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Chapter 03 - Differences in Culture

Chapter 03 Differences in Culture True / False Questions 1. In today's world of global communications, rapid transportation and global markets, cultural differences have ceased to exist. FALSE 2. Culture is static. FALSE 3. Values are abstract ideas about what a group believes to be right, good and desirable. TRUE 4. A society is another name for a country. FALSE 5. A country is defined as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living. FALSE 6. People who violate folkways are considered to be evil or bad. FALSE 7. Folkways include rituals and symbolic behavior. TRUE 8. The bow that is given by a Japanese business executive to another business executive is an example of symbolic behavior. TRUE 9. Mores have much greater significance than folkways. TRUE 10. If a country is characterized as having a single homogenous culture, then its national culture also is homogenous and not a mosaic of subcultures. FALSE 11. The group is the primary unit of organization in Western societies. FALSE 12. As demonstrated by Japan, the primacy of the group is always beneficial. FALSE

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13. The term social strata refers to the extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they were born. FALSE 14. The most rigid system of stratification is a class system. FALSE 15. A caste system is a closed system of stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which the person is born. TRUE 16. A class system is a rigid form of social stratification in which the position a person has by birth cannot be changed through his or her own achievements or luck. FALSE Multiple Choice Questions 17. During the 1960s and 1970s, class divisions in _____ raised the cost of doing business there, relative to other European countries. A. Great Britain B. Switzerland C. Norway D. Germany 18. Which of the following is not true regarding culture? A. Culture is static B. Culture is evolving C. It is a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people D. It involves the knowledge and beliefs of people 19. _____ is/are best defined as shared assumptions about how things ought to be. A. Norms B. Values C. Society D. Culture

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20. The system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living best defines A. Society B. Value systems C. Principles D. Culture 21. Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations are best described as A. Norms B. Values C. Culture D. Society 22. A group of people who share a common set of values and norms form a A. Culture B. Society C. Country D. Caste 23. _____ are the routine conventions of everyday life. A. Folkways B. Mores C. Rites D. Beliefs 24. _____ are social conventions concerning things such as the appropriate dress code in a particular situation, good social manners, eating with the correct utensils, neighborly behavior and the like. A. Values B. Beliefs C. Mores D. Folkways 25. An act, as simple as shaking hands when meeting new people is an example of A. Values B. Symbolic behavior C. Mores D. Social stratification

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26. A Japanese executive's ritual of presenting a business card to a foreign business executive is an example of A. Mores B. Values C. Attitudes D. Folkways 27. Mores are A. The norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and its social life B. The routine conventions of every day life C. Abstract ideas about what a group believes to be right, good and desirable D. The social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations 28. Which of the following statement about values and norms of a culture is not true? A. The values and norms of a society do not emerge fully formed B. They are the evolutionary product of a number of factors C. They are influenced by social structure and religion D. They do not influence social structure and religion 29. The social organization of Western society tends to emphasize on A. A group orientation B. The family C. Individual achievement D. Work groups 30. The emphasis on individualism in the U.S. results in all of the following disadvantages except A. Managers tend to develop good general skills but lack the company-specific experience B. Difficulty in building teams within an organization to perform collective tasks C. Executives are not exposed to different ways of doing business D. Difficulty to achieve cooperation both within a company and between companies 31. A central value of Japanese culture is the importance attached to A. The individual B. Group membership C. Individual achievement D. Personal accomplishments

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32. It has been argued that the success of Japanese enterprises in the global economy has been based partly all of the following except A. The diffusion of self-managing work teams B. The close cooperation among different functions within Japanese companies C. The high degree of managerial mobility between companies D. The cooperation between a company and its suppliers on issues such as design, quality control and inventory reduction 33. While _____ is the mother tongue of the largest number of people in the world, the most widely spoken language is A. Spanish; Chinese B. English; Hindi C. Hindi; Spanish D. Chinese; English

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