Context of Intercultural Communication MCQs

Context of Intercultural Communication MCQs

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1: A characteristic typically associated with weak uncertainty-avoidance cultures is that ______.

A.   Inequalities among people should be minimized

B.   Inequalities among people are both expected and desired

C.   People are comfortable with, and tolerate, ambiguity

D.   People are uncomfortable with, and dislike, ambiguity

2: A characteristic typically associated with collectivism is ______.

A.   Independence from others

B.   Interdependence and harmony with others

C.   A high tolerance for ambiguity

D.   All of these

3: A characteristic typically associated with high-context cultures is ______.

A.   Independence from others

B.   A high tolerance for ambiguity

C.   A restricted code

D.   An elaborate code

4: A characteristic typically associated with strong uncertainty-avoidance cultures is an emphasis ______.

A.   That inequalities among people should be minimized

B.   That inequalities among people are both expected and desired

C.   Where people are comfortable with ambiguity

D.   Where people are uncomfortable with ambiguity

5: Collectivistic societies are characterized by ______.

A.   Extended primary groups such as the family

B.   Personal initiative and goal orientation

C.   Vertical ambiguity

D.   Horizontal ambiguity

6: During most low context transactions, silence is ______.

A.   Preferred

B.   Comfortable

C.   Expected

D.   Uncomfortable

7: A characteristic typically associated with individualism is ______.

A.   Personal autonomy

B.   Shared responsibility

C.   A restricted code

D.   An elaborate code

8: A characteristic typically associated with small power distance cultures is an emphasis ______.

A.   That inequalities among people should be minimized

B.   That inequalities among people are both expected and desired

C.   Where people are comfortable with ambiguity

D.   Where people fight ambiguity

9: The central ingredient of collectivism is the assumption that groups bind and mutually obligate individuals.

A.   True

B.   False

10: Individualism is linked to a sense of duty to group, interdependence, harmony, and working with the group.

A.   True

B.   False

11: Cultures with a large power distance emphasize that inequalities among people should be minimized.

A.   True

B.   False

12: Cultures with a strong uncertainty-avoidance orientation sense that uncertainty in life is a continuous threat that must be fought.

A.   True

B.   False

13: Cultural orientation where the group is the primary unit of culture. Group goals take precedence over individual goals is known as _______ .

A.   Process

B.   Symbol

C.   Collectivism

D.   All of these

14: High context is cultural orientation in which meanings are gleaned from the _______ contexts.

A.   Physical

B.   Social

C.   Psychological

D.   All of these

15: Horizontal collectivism cultural orientation in which the self is seen as a member of an in-group whose members are similar to one another .

A.   True

B.   False

16: Horizontal collectivism cultural orientation in which the self is seen as a member of an in-group whose members are similar to one another .

A.   True

B.   False

17: Cultural orientation in which an autonomous self is valued, but the self is more or less equal to others is known as ______ .

A.   Horizontal individualism

B.   Individualism

C.   Low context

D.   Power distance

18: Cultural orientation in which meanings are encoded in the verbal code is known as _______ .

A.   High context

B.   Medium context

C.   Low context

D.   None of these