WGU QFT1 BUSINESS-IT MANAGEMENT
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QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Which financing source provides funding for capital through private
connections with help limited to monetary contributions?Personal
contactsVenture capitalistsCrowdsourcingAngel investors.
Answer: Personal contacts
◍ Which term describes a network of shared servers created for storage,
processing, and the delivery of computing resources?Wi-FiBig
dataCloudAnalytics.
Answer: Cloud
◍ A company wants to gain market share but does not want to establish
operations in other countries nor tailor its products to the other
countries.Which entry strategy should the company use to meet this goal
under these conditions?ExportTransnationalJoint ventureMultidomestic.
Answer: Export
◍ A company is beginning to operate on a more complex global scale and
needs a seamless integration of all the data the business uses. This
integration must include data from human resources (HR), employee data,
sales information, and development figures.Which type of software solution
should be used for this purpose?Material requirements planningDesktop
publishingSpreadsheet programEnterprise resource planning.
Answer: Enterprise resource planning
◍ When expanding internationally to a country with a lower average income, a
company made efforts to reduce the price of its product, even though it
eliminated some of the benefits the product has in other markets. This
, allowed for greater sales in the new market.Which strategy is being used by
this company?StandardizationMultibrandGlobalAdaptation.
Answer: Adaptation
◍ What is the result of the existence of multinational businesses?.
Answer: Economic integration among countries
◍ Geographic Departmentalization.
Answer: organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for
doing business in particular geographic areas
◍ What is a potential disadvantage of foreign direct investment from a host
government's perspective?.
Answer: The host country's natural resources may be depleted.
◍ Which currency contract establishes a specific rate at the beginning of the
contract for delivery at a future date?FuturesSwapForwardOption.
Answer: Forward
◍ Why are bots on customer-facing websites and apps valuable for global
companies?They are accessible 24 hours per day.They can eliminate hold
times.They can redesign the website or app on the fly.They can be deployed
to perform services for customers..
Answer: They are accessible 24 hours per day.
◍ Which type of tariff is put in place to specifically ensure that domestic
industries are given an advantage?.
Answer: Protective
◍ De-Centralized Organization.
Answer: when workers make decisions; associated with a flexible structure;
a flexible organizational structure is more effective than a formal structure
◍ An international company is concerned that the culture of the host nation
avoids communication about bad news.What type of questions can the
company ask to get better
communication?LiableAccountableDeliverableCulpable.
, Answer: Deliverable
◍ The British East India Company used expansionist policies to gain profits in
the East Indies by collecting unreasonable taxes from Indians.Which
unethical practice was used by this company?Creating fake assetsHiding
debt from investorsStealing from the people they ruledColluding to commit
finance fraud.
Answer: Stealing from the people they ruled
◍ What is the importance of communication skills in management?.
Answer: Effective communication is essential for conveying ideas and
instructions.
◍ What is a benefit of implementing a system of free trade?.
Answer: Reduced tariffs would result in lower costs of imported raw
materials.
◍ How do anti dumping laws protect a domestic market?.
Answer: They prevent foreign companies from selling goods and services at
or below cost.
◍ What does Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) govern?The
required conduct of the initiator of a contractThe standards for the
performance of business activitiesThe required conduct of both parties in
accordance with the contractThe standards for the countries from which the
two businesses originate.
Answer: The required conduct of both parties in accordance with the
contract
◍ A company wants to move production offshore to a low-skilled labor
company because the company's machines will make the product and it only
needs these low-skilled operators to work the machines.Which advantage of
outsourcing does the company seek to take?Lower costsEnhanced
expertiseGreater disciplineFocus on core activities.
Answer: Lower costs
◍ A country with a new economy implemented trade protectionism in relation
, to countries with more developed economies.Why did the country take this
action?.
Answer: To restrict international economic trade
◍ A government is combating a sluggish economic global environment and
decreasing direct-tax rates by increasing indirect taxes.What type of taxation
model is being used by this government?International tax treatiesCapital
gainsValue-addedCorporate income.
Answer: Value-added
◍ What makes the enforcement of United Nations Environmental Program
regulations difficult?Sovereign rights of nationsPeacekeeping missions of
nationsWorld Food Program distributionsPure competitive markets.
Answer: Sovereign rights of nations
◍ A well-respected company wants to expand its operations in another country
and voluntarily decides to use locally supplied materials.What is a reason
the company wishes to make this transfer?To decrease home country
managementTo increase compliance with local lawsTo decrease World
Trade Organization actionsTo increase product profitability.
Answer: To increase product profitability
◍ What is the purpose of the IASB?Creating standards of accounting for the
United StatesEnforcing compliance to GAAPCreating international
standards of accountingEnforcing compliance to IFRS.
Answer: Creating international standards of accounting
◍ 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?.
Answer: Government subsidies
◍ Which strategy is used by governments to limit the foreign direct investment
in a country?.
Answer: Creating foreign ownership restrictions in the country
CAPSTONE CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Which financing source provides funding for capital through private
connections with help limited to monetary contributions?Personal
contactsVenture capitalistsCrowdsourcingAngel investors.
Answer: Personal contacts
◍ Which term describes a network of shared servers created for storage,
processing, and the delivery of computing resources?Wi-FiBig
dataCloudAnalytics.
Answer: Cloud
◍ A company wants to gain market share but does not want to establish
operations in other countries nor tailor its products to the other
countries.Which entry strategy should the company use to meet this goal
under these conditions?ExportTransnationalJoint ventureMultidomestic.
Answer: Export
◍ A company is beginning to operate on a more complex global scale and
needs a seamless integration of all the data the business uses. This
integration must include data from human resources (HR), employee data,
sales information, and development figures.Which type of software solution
should be used for this purpose?Material requirements planningDesktop
publishingSpreadsheet programEnterprise resource planning.
Answer: Enterprise resource planning
◍ When expanding internationally to a country with a lower average income, a
company made efforts to reduce the price of its product, even though it
eliminated some of the benefits the product has in other markets. This
, allowed for greater sales in the new market.Which strategy is being used by
this company?StandardizationMultibrandGlobalAdaptation.
Answer: Adaptation
◍ What is the result of the existence of multinational businesses?.
Answer: Economic integration among countries
◍ Geographic Departmentalization.
Answer: organizing work and workers into separate units responsible for
doing business in particular geographic areas
◍ What is a potential disadvantage of foreign direct investment from a host
government's perspective?.
Answer: The host country's natural resources may be depleted.
◍ Which currency contract establishes a specific rate at the beginning of the
contract for delivery at a future date?FuturesSwapForwardOption.
Answer: Forward
◍ Why are bots on customer-facing websites and apps valuable for global
companies?They are accessible 24 hours per day.They can eliminate hold
times.They can redesign the website or app on the fly.They can be deployed
to perform services for customers..
Answer: They are accessible 24 hours per day.
◍ Which type of tariff is put in place to specifically ensure that domestic
industries are given an advantage?.
Answer: Protective
◍ De-Centralized Organization.
Answer: when workers make decisions; associated with a flexible structure;
a flexible organizational structure is more effective than a formal structure
◍ An international company is concerned that the culture of the host nation
avoids communication about bad news.What type of questions can the
company ask to get better
communication?LiableAccountableDeliverableCulpable.
, Answer: Deliverable
◍ The British East India Company used expansionist policies to gain profits in
the East Indies by collecting unreasonable taxes from Indians.Which
unethical practice was used by this company?Creating fake assetsHiding
debt from investorsStealing from the people they ruledColluding to commit
finance fraud.
Answer: Stealing from the people they ruled
◍ What is the importance of communication skills in management?.
Answer: Effective communication is essential for conveying ideas and
instructions.
◍ What is a benefit of implementing a system of free trade?.
Answer: Reduced tariffs would result in lower costs of imported raw
materials.
◍ How do anti dumping laws protect a domestic market?.
Answer: They prevent foreign companies from selling goods and services at
or below cost.
◍ What does Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) govern?The
required conduct of the initiator of a contractThe standards for the
performance of business activitiesThe required conduct of both parties in
accordance with the contractThe standards for the countries from which the
two businesses originate.
Answer: The required conduct of both parties in accordance with the
contract
◍ A company wants to move production offshore to a low-skilled labor
company because the company's machines will make the product and it only
needs these low-skilled operators to work the machines.Which advantage of
outsourcing does the company seek to take?Lower costsEnhanced
expertiseGreater disciplineFocus on core activities.
Answer: Lower costs
◍ A country with a new economy implemented trade protectionism in relation
, to countries with more developed economies.Why did the country take this
action?.
Answer: To restrict international economic trade
◍ A government is combating a sluggish economic global environment and
decreasing direct-tax rates by increasing indirect taxes.What type of taxation
model is being used by this government?International tax treatiesCapital
gainsValue-addedCorporate income.
Answer: Value-added
◍ What makes the enforcement of United Nations Environmental Program
regulations difficult?Sovereign rights of nationsPeacekeeping missions of
nationsWorld Food Program distributionsPure competitive markets.
Answer: Sovereign rights of nations
◍ A well-respected company wants to expand its operations in another country
and voluntarily decides to use locally supplied materials.What is a reason
the company wishes to make this transfer?To decrease home country
managementTo increase compliance with local lawsTo decrease World
Trade Organization actionsTo increase product profitability.
Answer: To increase product profitability
◍ What is the purpose of the IASB?Creating standards of accounting for the
United StatesEnforcing compliance to GAAPCreating international
standards of accountingEnforcing compliance to IFRS.
Answer: Creating international standards of accounting
◍ 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?.
Answer: Government subsidies
◍ Which strategy is used by governments to limit the foreign direct investment
in a country?.
Answer: Creating foreign ownership restrictions in the country
