BUS 280 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following is defined as a group of people who share a unique way
of life within a larger, dominant culture?
A) macroculture
B) subculture
C) cultural universal
D) monoculture - ✔✔B. subculture
✔✔Which of the following is a cultural component that implies gauging the beauty
and appeal of artwork?
A) customs
B) mores
C) folkways
D) aesthetics - ✔✔D. aesthetics
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to the ideas, beliefs, and customs
to which people are emotionally attached?
A) attitudes
B) memetics
C) aesthetics
D) values - ✔✔D. values
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to the positive or negative
evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor toward objects or
concepts?
A) customs
B) attitudes
C) traditions
D) values - ✔✔B. attitudes
✔✔A(n) ________ is anything that represents a culture's way of life, including
gestures, material objects, traditions, and concepts.
A) social structure
B) social status
C) cultural baggage
D) cultural trait - ✔✔D. cultural trait
✔✔________ is increasing the pace of both cultural diffusion and cultural change.
A) Collectivism
B) Enculturation
C) Fundamentalism
D) Globalization - ✔✔D. Globalization
, ✔✔Which of the following refers to the process by which cultural traits spread
from one culture to another?
A) cultural heterogeneity
B) cultural imperialism
C) cultural diffusion
D) cultural literacy - ✔✔C. cultural diffusion
✔✔The practice of exchanging rings at weddings, which was initially a pagan
ritual, is now followed by most people across the world. Which of the following
does this illustrate?
A) cultural literacy
B) cultural encoding
C) cultural diffusion
D) cultural lag - ✔✔C. cultural diffusion
✔✔________ is a system in which a supervisor walks an employee through every
step of an assignment or task, monitoring the results at each stage.
A) Situational attribution
B) Situational management
C) Social mobility
D) Social stratification - ✔✔B. situational management
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to habits or ways of behaving in
specific circumstances that are passed down through generations?
A) customs
B) attitudes
C) prejudices
D) aesthetics - ✔✔A. customs
✔✔Globalization of markets can benefit companies that sell a global product and
creates new market opportunities abroad especially if their home market
_________.
A. can sustain higher prices
B. can offer a consistent increase in demand
C. is small or becoming saturated
D. is large and growing - ✔✔C. is small of becoming saturated
✔✔A folk custom can be defined as ________.
A) behavior shared by a heterogeneous group or by several groups of people
B) behavior, often dating back several generations, that is practiced by a
homogeneous group of people
C) positive or negative evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor
toward objects or concepts
D) positive or negative evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following is defined as a group of people who share a unique way
of life within a larger, dominant culture?
A) macroculture
B) subculture
C) cultural universal
D) monoculture - ✔✔B. subculture
✔✔Which of the following is a cultural component that implies gauging the beauty
and appeal of artwork?
A) customs
B) mores
C) folkways
D) aesthetics - ✔✔D. aesthetics
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to the ideas, beliefs, and customs
to which people are emotionally attached?
A) attitudes
B) memetics
C) aesthetics
D) values - ✔✔D. values
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to the positive or negative
evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor toward objects or
concepts?
A) customs
B) attitudes
C) traditions
D) values - ✔✔B. attitudes
✔✔A(n) ________ is anything that represents a culture's way of life, including
gestures, material objects, traditions, and concepts.
A) social structure
B) social status
C) cultural baggage
D) cultural trait - ✔✔D. cultural trait
✔✔________ is increasing the pace of both cultural diffusion and cultural change.
A) Collectivism
B) Enculturation
C) Fundamentalism
D) Globalization - ✔✔D. Globalization
, ✔✔Which of the following refers to the process by which cultural traits spread
from one culture to another?
A) cultural heterogeneity
B) cultural imperialism
C) cultural diffusion
D) cultural literacy - ✔✔C. cultural diffusion
✔✔The practice of exchanging rings at weddings, which was initially a pagan
ritual, is now followed by most people across the world. Which of the following
does this illustrate?
A) cultural literacy
B) cultural encoding
C) cultural diffusion
D) cultural lag - ✔✔C. cultural diffusion
✔✔________ is a system in which a supervisor walks an employee through every
step of an assignment or task, monitoring the results at each stage.
A) Situational attribution
B) Situational management
C) Social mobility
D) Social stratification - ✔✔B. situational management
✔✔Which of the following terms is used to refer to habits or ways of behaving in
specific circumstances that are passed down through generations?
A) customs
B) attitudes
C) prejudices
D) aesthetics - ✔✔A. customs
✔✔Globalization of markets can benefit companies that sell a global product and
creates new market opportunities abroad especially if their home market
_________.
A. can sustain higher prices
B. can offer a consistent increase in demand
C. is small or becoming saturated
D. is large and growing - ✔✔C. is small of becoming saturated
✔✔A folk custom can be defined as ________.
A) behavior shared by a heterogeneous group or by several groups of people
B) behavior, often dating back several generations, that is practiced by a
homogeneous group of people
C) positive or negative evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor
toward objects or concepts
D) positive or negative evaluations, feelings, and tendencies that individuals harbor
