Complete the mcq:
Question 1
German corporations are controlled by two boards, one, the Vorstand,
represents the company externally.
is empowered to run the business.
both a and b
none of the above
Question 2
Nonverbal behaviors that communicate warmth and closeness are referred to as _______ behaviors.
contact
immediacy
collective
internal
Question 3
The importance of informed consent grew out of
an awareness that people were illiterate about medical terms.
the realization that doctors and patients often do not speak the same language.
the Tuskegee syphilis study.
none of the above.
Question 4
Nonverbal behaviors that consist of body movements, gestures, and facial expressions are categorized as
chronemics
proxemics
kinesics
paralanguage
Question 5
The law of reward and penalty with Buddhist philosophy is called:
nirvana
bodhisatva
karma
the eightfold path
Question 6
The words we use reflect which of the following?
attitudes
values
beliefs
all of the above
Question 7
In a Japanese face-to-face meeting,
the president leads the meeting.
junior participants must show humility.
aggression is common.
argumentation is common.
Question 8
Which of the following best reflects the nature of intercultural communication competence?
competence judgments are related to skills
competence judgments are not inherent to particular behaviors
competence is a perception of a person, not a characteristic of a person
all of the above
Question 9
American companies have different hiring practices than do the Japanese; for example, the Japanese would not hire
older workers as regular employees.
young workers with no experience.
foreigners.
none of the above.
Question 10
The dualistic harmony model in china evaluates behavior based on:
constructive and value perspectives
value and instrumental perspectives
continuity and cohesiveness perspectives
relational power and social continuity
Question 11
Differences between Arab cultures in which people tend to stand closely together when speaking and North American cultures in which people carry on conversation at a distance of eighteen to thirty-six inches are differences in
olfactics.
vocalics.
haptics.
proxemics.
Question 12
The model of communication competence that seeks to identify the conceptual or empirical components of intercultural competence is the _____ model.
compositional.
co-orientational
developmental
adaptational
Question 13
What view of intercultural ethics denies the existence of a universal set of values and norms?
realist
particularist
pragmatist
individualist
Question 14
What axiom of intercultural communication reflects the tendency to view oneself more positively than others?
ethnocentrism
endocentrism
locus
univalence
Question 15
Which approach to intercultural ethics attempts to gather facts and make generalizations?
empirical
normative
theoretical
A and C are true
Question 16
Which of the following uses "talk story" to create an idea, tell a story, or complete a learning task?
Native Hawaiian students
Asian students
European American students
African American students
Question 17
According to Smart, what is arguably the single most powerful and influential ethical system?
utilitarianism
particularism
ethnocentrism
cosmopolitanism
Question 18
Linguistic relativism suggests that worldview:
is determined by language.
is based on the way people categorize the world using different labels.
is indefinable.
all of the above
Question 19
Deference refers to:
the appreciation an individual shows of another to that other
the humility an individual expresses to another
willingness to accept the opinions of superiors
recognition of subordinate status
Question 20
The value judgment that cultures should be accepted "as they are" reflects:
cultural relativism
cultural relativity
intercultural sensibility
intercultural commonality