Management Skills and Style Assessment 
Man 111 Midterm
Name:
1) Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude?
A) He has an elitist attitude.
B) He has a polycentric attitude.
C) He has a parochialistic attitude.
D) He has a geocentric attitude.
2) Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand.
A) geocentric
B) polycentric
C) ethnocentric
D) regiocentric
3) In today's global environment, managers must have a(n) ________ attitude in order to be successful.
A) ethnocentric
B) parochial
C) bigoted
D) geocentric
4) Which of the following countries is a member of the European Union?
A) Ireland
B) Iceland
C) Norway
D) Switzerland
5) What is the primary reason that the intensifying economic crisis in Europe threatens to impact the decisions of global managers in the United States and throughout the world?
A) The massive debt in Greece has caused Europe to slide into a new recession.
B) New measures by the European Commission to oversee banks and to monitor national budgets have been met with resistance by euro zone members.
C) The euro zone is a larger economic unit than the United States or China and is a major source of world demand for goods and services.
D) The inability to trim benefits and free up labor markets prevents the region from spurring any significant growth over the next decade.
6) Which of the following is currently under negotiation by 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere?
A) African Union
B) Free Trade Area of the Americas
C) Mercosur
D) African Community
7) The World Trade Organization was formed in the year ________.
A) 1995
B) 1967
C) 1971
D) 1983
8) The World Trade Organization has ________ member countries and ________ observer governments.
A) 176; 50
B) 188; 60
C) 155; 29
D) 161; 40
9) The International Monetary Fund is an organization of ________ countries that promotes international
Name:
1) Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude?
A) He has an elitist attitude.
B) He has a polycentric attitude.
C) He has a parochialistic attitude.
D) He has a geocentric attitude.
2) Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand.
A) geocentric
B) polycentric
C) ethnocentric
D) regiocentric
3) In today's global environment, managers must have a(n) ________ attitude in order to be successful.
A) ethnocentric
B) parochial
C) bigoted
D) geocentric
4) Which of the following countries is a member of the European Union?
A) Ireland
B) Iceland
C) Norway
D) Switzerland
5) What is the primary reason that the intensifying economic crisis in Europe threatens to impact the decisions of global managers in the United States and throughout the world?
A) The massive debt in Greece has caused Europe to slide into a new recession.
B) New measures by the European Commission to oversee banks and to monitor national budgets have been met with resistance by euro zone members.
C) The euro zone is a larger economic unit than the United States or China and is a major source of world demand for goods and services.
D) The inability to trim benefits and free up labor markets prevents the region from spurring any significant growth over the next decade.
6) Which of the following is currently under negotiation by 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere?
A) African Union
B) Free Trade Area of the Americas
C) Mercosur
D) African Community
7) The World Trade Organization was formed in the year ________.
A) 1995
B) 1967
C) 1971
D) 1983
8) The World Trade Organization has ________ member countries and ________ observer governments.
A) 176; 50
B) 188; 60
C) 155; 29
D) 161; 40
9) The International Monetary Fund is an organization of ________ countries that promotes international