religion |
| | C) | language |
| | D) | education |
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An association of two or more individuals who have a shared sense of identity and who interact with each other in structured ways on the basis of a common set of expectations about each other's behavior is referred to as a |
| | A) | society |
| | B) | group |
| | C) | culture |
| | D) | social system |
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In Saudi Arabia, ______ is most important in explaining success. |
| | A) | individual attributes |
| | B) | individual achievements |
| | C) | education |
| | D) | the family group |
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The lack of loyalty and commitment to an individual company that is common in the U.S. reflects |
| | A) | the emphasis on the group |
| | B) | the vast network of interpersonal contacts that is common among American managers |
| | C) | the social strata in the U.S. |
| | D) | the high degree of individualism in American society |
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In Japan, the primary unit of social organization is |
| | A) | educational background |
| | B) | the group |
| | C) | monetary based |
| | D) | based on geographic differences |
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The extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they were born is known as |
| | A) | social mobility |
| | B) | a caste system |
| | C) | social strata |
| | D) | class mobility |
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A closed system of stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which a person is born, and change in that position is usually not possible during an individual's lifetime is known as |
| | A) | a caste system |
| | B) | a class system |
| | C) | social stratification |
| | D) | social mobility |
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A system of shared beliefs and rituals that are concerned with the realm of the sacred is |
| | A) | values |
| | B) | attitudes |
| | C) | religion |
| | D) | rituals |
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_____ made the connection between Protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism. |
| | A) | John Dunning |
| | B) | Adam Smith |
| | C) | Michael Porter |
| | D) | Max Weber |
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Which of the following is not a major principle of Islam? |
| | A) | being of pure heart and mind |
| | B) | being generous but not a squanderer |
| | C) | respecting the rights of others |
| | D) | being overly pretentious towards others |
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________ is not just a religion, it is also the source of law. |
| | A) | Christianity |
| | B) | Hinduism |
| | C) | Islam |
| | D) | Buddhism |
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According to Max Weber, devout ______ would be less likely to engage in entrepreneurial activity than ______. |
| | A) | Muslims, Protestants |
| | B) | Hindus, Buddhists |
| | C) | Muslims, Buddhists |
| | D) | Hindus, Protestants |
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The most widely spoken language in the world is |
| | A) | Chinese |
| | B) | Spanish |
| | C) | English |
| | D) | Hindi |
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Western nations such as the U.S. tend to score _______ on Hofstede's individualism scale and _____ on the power distance scale. |
| | A) | low, high |
| | B) | moderate, high |
| | C) | high, low |
| | D) | high, moderate |
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According to Hofstede ________ captures attitudes toward time, persistence, ordering by status, protection of face, respect for tradition, and reciprocation of gifts and favors. |
| | A) | folkways |
| | B) | uncertainty avoidance |
| | C) | power distance |
| | D) | Confucian dynamism |
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When a manager believes that his own ethnic group or culture is superior to those of others, the manager is demonstrating a(n) __________ attitude. |
| | A) | polycentric |
| | B) | ethnocentric |
| | C) | geocentric |
| | D) | transcentric |
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