Question

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

Answer 1

1. A high context culture is one in which the words used by the speaker explicitly convey the speakers message to the listener. In this culture people and relationship are so close knitted that it is not necessary to say every single word to them.

2.Hinduism is a religion taught through stories that are not believed to be real. There are innumerable stories in Hinduism through which moral lessons are taught but it is not sure whether the stories are real or fiction.

3.U.S firms have announced higher profits to shareholders and lower profits to the government's tax collecting authority.

4.Engaging in foreign direct investment is one of the strategic imperatives of firms.