Intercultural Communication Competence MCQs

Intercultural Communication Competence MCQs

Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Intercultural Communication Competence MCQs. We encourage you to test your Intercultural Communication Competence knowledge by answering these 20+ multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: Which of the correct Statements about Aboriginal ?

A.   The indigenous peoples of Australia (often applied to indigenous peoples in other countries)

B.   A diffuse state of being uneasy or worried about what may happen

C.   Negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own culture

D.   None of these

2: Anxiety is a diffuse state of being ______ about what may happen

A.   Uneasy

B.   Worried

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

3: Authoritarian personality is an individual who tends to overgeneralize and think in bipolar terms and who is highly ________ of higher authority .

A.   Conventional

B.   Moralistic

C.   Uncritical

D.   All of these

4: Cultural use of elements of one culture by members of another culture .

A.   True

B.   False

5: A theory from anthropology that the differences in peoples are the results of historical, social, and geographic conditions is known as _______ .

A.   Cultural relativism

B.   Ethnocentrism

C.   Microaggression

D.   None of these

6: Negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own culture is known as ______ .

A.   Cultural relativism

B.   Ethnocentrism

C.   Microaggression

D.   None of these

7: Hate speech is a threat or verbal slurs directed against specific groups or physical acts .

A.   True

B.   False

8: The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of cultures other than one’s own is known as ______ .

A.   Intercultural communication effectiveness

B.   Intercultural communication competence

C.   Microaggression

D.   None of these

9: Intercultural communication effectiveness is the ability to accomplish one’s goals when communicating with people of cultures other than one’s own .

A.   True

B.   False

10: Which of the correct statements about Microaggression ?

A.   The communication source often intends no offense and is unaware of any harm by the message

B.   Understanding, acceptance, and constructive relations among people of many different cultures and subcultures

C.   Belief that associations or group memberships can be voluntary rather than determined by birth

D.   None of these

11: Multiculturalism is ________ among people of many different cultures and subcultures.

A.   Understanding

B.   Acceptance

C.   Constructive relations

D.   All of these

12: The degrading of cultures and groups outside of one’s own and creating artificial divisions between cultures and groups is known as _____ .

A.   Othering

B.   Postethnicity

C.   Political correctness

D.   None of these

13: Political correctness is the avoidance of _______ that can be perceived to offend particular groups of people .

A.   Language

B.   Practices

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

14: Postethnicity can be voluntary rather than determined by birth .

A.   True

B.   False

15: Prejudice is an Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular _______ , or sexual orientation .

A.   Group

B.   Race

C.   Religion

D.   All of these

16: Profiling indicates the likelihood of criminal behavior .

A.   True

B.   False

17: Which belief can be ranked as inherently superior or inferior to others, accompanied with actions to accord privilege and social advantages based on race ?

A.   Racism

B.   Rhetorical sensitivity

C.   Roma

D.   None of these

18: Rhetorical sensitivity is a ________ about how to encode messages .

A.   Attitudes

B.   Behaviors

C.   Both a & b

D.   None of these

19: A widely dispersed ethnic group now concentrated in Europe is known as ______ .

A.   Stereotype

B.   Roma

C.   Cantonese

D.   None of these

20: Judgment made about another solely on the basis of ethnic or other group membership is known as ______ .

A.   Stereotype

B.   Roma

C.   Cantonese

D.   None of these

21: Third culture refers to people who as children spent a significant period of time in one or more cultures .

A.   True

B.   False

22: Whites privilege living in a White culture .

A.   True

B.   False