Ashworth Semester Exam BZ48S International Management

BZ48S : International Management
Question 1
Representatives of a multinational firm seek an interview with local government leaders in the Department of Commerce in Argonia with a view to assess the types of policies likely to be implemented. According to Mathis, this is an example of a __________ approach.
systemic
quantitative
checklist
qualitative

Question 2
The Anti-Sweatshop Code of Conduct requires companies to provide a healthy and safe work environment and to:
differentiate on the basis of gender.
pay the prevailing local minimum wage.
reduce environmental footprints.
employ forced labor when the situation demands it.

Question 3
Austria and Germany value competition and have a "can-do" attitude. Therefore, according to the GLOBE project, Austria and Germany are most likely to be __________ societies.
accommodative
cooperative
humane-oriented
assertive

Question 4
Which of the following is NOT a critical operational value difference?
Time
Etiquette
Material factors
Change

Question 5
Trust improves cross-cultural communication by:
making sure that all of the business transactions are based on arm's-length relationships.
replacing formal legal contracts for global firms.
encouraging the open exchange of ideas and information.
helping people plan for known circumstances.

Question 6
When Disney decided to build a park in Paris, the French government gave Disney prime farmland just outside the city limits. This is most likely an example of a firm expanding overseas due to:
globalization of competitors.
restrictive trade barriers.
home country regulations.
provision of incentives.

Question 7
Which of the following is a strategic implementation used by McDonald's?
Keeping prices low to build market share
Altering menu items significantly to match cultural norms
Using American managers to run international franchises
Forming joint ventures with foreign restaurants to enter new markets

Question 8
In addition to the global war for talent, there are considerable strategic competitive challenges for firms. Which of the following is one such challenge?
Increasing talent in order to lower the costs of operations
Relocating operations around the world
Obtaining competent talent at higher wages than competitors
Obtaining talent using a regiocentric approach

Question 9
Effective human resource management of a company's global cadre ends with:
allocation of an overseas assignment to the executive.
successful repatriation of the executive into company headquarters.
preparing the executive for cultural differences.
providing foreign-language training to the executive.

Question 10
Blackmoor Industries is an American firm that manufactures automotive parts. The firm has several manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and one in a foreign country. Blackmoor's global managers have recently reported that workers in the foreign facility are more comfortable with the traditional division of work and roles. Consequently, flexible roles and work networks are unlikely to find favor in this particular facility, unlike in those spread across the U.S. If this information is true, which of the following can be fittingly inferred about Blackmoor's foreign facility's location?
It is in a low uncertainty avoidance culture.
It is in a highly individualist culture.
It is in a masculine culture.
It is in a low power distance culture.

Ashworth Semester Exam C05 Business Communication

C05 Business Communication
Question 1
In terms of his career, Ryan's communication skills:
will neither help him find a job nor help him keep one.
won't make any difference in his salary potential.
will be perceived as important by his employers, but cannot be translated into savings for his company.
will make him a valuable employee.

Question 2
Which of the following is an example of unsuccessful communication?
Ordering an item online then deciding, after it arrives, that you don't like it
Asking a friend for advice and then trying to apply it to your problem
Receiving instructions on how to put something together and then assembling the item
Making an urgent request on a colleague's voicemail and getting no reply for a week

Question 3
Which of the following is most likely to be the desired outcome of a persuasive message for a product?
The recipient will decide to purchase the product.
The recipient will be impressed by the function of the product.
The recipient will throw away their older version of the product.
The recipient will compare the product with other similar ones.

Question 4
Shannon needs to deliver some information quickly to a large group of people. Which of the following would be the best medium for her to use?
Email
Telephone
Memo
Letter

Question 5
Audiences easily get lost and bored if they cannot anticipate the twists and turns that a presentation may take. To avoid this, the presenter should:
open the presentation with a genuine question.
establish a rapport with the audience at the beginning of the presentation.
provide a framework for the presentation during the opening of the presentation.
open the presentation with an anecdote.

Question 6
Why are bad-news messages challenging to compose?
They must be lengthy and vague to avoid legal consequences.
They require you to achieve a number of goals that are incompatible at first glance.
They make it impossible to maintain your audience's goodwill.
They run the risk of alienating your audience.

Question 7
If you perform a search using the phrases "health insurance plans" and "freelance workers," the search engine will:
give you those sites that include either exact phrase.
give you only those sites that include both phrases.
give you those sites that include any of these five words anywhere on a page.
give you only those sites that include the first phrase and exclude the second.

Question 8
Which of the following is true of a proposal?
It is simple to prepare.
It does not need to provide details on how to implement itself.
It requires you to develop a persuasive appeal.
It should not address costs.

Question 9
Which of the following is an informational report?
A report recommending action based on what was discussed at a meeting
A report summarizing a meeting that happened in the past
A report providing results based on the evaluation of data obtained from a focus group
A report endorsing a particular solution to a problem

Question 10
Which of the following tools is most likely to be used during a presentation if the content to be presented is lengthy and cannot be seen easily in slide form?
Podcasts
Handouts
Whiteboards
Flipcharts

Ashworth Semester Exam- C09S Principles of Finance

C09S : Principles of Finance
Of the following, which is NOT one of the four main areas of finance?
International finance
Corporate finance
Investments
All are considered main areas of finance.

________ is a major disadvantage of the corporate form of business.
Double taxation
Unlimited liability
Lack of ability to raise capital
Transfer of ownership

Everything else equal, an industry with more leverage will have a:
higher return on assets.
higher return on equity.
lower return on equity.
Both A & B

If you can earn 5.25% per year on your investments, how long will it take to double your money?
6.31 years
19.05 years
13.55 years
There is not enough information to answer this question.

Travis bought a share of stock for $31.50 that paid a dividend of $.85 and sold six months later for $27.65. What was his dollar profit or loss and holding period return?
-$3.00, -9.52%
-$3.85, -12.22%
-$.85, -2.70%
-$3.85, -9.52%

If you were required to estimate the average return for one category of securities for the coming year, history tells us that you should have the greatest degree of confidence estimating which of the following?
Long-term government bonds
3-month U.S. Treasury bills
Small-company stocks
Large-company stocks

Which of the following are not considered a part of the firm's capital structure?
Long-term debt
Retained earnings
Inventory
Preferred stock
Which of the following choices lists the least to most aggressive actions in the pursuit of overdue debt?
1) a collection agency, 2) court action, 3) a letter requesting overdue payment
1) court action, 2) a collection agency, 3) a letter requesting overdue payment
1) a letter requesting overdue payment, 2) court action, 3) a collection agency
1) a letter requesting overdue payment, 2) a collection agency, 3) court action

John is in a high income-tax bracket and wishes to minimize current taxes payable. He also has a sizeable current income and prefers high growth rates to significant annual cash flow from his equity investments. Which of the following dividend polices would John most likely prefer if we assume that the dividend policy has no impact on the value of the firm and that the capital gains tax rate is lower than the ordinary tax rate?
High-dividend-payout policy
No-dividend-payout policy
Low-dividend-payout policy
John would be indifferent to all of the dividend policies.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a cost of debt financing?
The required return on a bank loan
The required return on preferred stock
The yield-to-maturity of a bond issue
The required return on money borrowed from a venture capitalist

Ashworth Semester Exam C10 Introduction to Computer

C10 Introduction to Computer
1.)    How many pins are in a typical Molex connector?
a.)    4
b.)    12
c.)    20
d.)    32
2.)    Which type of components below generates the most heat inside of a computer?
a.)    Hard drive
b.)    Memory
c.)    Motherboard
d.)    CPU

3.)    Which web browser below is natively available on a major operating system?
a.)    IE 10
b.)    Opera
c.)    Fire Fox
d.)    Chrome

4.)    What is the primary advantage of a 64-bit operating system versus bit?
a.)     It supports a faster I/O rate
b.)    It supports more memory
c.)    It consumers less power
d.)    It provides native remote connectivity

5.)    A business has just hired you as an IT consultant. They are interested in cloud computing to provide supplementary computing power during the Christmas shopping season when demand for their online products skyrockets. Which type of cloud computing would be ideal for them?
A.)    Network as a service
B.)    Platform as a service
C.)    Infrastructure as a service
D.)    Software as a service

6.)    Your brother wants to purchase a copy of the Microsoft office suites and he must have access. Which version does he need to purchase?
a.) Home and business edition
b.) Professional edition
c.) home and student edition
d.) ultimate

7.)    Your boss would like to make a diagram of the HR structure of your organization. He wants to know what application you would recommend. What Microsoft office suite application do you suggest to him?
a.)    Project
b.)    Visio
c.)    Access
d.)    Evernote

8.)    You are the network administrator of a network called Acme.com the network consists of a single domain controller and it has gone down. What is a consequence of this?
a.)    Domain names cannot be resolved into IP addresses
b.)    MAC address cannot be resolved into IP addresses
c.)    Users cannot authenticate to the domain
d.)    client computers cannot obtain dynamic IP addresses

9.)    you recently purchased a domain name and just uploaded your new website to a web hosting company. What do you need to do next so that people can see your website by typing your domain name into a web browser?
a.)    Upload your domain name to the web server using FTB
b.)    Point your domain name at the IP address of the web server
c.)    Convert your website from HTML to a CSV file
d.)    Advertise your domain name on google ads

10.)    You want to implement BitLocker on your windows 8 computer, your computer isn't TPM compliant. How will this restrict BitLocker?
a.)    You could only encrypt NTFS volumes
b.)    You could only encrypt 64-bit volumes
c.)    You couldn't encrypt the system volume
d.)    You couldn't encrypt a legacy volume

Ashworth Semester Exam C11S Macroeconomics

C11S : Macroeconomics
Question 1
Economics is the study of:
how to invest in the stock market.
how society uses limited resources.
the role of money in markets.
how government officials decide which goods and services are produced.

Question 2
The Law of Demand can be explained as:
a lot of people wanting the same thing.
the higher the price, the smaller the quantity demanded, ceteris paribus.
people are willing to make limited sacrifices to acquire products.
legal reasons people make purchases in the marketplace.

Question 3
The Law of Supply states that:
producers should only produce what they can sell.
producers should only sell the items when the price is right.
there is a positive relationship between price and quantity supplied, ceteris paribus.
producers are legally required to make necessary items available in the marketplace.

Question 4
Gross domestic product calculations count only final goods and services because:
these are the only goods and services that are purchased in an economy.
counting all goods and services would lead to double-counting of many activities.
it is difficult to measure the prices of intermediate goods produced.
one cannot calculate the quantities of intermediate goods produced.

Question 5
Firms consider the __________wage when considering whether to hire additional units of labor.
nominal
real
minimum
normal

Question 6
A comparison of the average growth rates across time for developed nations indicates that:
nations with lower levels of income grow more slowly than those with higher levels of income.
nations with lower levels of income will never be as rich as nations with high levels of income.
nations with high levels of income experience a continuously increasing growth rate.
nations with lower levels of income grow more quickly than those with higher levels of income.

Question 7
An increase in the income tax rate __________ the value of the tax multiplier.
has no effect on
may increase or decrease
increases
decreases

Question 8
What would be a way for the Federal Reserve to slow down the economy when it is growing too quickly or is inflationary?
Print more money
Buy back government bonds on the open market
Sell more government bonds
Encourage the stock market

Question 9
How does an increase in the money wage rate affect aggregate supply?
It decreases aggregate supply.
It increases aggregate supply.
It barely has any effect.
Since it applies to a firm's costs, it does not affect aggregate supply.

Question 10
A decrease in the money supply causes:
a long-run decrease in the level of output.
both a long-run and short-run decrease in the level of output.
a short-run decrease in the level of output.
no changes in the level of output.

Ashworth Semester Exam -C13V Microeconomics

C13V : Microeconomics
Question-1
Which of the following is NOT demonstrated by a production possibility curve?
Scarcity
Opportunity cost
Necessity for choice due to scarcity
Price

Question-2
The market price __________ the equilibrium price.
can be higher than, but never lower than
can be lower than, but never higher than
can be higher than, or lower than
is always equal to

Question-3
The poverty line is set:
by the U.S. Bureau of the Census (based on family food budgets).
at the same income level right now as it's been since 1982.
so high that over 30% of all Americans are officially poor.
by the United Nations for every country in the world.

Question-4
If a monopolist has a straight-line demand curve, then its marginal revenue curve will:
be the same as the demand curve.
fall twice as quickly as the demand curve.
lie below the demand curve at all points.
cross the demand curve.

Question-5
As long as total utility is increasing, we know that marginal utility is:
positive.
decreasing.
increasing.
negative.

Question-6
A key reason that our gasoline prices elevated rapidly from 2006 to 2008 was:
tight global supplies and high prices.
the war in the Middle East.
greed by oil exporting countries.
inflation.

Question-7
In order for real wages to grow:
productivity must grow.
productivity must fall.
money wages must grow.
money wages must fall.

Question-8
The substitution effect and the output effect work in the:
same direction some of the time.
same direction all of the time.
opposite direction some of the time.
opposite direction all of the time.

Question-9
The law of demand holds for:
individuals, but not for markets.
markets, but not for individuals.
both individuals and for markets.
neither individuals nor for markets.

Question-10
A firm will maximize its profits or minimize its loss at the output where:
the difference between price and marginal cost is at its maximum.
total cost equals total revenue.
marginal cost equals marginal revenue.
total revenue equals variable cost.

Ashworth Semester Exam C15V Principles of Management

C15V Principles of Management
Question 1
The three essential managerial skills include:
technical, human, and empirical.
human, empirical, and conceptual.
technical, interpersonal, and controlling.
technical, human, and conceptual.

Question 2
A(n)________ is the existence of a discrepancy between an existing and a desired state of affairs.
opportunity
solution
weakness
problem

Question 3
the quantitative approach involves applications of:
statistics, information models, and computer simulations.
psychology testing, focus groups, and mathematics.
optimization models, interviews, and questionnaires.
surveys, strategic planning, and group problem solving

Question 4
Ethics training sessions can provide what benefit?
They clarify acceptable and unacceptable practices.
They create ego strength in employees.
They evaluate decisions and management practices in terms of the code of ethics.
They strengthen the employees' locus of control.

Question 5
Planning is often called the primary management function because it:
offers some basis for future decision making.
creates the vision for the organizational members to work toward.
establishes the basis for all the other functions.
sets the tone for the organizational culture

Question 6
_________ teams tend to be more task-oriented especially if the team members have never personally met.
Cross-functional
Problem-solving
Self-managed
Virtual

Question 7
A theory that suggests that employees compare their inputs and outcomes from a job to the ratio of input to outcomes of relevant others is known as:
action motivation.
goal setting.
reinforcement theory.
equity theory.

Question 8
how would a manager motivate low-skilled, minimum-wage employees?
Offer more pay for high levels of performance
Use employee recognition programs
Provide the opportunity for training
Provide the opportunity for full-time employment
Question 9
Managers can't really know whether their work units are working properly until they've evaluated what activities have been done:
with those who remain.
and have compared actual performance to a desired standard.
and evaluate the performance of each of their employees.
successfully.

Question 10
The prevalent thinking today is that:
organizations must make everyone fit a common corporate mold.
organizations should support, nurture, and utilize people's differences in a way that respects employees' unique perspectives and promotes a shared vision.
employees have a single identity.
All of the above.