Quiz

Question 1

    German corporations are controlled by two boards, one, the Vorstand,

    represents the company externally.

    is empowered to run the business.

    both a and b

    none of the above

5 points  

Question 2

    Nonverbal behaviors that communicate warmth and closeness are referred to as _______ behaviors.

    contact

    immediacy

    collective

    internal

5 points  

Question 3

    The importance of informed consent grew out of

    an awareness that people were illiterate about medical terms.

    the realization that doctors and patients often do not speak the same language.

    the Tuskegee syphilis study.

    none of the above.

5 points  

Question 4

    Nonverbal behaviors that consist of body movements, gestures, and facial expressions are categorized as

    chronemics

    proxemics

    kinesics

    paralanguage

5 points  

Question 5

    The law of reward and penalty with Buddhist philosophy is called:

    nirvana

    bodhisatva

    karma

    the eightfold path

5 points  

Question 6

    The words we use reflect which of the following?

    attitudes

    values

    beliefs

    all of the above

5 points  

Question 7

    In a Japanese face-to-face meeting,

    the president leads the meeting.

    junior participants must show humility.

    aggression is common.

    argumentation is common.

5 points  

Question 8

    Which of the following best reflects the nature of intercultural communication competence?

    competence judgments are related to skills

    competence judgments are not inherent to particular behaviors

    competence is a perception of a person, not a characteristic of a person

    all of the above

5 points  

Question 9

    American companies have different hiring practices than do the Japanese; for example, the Japanese would not hire

    older workers as regular employees.

    young workers with no experience.

    foreigners.

    none of the above.

5 points  

Question 10

    The dualistic harmony model in china evaluates behavior based on:

    constructive and value perspectives

    value and instrumental perspectives

    continuity and cohesiveness perspectives

    relational power and social continuity

5 points  

Question 11

    Differences between Arab cultures in which people tend to stand closely together when speaking and North American cultures in which people carry on conversation at a distance of eighteen to thirty-six inches are differences in

    olfactics.

    vocalics.

    haptics.

    proxemics.

5 points  

Question 12

    The model of communication competence that seeks to identify the conceptual or empirical components of intercultural competence is the _____ model.

    compositional.

    co-orientational

    developmental

    adaptational

5 points  

Question 13

    What view of intercultural ethics denies the existence of a universal set of values and norms?

    realist

    particularist

    pragmatist

    individualist

5 points  

Question 14

    What axiom of intercultural communication reflects the tendency to view oneself more positively than others?

    ethnocentrism

    endocentrism

    locus

    univalence

5 points  

Question 15

    Which approach to intercultural ethics attempts to gather facts and make generalizations?

    empirical

    normative

    theoretical

    A and C are true

5 points  

Question 16

    Which of the following uses "talk story" to create an idea, tell a story, or complete a learning task?

    Native Hawaiian students

    Asian students

    European American students

    African American students

5 points  

Question 17

    According to Smart, what is arguably the single most powerful and influential ethical system?

    utilitarianism

    particularism

    ethnocentrism

    cosmopolitanism

5 points  

Question 18

    Linguistic relativism suggests that worldview:

   is determined by language.

    is based on the way people categorize the world using different labels.

    is indefinable.

    all of the above

5 points  

Question 19

    Deference refers to:

    the appreciation an individual shows of another to that other

    the humility an individual expresses to another

    willingness to accept the opinions of superiors

    recognition of subordinate status

5 points  

Question 20

    The value judgment that cultures should be accepted "as they are" reflects:

    cultural relativism

    cultural relativity

    intercultural sensibility

    intercultural commonality