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There are _____ characteristics of culture which are important for global
companies to recognize.
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
e. two - correct answer ✔four
_____refers to the ability of a firm to adjust to a culture different from its own.
a. Incorporation
b. Acculturation
c. Assimilation
d. Absorption
e. Integration - correct answer ✔acculturation
How many primary types of language are there?
a. Six
b. Two
c. Three
d. Five
e. Four - correct answer ✔two
_____ infrastructure involves transportation, energy, and communications.
,a. Economic
b. Social
c. Financial
d. Material
e. Technological - correct answer ✔economic
_____ communication refers to the message's actual content.
a. Verbal
b. Nonverbal
c. Backward
d. Formal
e. Informal - correct answer ✔verbal
_____ in a society is often a direct result of technology.
a. Intangible culture
b. Stratification
c. Social institutions
d. Material culture
e. Aesthetics - correct answer ✔material culture
_____ refers to what is perceived as taste and beauty in society.
a. Social institution
b. Aesthetics
c. Intangible culture
d. Stratification
e. Material culture - correct answer ✔aesthetics
, ____ refers to groups that are important to individuals.
a. Aesthetics
b. Reference groups
c. Social institution
d. Material culture
e. Stratification - correct answer ✔reference groups
Of the following, which dimension identified by Hofstede refers to the worth of
an individual versus the worth of the group?
a. Power distance
b. Uncertainty avoidance
c. Masculine vs. feminine
d. Individualism vs. collectivism
e. Internal control vs. external control - correct answer ✔individualism vs.
collectivism
Of the following, which describes Trompenaars's degree to which a society
compartmentalizes roles?
a. Specific vs. diffuse
b. Masculine vs. feminine
c. Individualism vs. collectivism
d. Uncertainty avoidance
e. Neutral vs. emotional - correct answer ✔specific vs. diffuse
Hofstede's findings led him to identify clusters of countries and regions
according to _____ cultural levels, or dimensions.