INTB 200 T2 (21-40) Exam #1 Questions with correct
answers
What is an advantage of a polycentric staffing approach?
A) It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing approaches.
B) It gives host-country nationals unlimited opportunities to gain experience
outside their own country.
C) It increases career mobility.
D) It increases interaction between the headquarters of a firm and its foreign
subsidiaries.
E) It bridges the gap between host-country managers and parent-country
managers. - ✔✔It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing
approaches
Which industry is often thought of as one in which global standardization of the
marketing mix is the norm because they sell the same basic product or service
worldwide?
A) electronics
B) fashion
C) pharmaceutical
D) movie industry
E) heavy machinery - ✔✔movie industry
Kendrik, a U.S. citizen, is the operations manager at the Middle East office of
Creston Builders Inc., an American firm. In this situation, Kendrik is a(n)
__________ manager.
, A) repatriate
B) host-country
C) inpatriate
D) expatriate
E) virtual - ✔✔expatriate
In the United States, export credit insurance is provided by the
A) Export-Import Bank.
B) Bank of New York.
C) Foreign Credit Insurance Association.
D) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
E) Federal Reserve Bank. - ✔✔Foreign Credit Insurance Association
Maura created a simple bar graph to show the most popular items customers
asked for when they walked into the store. Which application of business
analytics does the bar graph represent?
A) predictive
B) descriptive
C) definitive
D) prescriptive
E) directive - ✔✔descriptive
answers
What is an advantage of a polycentric staffing approach?
A) It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing approaches.
B) It gives host-country nationals unlimited opportunities to gain experience
outside their own country.
C) It increases career mobility.
D) It increases interaction between the headquarters of a firm and its foreign
subsidiaries.
E) It bridges the gap between host-country managers and parent-country
managers. - ✔✔It is less expensive to implement as compared to other staffing
approaches
Which industry is often thought of as one in which global standardization of the
marketing mix is the norm because they sell the same basic product or service
worldwide?
A) electronics
B) fashion
C) pharmaceutical
D) movie industry
E) heavy machinery - ✔✔movie industry
Kendrik, a U.S. citizen, is the operations manager at the Middle East office of
Creston Builders Inc., an American firm. In this situation, Kendrik is a(n)
__________ manager.
, A) repatriate
B) host-country
C) inpatriate
D) expatriate
E) virtual - ✔✔expatriate
In the United States, export credit insurance is provided by the
A) Export-Import Bank.
B) Bank of New York.
C) Foreign Credit Insurance Association.
D) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
E) Federal Reserve Bank. - ✔✔Foreign Credit Insurance Association
Maura created a simple bar graph to show the most popular items customers
asked for when they walked into the store. Which application of business
analytics does the bar graph represent?
A) predictive
B) descriptive
C) definitive
D) prescriptive
E) directive - ✔✔descriptive
