1. A high-context culture is one in which:

a. people's actions are more a result of environmental pressures than of personal convictions

b. the words used by the speaker explicitly convey the speaker's message to the listener

c. the circumstances of a conversation are more important than the words actually spoken

d. people's actions are more a result of personal convictions than of environmental pressures

2. Hinduism is a religion:

a. that prohibits payment of interest on debt

b. based on the work ethic

c. without a god

d. taught through stories that are not believed to be real

3. Reporting higher profits to shareholders and lower profits to the government's tax-collection authority is a common practice of:

a. German firms

b. French firms

c. U.S., German, and French

d. firms U.S. firms

4. One of the following is a strategic imperative of firms:

a. acquiring resources

b. engaging in foreign direct investments

c. seeking new partnerships

d. advancing technology