WorksheetsGC_Cultural awareness quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
What are the potential benefits of having cultural awareness?
Fewer misunderstandings and conflicts
Increased likelihood of your business working well in an international market.
Increased levels of respect between you and business contacts.
All of the above
What is ethnocentricity?
When all cultures become central to how business operates.
It is a synonym of egocentric.
When the views and standards of one culture are given priority over others.
When a business only has one ethnicity working there.
You are hosting a conference with Indian and Saudi-Arabian business people all attending. Some are Hindu and Muslim clients. In what areas should you consider special arrangements when you are organizing the conference?
Sitting arrangements
Dietary requirements
Exercise breaks
All of the above
You have a very exciting business opportunity in China, and your boss is bringing you and one more of your colleagues alino. This is an important meeting and, you need to get it right. Which of these would be a faux pas (tactless act) in Chinese company?
Using their honorific titles and last names.
Shaking hands.
Not bowing
Greeting the youngest business associate first.
If you were the manager of a diverse and international team, how might you accommodate the needs of some of your employees?
A strict dress code.
Free lunches.
Allowing breaks for a prayer time.
Providing tea and coffee.
Which of the following is considered poor etiquette in Japan?
Offering a gift with two hands.
Taking off your shoes before entering someone's home.
Placing your chopsticks upright in your food.
Asking for cuttlery.
Your company send you to Brazil for a meeting. What color should you avoid wearing?
Pink
Blue
Purple
Yellow
You are offering a dinner for some vegetarian Hindus. What products should you not offer?
Meat, fish, seafood, eggs and any dairy products.
Meat, fish,seafood and eggs.
Meat, fish and seafood.
Meat.
In which contry is the number 4 considered unlucky?
China
Japan
Iran
The Philippines
In which country does nodding head up and down mean "no" rather than "yes"?
Bulgaria
Russia
Thailand
Colombia
