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High and Low-Context Cultural Taxonomy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When communicating, I tend to use a lot of facial expressions, hand gestures, and body movements rather than relying mostly on words.

a)

High-Context

b)

Low-Context

2.

How many characteristics are mentioned in our presentation?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

Which culture is a low-context culture?

a)

Malaysian

b)

Japanese

c)

African American

d)

European American

4.

Low-context cultures value long-term relationship

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Innovation is valued, and time is highly structured in high-context cultures.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

Which culture is a high-context culture?

a)

European American

b)

German

c)

Mexican

d)

English

7.

In __________, the group is very important, time is less structured and more responsive to people's needs.

a)

High-context culture

b)

Low-context culture

8.

Depends on all the elements surrounding a communication, with the actual words sending only a small part of the message.

a)

Low-context

b)

High and Low Contest

c)

High-context

d)

Low and High Context

9.

The interaction between human and computer is _________

a)

High-context communication

b)

Low-context communication

10.

High-context cultures rely more on nonverbal cues than do low-context cultures.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In low-context cultures, members of the ingroup are easily recognized.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Depends heavily on words to communicate the message, with additional factors (the context surrounding the communication) having a relatively small influence.

a)

High and Low Context

b)

High-context

c)

Contest

d)

Low-context

13.

In ___________, group memberships change rapidly.

a)

High-context culture

b)

Low-context culture

14.

In high-context cultures, the loyalties to families and the members of one's social and work groups are ........................

a)

long-lasting

b)

changable

c)

unchanging

d)

fragile

15.

We are often focused on maintaining the peace and seeing the bigger picture. We rely on hierarchies and rules around formality to modify how we communicate.

a)

Context

b)

Low-context

c)

Low and High Context

d)

High-context