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Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of following are examples of foreign direct investments?

a)

Mergers

b)

Acquisitions or partnership in retail

c)

Vertical FDI

d)

Service & Manufacturing

2.

More expansion of foreign direct investment can boost:

a)

Unemployment

b)

Supply

c)

Employment

d)

Money circulation

3.

Which of the following are  benefits of Foreign direct investments?

a)

Job creation

b)

Non- improved new technology 

c)

Helping countries with limited resources 

d)

No difference in  government policies

4.

What is Foreign direct investment?

a)

This is when a country makes an investment into a company.

b)

This is when a company makes an investment into a foreign country and has the right to control.

c)

When a domestic country invest into its own companies.

d)

When a foreign individual invest in domestic stock markets

5.

One reason direct investment may be prefered to portfolio is

a)

it fills the savings investment gap.

b)

it doesn't pose a threat to national sovereignty

c)

it doesn't create an outflow on primary income.

d)

it is more long term and stable.

6.

One possible disadvantage of FDI is

a)

transfer pricing and tax avoidance.

b)

interest payments rising.

c)

the DSR rising.

d)

increased foreign ownership.

7.

The developed markets are

a)

USA

b)

Germany.

c)

Singapore

d)

Japan

8.

The developed markets are

a)

USA

b)

Germany.

c)

Singapore

d)

Japan

9.

When firms invest in the same industry overseas as it operate back at home is called...

a)

Vertical FDI

b)

Horizontal FDI

10.

Foreign Direct Investment or FDI occurs when a company from one country invests in another country as an effort to secure lasting interest in the other country's enterprises to produce and/market a product or service.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Forms of international investment are:

a)

Investing in enterprises with 100% international capita

b)

International franchising

c)

International franchising

d)

Exporting goods

12.

A company that invests investment (in the form of product marketing or manufacturing subsidiaries) into many countries is called ________.

a)

Direct export company

b)

Foreign company

c)

Multinational company

d)

Company with global business relationship

13.

What types of risks are insured through?

a)

Deprived of ownership, Damage due to war

b)

Inability to return profits to the country itself, Deprived of ownership

c)

Damage due to war, Inability to return profits to the country itself

d)

Deprived of ownership, Damage dut to war, Inability to return profits to the country itself

14.

How does the UK have policies to control outward FDI over time ?

a)

Prohibition of FDI

b)

Promote liberalization of FDI management regulations

c)

Exchange control to limit the amount of capital that businesses can take out of the country.

d)

Remove certain fields

15.

Why do people think franchising is preferred to FDI?

a)

The business has a valuable secret that the licensing contract cannot adequately protect

b)

Less expensive, less risky

c)

Strictly control foreign business entities

d)

The skills of the business follow a franchise

16.

The establishment of a wholly new operation in a foreign country is called:

a)

An acquisition

b)

A merger

c)

A greenfield investment

d)

A multinational venture

17.

Most FDI is direct toward:

a)

China

b)

The United States

c)

Emerging economies

d)

Developed countries

18.

Benefits of FDI include all of the following except:

a)

The resource transfer effect

b)

The employment effect

c)

The balance of payments effect

d)

National sovereignty and autonomy

19.

What does the Gross Fixed Capital Formation describe?

a)

Comparison of the inflows and outflows of FDI

b)

Summarization of the total amount invested in facilities (such as factories, stores, buildings, etc…)

c)

Summarization of the total amount invested in other nations

d)

Differentiation between the flow and the stock of FDI

20.

Which of the following is not a cost of outward FDI for host countries?

a)

The effect on employment is FDI is a substitute for domestic production

b)

When FDI is a substitute for direct exports

c)

The initial capital outflow required to finance the FDI

d)

Gains from learning valuable skills from foreign markets

21.

Which is NOT TRUE about the primary costs of FDI to host countries are:

a)

Loss of sovereignty and patriotism

b)

Capital outflow

c)

Adverse effects on competition and exports.

d)

A low-cost production location

22.

What is the most important concerns of home country costs?

a)

The balance of payments.

b)

Resource – Transfer Effects

c)

Adverse Effects on Competition

d)

Effect on Economic Growth

23.

What impact could increased productivity growth, product and process innovations, and greater economic growth?

a)

Resource – Transfer Effects

b)

Balance of Payments Effects

c)

Employment Effects

d)

Effect on Competition and Economic Growth

24.

What are the benefits of FDI to host countries?

a)

Repatriated earnings from profits from FDI

b)

Learning via FDI from operations abroad

c)

Increased exports of components and services to host countries

d)

Access to management expertise, skills and technology

25.

Identify the theory that seeks to explain why firms often prefer FDI over licensing as a strategy for entering foreign market

a)

Internationalization theory

b)

Raymond Vernon’s theory

c)

Dunning’s theory

d)

Knickerbocker’s theory

26.

Historically, political ideology toward FDI within a nation has ranged from a dogmatic radical stance that is hostile to all inward FDI at one extreme to an adherence to the noninterventionist principle of free market economics at the other. Between these two extremes is an approach that might be called :

a)

The Radical View

b)

Pragmatic Nationalism

c)

The Free Market View

d)

Shifting Ideology

27.

Choose the wrong answer

The free market view argues that :

a)

FDI by the MNE increases the overall efficiency of the world economy.

b)

International production should be distributed among countries according to the theory of comparative advantage

c)

The multinational enterprise (MNE) is an instrument of imperialist domination

d)

the MNE is an instrument for dispersing the production of goods and services to the most efficient locations around the globe

28.

Radical writers argue that :

a)

MNEs extract profits from the host country and take them to their home country, giving nothing of value to the host country in exchange

b)

International production should be distributed among countries according to the theory of comparative advantage

c)

The MNE is an instrument for dispersing the production of goods and services to the most efficient locations around the globe

d)

FDI by the MNE increases the overall efficiency of the world economy

29.

The pragmatic nationalist view is that FDI has

a)

benefits

b)

boths benefits and costs

c)

cost

d)

brought nothing

30.

Which form is not FDI?

a)

investment made to develop a production or manufacturing plant from the ground up (“greenfield investments”)

b)

mergers and acquisitions

c)

licensing

d)

joint ventures

31.

What does the acronym FDI mean?

a)

Free Daily Inputs

b)

Foreign Dividends Investment

c)

Foreign Direct Intervention

d)

Foreign Direct Investment

32.

What is a synonym for brownfield investment?

a)

A new enterprise

b)

An already existing enterprise

c)

An investment that has financially underperformed

d)

A risky investment

33.

What is a synonym for greenfield investment?

a)

New investment

b)

Risky investment

c)

Sour investment

d)

Dubious investment

34.

What is a joint venture?

a)

A fancy name for a tourism deal

b)

Public deal

c)

Two or more private investors

d)

Private and public investors

35.

What is a mix venture?

a)

Public deal

b)

Fancy name for a tourism deal

c)

Public and private investors

d)

Two or more private investors

36.

Which is repatriation?

a)

An overseas address

b)

Sending a foreigner to his/her country

c)

Transferring profits to the home country

d)

Transferring belongings to your home country

37.

Which is a negative aspect of FDI

a)

Job creation across the nation

b)

Cash infusion into the local economy

c)

Transfer of technology

d)

Potential of a monopoly

38.

Which is not a positive aspect of FDI?

a)

Transfer of technology

b)

Displacement of local enterprises

c)

Job creation locally

d)

Cash inflow

39.

The establishment of a wholly new operation in a foreign country is called:

a)

An acquisition

b)

A merger

c)

A greenfield investment

d)

A multinational venture

40.

When firms invest in the same industry overseas as it operate back at home is called...

a)

Vertical FDI

b)

Horizontal FDI

41.

Foreign Direct Investment or FDI occurs when a company from one country invests in another country as an effort to secure lasting interest in the other country's enterprises to produce and/market a product or service.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Which of the following best describes the term "Foreign Direct Investment"?

a)

when a country makes an investment into a company

b)

when a company makes an investment into a foreign country

c)

when a domestic country invests into its own companies

d)

when foreign individuals invest in domestics stock market

43.

A joint venture is when two or more businesses decide to work together and set up a new business

a)

True

b)

False

44.
___________ is a tax that a government places on certain imported products
a)
Tariff
b)
Embargo 
c)
Quota
d)
Deal
45.

The Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999 (FEMA) was an act passed in winter session of parliament in india in the year ?

a)

1991

b)

1999

c)

1998

d)

1997

46.

FEMA makes provisions for dealings in

a)

Banking Regulation

b)

Foreign Exchange

c)

Real Estate

47.

FEMA is considered as

a)

Criminal Offence

b)

civil offence

c)

Both of Above

48.

1. FEMA, 1999 aims to consolidate and amend the law relating to Foreign Exchange with an objective of -

a)

facilitate external trade & payment, orderly development &maintenance of foreign exchange market in India

b)

Regulate acceptance & utilisation of foreign contribution by certain individuals or associations or companies

c)

Prohibit acceptance & utilisation of foreign hospitality for activities against national interest

d)

All of the above

49.

3. Resident under FEMA means

a person who -

a)

Resided in India for 182 days or more during preceding financial year

b)

Resided in India for 182 days or more during preceding calendar year

c)

Resided in India for more than 182 days during preceding financial year

d)

Resided in India for more than 182 days during preceding calendar year

50.

8. Which among the following is the purpose behind enactment of FEMA?

a)

Trade Foreign Exchange

b)

Manage Foreign Exchange

c)

Regulate Foreign Exchange

d)

Conserve Foreign Exchange