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Chapter 6 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
1. The DHL Global Connected Index, which tracks the flow of capital, information, trade, and human
resources, indicates that the degree of globalization continues to decline.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Importance of International Management LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
2. Because tariffs are usually passed along to the consumer in the form of higher prices, imposing tariffs on
imported goods gives domestic companies a price advantage and protects them from foreign competition.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Importance of International Management LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
3. Collectively, Internet users amount to about 80 percent of the world’s population.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
4. Culture tells people who they are, which behaviors are appropriate, and which are not acceptable in any
society.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
5. In societies with low power distance, people are more likely to accept that power inequality is good and
acceptable.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
6. Anglo countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom have high power distance.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
7. People who live in societies with low individualism are seen as being part of a wider group, known as the
in-group.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
8. In low uncertainty avoidance countries managers are advised to provide structure and order to reduce
uncertainty and ambiguity for subordinates.
a. True
, Principles of Management
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: The GLOBE Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
9. According to the GLOBE project, countries in the Latin American cluster tend to be more collective, have
high power distance, and have high uncertainty avoidance.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Major Characteristics of the Manager's Job LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
10. Compare to Hofstede, the only two cultural dimensions unique to the GLOBE project are performance
orientation and future orientation.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
11. When researchers examined the ongoing assumption that all residents of a given country will behave
according to broad cultural norms, they found that 80% of variation in cultural values is actually within
countries.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
12. Research finds that while education is necessary for job placement, it plays no role in socializing
individuals into expected norms in their society.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Cross-Cultural Assignments LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
13. Examples of low-rigor training include classroom language training, case studies, and sensitivity
training.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Strategies for Expanding Globally LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
14. A global strategy is based on the assumption that the world is extremely interconnected, and that
patterns of consumption and production are fairly homogeneous worldwide.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Strategies for Expanding Globally LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
15. The global strategy is the one in which a company adapts its products to meet the needs of the local
market.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: The Necessity of Global Markets LEARNING OUTCOME: 7
16. Exporting is one of the easiest ways to go international.
a. True
b. False
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attributed to OpenStax, Rice University and any changes must be noted.
Chapter 6 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Introduction LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
1. The DHL Global Connected Index, which tracks the flow of capital, information, trade, and human
resources, indicates that the degree of globalization continues to decline.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Importance of International Management LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
2. Because tariffs are usually passed along to the consumer in the form of higher prices, imposing tariffs on
imported goods gives domestic companies a price advantage and protects them from foreign competition.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Importance of International Management LEARNING OUTCOME: 1
3. Collectively, Internet users amount to about 80 percent of the world’s population.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
4. Culture tells people who they are, which behaviors are appropriate, and which are not acceptable in any
society.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
5. In societies with low power distance, people are more likely to accept that power inequality is good and
acceptable.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
6. Anglo countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom have high power distance.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
7. People who live in societies with low individualism are seen as being part of a wider group, known as the
in-group.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Hofstede's Cultural Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 2
8. In low uncertainty avoidance countries managers are advised to provide structure and order to reduce
uncertainty and ambiguity for subordinates.
a. True
, Principles of Management
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: The GLOBE Framework LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
9. According to the GLOBE project, countries in the Latin American cluster tend to be more collective, have
high power distance, and have high uncertainty avoidance.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Major Characteristics of the Manager's Job LEARNING OUTCOME: 3
10. Compare to Hofstede, the only two cultural dimensions unique to the GLOBE project are performance
orientation and future orientation.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
11. When researchers examined the ongoing assumption that all residents of a given country will behave
according to broad cultural norms, they found that 80% of variation in cultural values is actually within
countries.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Cultural Stereotyping and Social Institutions LEARNING OUTCOME: 4
12. Research finds that while education is necessary for job placement, it plays no role in socializing
individuals into expected norms in their society.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Cross-Cultural Assignments LEARNING OUTCOME: 5
13. Examples of low-rigor training include classroom language training, case studies, and sensitivity
training.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: Strategies for Expanding Globally LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
14. A global strategy is based on the assumption that the world is extremely interconnected, and that
patterns of consumption and production are fairly homogeneous worldwide.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: F REFERENCE: Strategies for Expanding Globally LEARNING OUTCOME: 6
15. The global strategy is the one in which a company adapts its products to meet the needs of the local
market.
a. True
b. False
Title: ANSWER: T REFERENCE: The Necessity of Global Markets LEARNING OUTCOME: 7
16. Exporting is one of the easiest ways to go international.
a. True
b. False
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