International Communication-End of course quiz

Time in different cultures:

Which of these people is more likely to be late in a business meeting?

• a German partner

• a Spanish partner

• a Japanese partner

Who would say this?

"If you work little, but make a lot of money, you’re successful"

• A Russian person

• A German person

• A Japanese person

Choose the correct option:

We have expanded / will have expanded our Dutch operations with a move into retail banking. Initial

figures have been / were very promising.

• have expanded/have been

• will have expanded/have been

• have expanded/were

• will have expanded/were

The fall in our share price reflects / is reflecting problems in the markets, and in the last year we

have continued / continue to outperform the stock market overall.

• reflects/have continued

• is reflecting/have continued

• is reflecting/continue

• reflects/continue

Ian Opie takes / will have taken over as CEO next

month, when Rita Flagstad is stepping / has stepped down after eight years in the job.

• takes/is stepping

• takes/has stepped

• will have taken/is stepping

• will have taken/has stepped

Who would pay a lot of money to have a phone number that contains "666"?

• a Bulgarian person

• a Chinese person

• an Italian person

Due to a national superstition, the Chinese will avoid using number 4 at all cost. What would they replace it with at the elevators?

• Letter T

• Letter F

• Letter O

Select the 2 nations you should NEVER use humour with during the early stages of a business realtionship.

• Japanese

• Indian

• French

• British

• German

Choose 3 characteristics that are typical of Romanians (according to outside evidence)

• sarcasm

• obsession to survive

• tendency to blame others

• directness

• pride in being a Balkan anomaly