TEST PAPER Course: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (VB2) ‘Time Allotted: 60 minutes Exam Date: October 11, 2023 Part I: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) ON THE ANSWER SHEET. (1 pt) 1, Which of the following cultures has short term orientation? A. Germany, B. Mexico C. The UK D. Korea 2. Which of the following cultures is NOT a masculine one? A. Mexico B, The US C. Finland D. Egypt 3. In which of the following countries is it considered normal to use the index finger to point? A. The US B. Japan C. Korea D. None of the above 4. The proverb “Mgt con ngwa dau, cd téu bd c6” reflects A. High power distance. C. Individualism B. Collectivism. D, The internal locus of control 5. Which of the following is considered a cultural behavior? A. Taking public transportation to work —_B. A couple kissing on a park bench C, Mourning at the funeral D, Bating three meals a day 6. Which of the following principles is related to universalism? A. Justice is blind. B. A deal is a deal, until circumstances change. C. Both of them D. Neither of them 7. In which of the following cultures does the gesture of connecting the thumb and the index finger into a circle typically means “OK”? A. India B. Korea C. Japan D. The US. 8. Shinto is a big religion in A. Japan B. Korea C. India D. Mexico 9. Which of the following cultures is NOT a high-context one? e A. Egypt B. Vietnam C. The UK. D. The U.S. 10. Which of the following countries does not value indulgence? ‘A. Mexico. B. Egypt C.The US. D. The UK. Page3 of 6Il. ON THE ANSWER SHEET, write T if the statements are true, and F if they are false. (1 pt) 11, Low-context communicators are likely to be personal and informal with their superiors. 12. Stereotypes are broad statements about a cilture, They often originate from prejudices, limited information or misinformation. 13. People in indirect cultures are not reluctant to say no. 14, People in context cultures rely on nonverbal behaviors to send messages. 15. In some cultures, rolling the head from side-to-side means “yes.” 16, Culture has many invisible aspects that can only be suspected, guessed, or leamed, 17. The concept of time is a visible cultural aspect. 18. In polychronic-time cultures, deadlines are like a promise; many other things depend on them, so they should not be treated lightly. 19. In individualist cultures, there is less psychological and emotional distance between people than in collectivistic cultures. 20, It is important to lay your personal feelings aside and look at situations objectively when you live in a particularistic culture. ULL Match the concepts/values/dimensions (1-10) in the left column with the behaviors/ definitions/ the right column. Write your answers ON THE ANSWER SHEET. (1 pt) ower distance ‘A. One is not aware that there are cultural differences between people associations (A-J) 21. Lo 22. Ethnocentrism: B. One knows that there exist cultural differences between people but understands very little about what these differences are. 23. Troubling cross-cultural | C. One doesn’t try something until one knows it will work. ignorance 24, External locus of control D. Itis easier for people to accept househusband. | 25. Internal locus of control |. A father asks his five-year-old child what she wants to wear to school. 26. Unconscious incompetence |F. One tends to look at the world primarily from the perspective of (Blissful ignorance) one’s own culture and to believe that it is superior to other cultures. 27, Skeptical attitude toward uncertainty ‘One thinks he/she can solve all problems at work. 28. Feminine cultures HL. Maximal distiction between how men and women should think and behave is encouraged. 29, Individualism I. People believe that “Man proposes, God disposes.” 30. Masculine cultures J. Subordinates take initiatives and are not overly deferential to _ managers, i i [ Pages of 61V. Fill in the gaps with one word or phrase (1 point) 31. In__cultures, people are expected to look after their own interests as well as those of their immediate families, 32. ____ isa technique often used in the indirect culture and they should not be taken literally. 33. It portant to distinguish between describing and ___ behaviors. 34. In North America, direct eye-contact shows 35. In certain cultures of the Middle East and Asia, productivity is less importart than 36. People with a/an___ communication style would prefer to communicate using stories and examples. 37. India and Mexico are examples of cultures. People follow an internal clock and plans usually change according to the circumstances, 38. In the US, ‘means a pause or lack of verbal communication, whereas in Japan, it can be used to avoid directness and maintain harmony. 39, believe that how we behave in a given situation depends on the circumstances. 40. ‘The first stage of Cultural Awareness is ignorance, V. Open questions (1 pts). Write your answers ON THE ANSWER SHEET. A. Read the following dialogue then briefly answer the questions below. MR. BROWN: Did you take the medicine? MR. PATEL: Yes, I took some last night. Thank you for bringing it. MR. BROWN: Are you feeling any better? MR. PATEL: felt better for a while, but now the pain is back again, MR. BROWN: I'm sorry. Let me get you some more pills. MR. PATEL: Thank you, but it’s not really necessary. QU. Why does Mr. Brown insist on getting Mr. Patel pills while Mr, Patel thinks it’s not necessary? What is the cultural difference between them? Page 5 0f“AM B. Read the following situation and briefly answer the questions below. Ina human resource conference held for a US company in Ohio, Kenji Takaki, a Jepanese HR executive who had lived for two years in Ohio, raised his hand and offered this observation: Every year in Japan there is a vote for the most popular new word. A few years ago, the word of the year was “KY.” It stands for kuuki yomenai, which means “one who cannot read the air’—in other words, a person sorely lacking the ability to read between the lines. In Japan if you can’t read the air, you are not a good listener. At this point one of the American executives broke in, “What do you mean, ‘read the air"?” “Takaki explained, “If am in a meeting in Japan and one person is implicitly communicating disagreement ot discomfort, we should be able to read the atmosphere to pick up on that discomfort. If someone else doesn’t pick up the message we say, ‘He is a KY guy!” ‘The American chuckled, “I guess that means we Americans are all KY guys!” (Adapted from The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer) Q2. What is the essential conversation? What should Mr. Takaki do when it comes to listening to his American superiors and ifference between the Japanese and the Americans that is illustrated in this colleagues in Ohio? END OF TEST Page 6 0f6