IBC- practical test

Working at a hotel and living in a location outside of one’s own country can create significant professional

• and personal challenges

• stagnation

• out-sourcing

• limits to growth

A citizen of one country who is employed in another country is called

• a visitor.

• an expatriate.

• a tourist.

• an emigrant

A low- or middle-income country in which most people have a low standard of living and access to fewer goods and services than do persons in countries with higher income levels

is referred to as

• an emerging country.

• a developing country.

• a developed country.

• an unmerging country.

A country whose income per person is high by world standards is referred to as

• an undeveloped country.

• a developed country.

• an emerging country.

• an unmerged country.

The financial ripple that occurs within a local economy when money is spent and then respent is referred to as

• taxable income.

• the multiplier effect.

• capital accumulation.

• a capital expenditure.

Why do multi-national hotel groups often prefer local citizens to serve in top-level management positions?

• The salaries paid to local managers will be lower.

• It is easier to find well-trained and high-quality managers locally.

• Employee morale will improve as workers recognize they can be promoted to the highest levels of management.

• Local citizens will be less likely to resign their positions during

A country’s exchange rate refers to the trading of

• staff members.

• profits.

• currency.

• managers.

When compared to others, a person who does not adapt well to change will

• have less difficulty adjusting to work and living in another culture.

• always be chosen for an international assignment.

• have greater difficulty adjusting to work and living in another culture.

• never be chosen for an international assignment.

Managers with previous experience living in or visiting another country are

• always chosen for international assignments

• never chosen for international assignments.

• better prepared to succeed in international assignments.

• less well-prepared to succeed in international assignments.

Which would be most important to the potential success of an expatriate manager?

• The ability to listen and understand the beliefs of others.

• The ability to adopt the beliefs of others.

• Fluency in speaking the local language.

• The ability to write in the local language.