WGU D080 Managing in a Global
Business Environment Question and
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A company is considering establishing a subsidiary in a new host country and
wishes to prepare its expatriates to adapt to the local environment.
How should this company prepare its expatriates?
Negotiation
Operational training
Repatriation
Cultural Training - correct answer ✔Cultural training
What happens to consumer surplus when tariffs and quotas are discontinued?
- correct answer ✔They increase
Which type of tariff is put in place to specifically ensure that domestic
industries are given an advantage? - correct answer ✔Protective
What is a benefit of implementing a system of free trade? - correct answer
✔Reduced tariffs would result in lower costs of imported raw materials.
How are free trade agreements handled differently than treaties in the United
States? - correct answer ✔Treaties must be approved by the Senate,
whereas a free trade agreement must pass both houses of Congress.
,Treaties must be approved by the Senate, whereas a free trade agreement
must pass both houses of Congress. - correct answer ✔Tariffs
An airplane manufacturer outsources the manufacture of some its parts and
sub-assemblies. They are then returned to the manufacturer's main plant for
final assembly. - correct answer ✔Value chain
Country A exports more goods to Country B than it imports from Country B.
Country A receives more monetary gain by using this practice.
Which relationship does Country A have with Country B? - correct answer
✔Trade surplus
Country A has been criticized by other countries for giving generous tax
credits to its corn farmers, which in turn, enables the country's farmers to sell
corn on the international markets cheaper than all other countries.
Which term is used by other countries to describe this practice? - correct
answer ✔Government subsidies
A farmer knows that it takes 100 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of
corn. It only takes 50 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of soy. Currently,
a bushel of corn is selling at three times a bushel of soy.
Which type of cost should the farmer use to determine what to plant? - correct
answer ✔Opportunity
A country produces goods more efficiently than all other countries in the same
industry.
Which type of advantage does this country have? - correct answer
✔Absolute
,Country A exports farming equipment to Country B, while Country B exports
car manufacturing equipment to Country A. Both countries are highly
developed and could develop these industries separately but instead made
the decision to export and import these products from each other.
Which unique condition caused this practice between the two countries? -
correct answer ✔Skill specialization
A company produces the same product over and over, and it has caused the
manufacturing cost of the product to become cheaper and more competitive in
international markets than similar products in the industry.
Which approach is this company using to achieve this ability? - correct
answer ✔Economies of scale
A country with a new economy implemented trade protectionism in relation to
countries with more developed economies.
Why did the country take this action? - correct answer ✔To restrict
international economic trade
How do anti dumping laws protect a domestic market? - correct answer
✔They prevent foreign companies from selling goods and services at or below
cost.
How do Congress and the Department of Agriculture use quotas to their
advantage? - correct answer ✔To increase domestic prices to specific levels
to make products profitable
Which strategy should a government use to offset the cost of manufacturing
domestically? - correct answer ✔Subsidies
Which type of globalization refers to the international movement of goods,
capital, and services? - correct answer ✔Economic
, The CEO of an international company reminds the executive vice presidents
that while the company may do good while performing corporate social
responsibilities, the business has one ultimate goal since it is engaged in
commercial activities with corporate shareholders.
Which ultimate goal is the CEO emphasizing to the executive vice presidents?
- correct answer ✔Profitability
A CEO decides to expand the company's business internationally by
purchasing production capability in another country, including the foreign
country's buildings and equipment.
Which type of market entry is the CEO using? - correct answer ✔Direct
investment
A CEO seeks to better use the economies of scale and scope of production to
increase the international company's profits.
Which type of globalization driver is the CEO seeking to use? - correct
answer ✔Cost
A CEO is discussing an expansion of production of a company's highly
perishable dairy line in a country that can offer low labor costs and good
internet connections. The country has no highways, and roads are poorly
maintained.
Which challenge to international business expansion do the road conditions
present? - correct answer ✔Infrastructure
Which argument is used by critics who wish to discourage movement towards
globalization? - correct answer ✔It increases the wealth of the rich rather
than the poor
Business Environment Question and
answers study set for OA verified to
pass 2025
A company is considering establishing a subsidiary in a new host country and
wishes to prepare its expatriates to adapt to the local environment.
How should this company prepare its expatriates?
Negotiation
Operational training
Repatriation
Cultural Training - correct answer ✔Cultural training
What happens to consumer surplus when tariffs and quotas are discontinued?
- correct answer ✔They increase
Which type of tariff is put in place to specifically ensure that domestic
industries are given an advantage? - correct answer ✔Protective
What is a benefit of implementing a system of free trade? - correct answer
✔Reduced tariffs would result in lower costs of imported raw materials.
How are free trade agreements handled differently than treaties in the United
States? - correct answer ✔Treaties must be approved by the Senate,
whereas a free trade agreement must pass both houses of Congress.
,Treaties must be approved by the Senate, whereas a free trade agreement
must pass both houses of Congress. - correct answer ✔Tariffs
An airplane manufacturer outsources the manufacture of some its parts and
sub-assemblies. They are then returned to the manufacturer's main plant for
final assembly. - correct answer ✔Value chain
Country A exports more goods to Country B than it imports from Country B.
Country A receives more monetary gain by using this practice.
Which relationship does Country A have with Country B? - correct answer
✔Trade surplus
Country A has been criticized by other countries for giving generous tax
credits to its corn farmers, which in turn, enables the country's farmers to sell
corn on the international markets cheaper than all other countries.
Which term is used by other countries to describe this practice? - correct
answer ✔Government subsidies
A farmer knows that it takes 100 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of
corn. It only takes 50 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of soy. Currently,
a bushel of corn is selling at three times a bushel of soy.
Which type of cost should the farmer use to determine what to plant? - correct
answer ✔Opportunity
A country produces goods more efficiently than all other countries in the same
industry.
Which type of advantage does this country have? - correct answer
✔Absolute
,Country A exports farming equipment to Country B, while Country B exports
car manufacturing equipment to Country A. Both countries are highly
developed and could develop these industries separately but instead made
the decision to export and import these products from each other.
Which unique condition caused this practice between the two countries? -
correct answer ✔Skill specialization
A company produces the same product over and over, and it has caused the
manufacturing cost of the product to become cheaper and more competitive in
international markets than similar products in the industry.
Which approach is this company using to achieve this ability? - correct
answer ✔Economies of scale
A country with a new economy implemented trade protectionism in relation to
countries with more developed economies.
Why did the country take this action? - correct answer ✔To restrict
international economic trade
How do anti dumping laws protect a domestic market? - correct answer
✔They prevent foreign companies from selling goods and services at or below
cost.
How do Congress and the Department of Agriculture use quotas to their
advantage? - correct answer ✔To increase domestic prices to specific levels
to make products profitable
Which strategy should a government use to offset the cost of manufacturing
domestically? - correct answer ✔Subsidies
Which type of globalization refers to the international movement of goods,
capital, and services? - correct answer ✔Economic
, The CEO of an international company reminds the executive vice presidents
that while the company may do good while performing corporate social
responsibilities, the business has one ultimate goal since it is engaged in
commercial activities with corporate shareholders.
Which ultimate goal is the CEO emphasizing to the executive vice presidents?
- correct answer ✔Profitability
A CEO decides to expand the company's business internationally by
purchasing production capability in another country, including the foreign
country's buildings and equipment.
Which type of market entry is the CEO using? - correct answer ✔Direct
investment
A CEO seeks to better use the economies of scale and scope of production to
increase the international company's profits.
Which type of globalization driver is the CEO seeking to use? - correct
answer ✔Cost
A CEO is discussing an expansion of production of a company's highly
perishable dairy line in a country that can offer low labor costs and good
internet connections. The country has no highways, and roads are poorly
maintained.
Which challenge to international business expansion do the road conditions
present? - correct answer ✔Infrastructure
Which argument is used by critics who wish to discourage movement towards
globalization? - correct answer ✔It increases the wealth of the rich rather
than the poor
