D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-Assessment
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1. A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is
being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in
alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the
training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are
consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success: Organizational culture
2. A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial
report to hide some distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being
violated by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics: Ethics
3. An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the
company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the
company has a nondiscrimination policy.Which element is violated by the actions of
this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture: Employee handbook guidelines
4. A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an
older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a
lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to
developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's
decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees?
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Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status: Age
5. A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee
activity models this code?
Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Starting an office
recycling program
6. A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all
business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the
adoption of many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to
the company.Which controversial business practice is this company using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking: Greenwashing
7. An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing
operations overseas. This brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes
this organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
Illegal-unethical: Legal-ethical
8. Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of
some industries, including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work
have on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
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It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.: It drew the public's
attention to the targeted issue.
9. The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales
results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder group
is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders: Shareholders
10. A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-
standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
The employee morale will improve.
The menu prices will be reduced.
The reputation of the restaurant will increase.: The customer base of the restaurant
will decrease.
11. Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework
focuses on accountability to shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity?
Adhocracy
Clan
Hierarchy
Market: Market
12. Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy culture within the
competing values framework?
People-oriented and friendly
Adjustable and entrepreneurial
Results-oriented and competitive
Process-oriented and highly structured: Adjustable and entrepreneurial
13. Which set of attributes reflects a hierarchy culture within the Competing
Values Framework?
People-oriented and friendly
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D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-
Assessment Test-Bank. Latest 2024
1. A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is
being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in
alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the
training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are
consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success: Organizational culture
2. A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial
report to hide some distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being
violated by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics: Ethics
3. An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the
company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the
company has a nondiscrimination policy.Which element is violated by the actions of
this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture: Employee handbook guidelines
4. A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an
older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a
lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to
developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's
decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees?
, D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-Assessment
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Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status: Age
5. A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee
activity models this code?
Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Starting an office
recycling program
6. A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all
business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the
adoption of many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to
the company.Which controversial business practice is this company using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking: Greenwashing
7. An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing
operations overseas. This brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes
this organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
Illegal-unethical: Legal-ethical
8. Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of
some industries, including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work
have on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
, D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-Assessment
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It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.: It drew the public's
attention to the targeted issue.
9. The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales
results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder group
is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders: Shareholders
10. A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-
standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
The employee morale will improve.
The menu prices will be reduced.
The reputation of the restaurant will increase.: The customer base of the restaurant
will decrease.
11. Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework
focuses on accountability to shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity?
Adhocracy
Clan
Hierarchy
Market: Market
12. Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy culture within the
competing values framework?
People-oriented and friendly
Adjustable and entrepreneurial
Results-oriented and competitive
Process-oriented and highly structured: Adjustable and entrepreneurial
13. Which set of attributes reflects a hierarchy culture within the Competing
Values Framework?
People-oriented and friendly
