IC Week 1 quiz

Which is NOT a reason to study intercultural communication?

• increased global workforce heterogeneity

• facilitating better international healthcare communication

• improved acquisition of disadvantaged labor sources

• the ability to engage in multi-cultural problem solving

Heterogeneity means...

• different genes

• same genes

• different jeans

• same jeans

Global Workforce Heterogeneity means

• the workforce has a single dominant culture

• the workforce consists only of straight cis oriented people

• workforces in some local places are increasingly diverse

• workforces all over the world are increasingly diverse

Domestic Workplace Diversity refers to...

• diversity among workers in the home

• diversity among workers in local environments

• diversity among local people when working abroad

• diversity among labor animals in service of humans

Adapting to Domestic Workplace Diversity means that you need to...

• learn how to work with cows, horses, pigs, dogs, and cats

• learn to communicate to your maid and chef in their language

• learn to accept the workplace culture of the foreign country you're working in

• learn to work well with foreign people in local jobs

Engaging in Creative Multicultural Problem Solving refers to the act of...

• designing solutions to the problems of many cultures

• utilizing multiple cultural outlooks and experiences to solve a problem

• solving the issues surrounding intercultural marriage proposals

• brainstorming ideas to solve problems of multicultural "melting pots"

What are the effects of Global Communication Technology?(Select all that are correct)

• the development of hybrid local-global identities

• the ability to chat and game with people from all over the world

• rapidly improved cultural awareness

• global collaboration on a wide range of cultural, humanitarian, and academic endeavors

Facilitating Better Multicultural Healthcare Communication doesn't include which benefit?

• increased malpractice claims

• decreased malpractice claims

• better healthcare outcomes

• improved cultural sensitivity regarding burial traditions

Facilitating Intercultural Relationship Satisfaction strategies applies to which 2 of the following relationships?

• a foreign lecturer with their class

• two Italians chatting at Circle K

• chatting with your relative studying in America

• a Vietnamese speaking ethnic minority from the countryside

What word best describes a Learned Meaning System?

• culture

• letters

• phonology

• diction