Sumulong, Maryrose V.

GED0111-SEC37
GED0111 Midterm Exam Set 1
Directions: Work as individuals. Write your name and section in the Word
Document. Fill in the blanks by choosing the best answer from the given
choices. Write down the letter of your answer.
Questions 1 to 13 refer to the Ted Talk video:
Humor and Culture in International Business
D.
1. Jokes ________ culturally neutral.

A. should be
B. should not be
C. are
D. are not
E. none of the above

A.
2. Humor __________for your business.

A. is not always good

B. always good
C. never good
D. should be used
E. none of the above

C.
3. ________ indicate general commonalities within society.

A. Humor
B. Jokes
C. Stereotypes
D. Politeness
E. None of the above

C.
4. ________ a manager to know the exact answers to the questions of his
subordinates.

A. It is best that
B. It is expected that
C. It is always important for
D. It is not always important for
 E. None of the above

5. The speaker, Smit __________

A. cultural diversity in organizations.

A. recommends
B. does not recommend
C. is not in favor of
D. says nothing about
E. none of the above

6. In conducting business internationally, cultural awareness

A.
______________ for success.

A. Is necessary
B. Is not necessary
C. Is irrelevant
D. Is not important
E. None of the above
For questions 7 & 8 please refer to the information below:
Which culture requires most structure and detail?
Scores of each country:
Netherlands =50, Uruguay=100, Belgium=94, UK = 35, Germany = 65

7. A Belgian would like to learn different cultures. Where should he work so

that the business culture would be very different (in terms of structure
A.
and detail) from his own country?_________

A. UK
B. Netherlands
C. Germany
D. Uruguay
E. None of the above
 8. An Englishman would like to work in a country that has similar business
culture as in the UK (in terms of structure and detail). Where should he
E.
work?________
A. Netherlands
B. Germany
C. Uruguay
D. Belgium
E. none of the above

For questions 9 & 10 please refer the information below:

Which culture scores highest on hierarchy?
Scores of each country:
Netherlands= 38, Belgium= 65, UK= 35, Norway= 31, China =80

9. China has a higher score in terms of hierarchy compared to Norway and

this is ______________.
E.

A. the best
B. the worst
C. good
D. bad
E. neither good nor bad.

10. A Dutchman ______________

A. a culture shock, in terms of hierarchy, if he
finds a job and works in Belgium.
A. would experience
B. would not experience
C.should ignore
D. should not ignore
E. none of the above
 A.
11. The French man _________ criticize his U.S. boss for not knowing the exact
answer to his questions.
A. would
B. should
C. should not
D. could not
E. none of the above

12. If you belong to an organization that has a very strong hierarchy, you
B.
would find it ___________ to directly communicate with the people at the top.
A. easy
B. difficult
C. effective
D. ineffective
E. none of the above

A.
13. The German worker ___________ a culture shock, in terms of dealing with
uncertainty, if he finds a job in the Netherlands.
A. would experience
B. would not experience
C. should ignore
D. should not ignore
E. none of the above

Questions 14 to 24refers to the article:

Classic Conversational Norms in Modern Computer-Mediated Collaboration

B.
14. Grice ________ all people would be compliant to his maxims all the time.
A. expected that
B. did not expect that
C. assumed that
D. demanded that
E. none of the above

D.
15. “What we say _________ what we mean,” according to Grice.
A. is never
B. is the same as
C. is always
D. is not always
E. none of the above

E.
16. If a Gricean Maxim is flouted __________
A. the meaning of the message is literal.
B. the meaning of the message is impossible to determine.
C. the meaning of the message cannot be inferred.
D. the speaker is a liar.
E. the listener should attempt to infer the meaning of the message.

C.
17. ___________ is what makes it possible for communicators to understand
each other inspite of speakers not adhering to the Gricean Maxims.
A. Computer Mediated Collaboration
B. Conversational Norms
C. Cooperative Principle
D. Grice’s maxims
E. none of the above
 D.
18. People ________________ the requirement to contribute something relevant
in online collaborations.
A. never comply with
B. always comply with
C. sometimes comply with
D. generally comply with
E. none of the above

E.
19.The ____________ guide/s the individual behavior in the context of
collaboration.
A. maxim of quantity
B. maxim of relation and quantity and manner
C. maxim of quality and manner
D. maxim of quality and quantity
E. none of the above

20. When your grandmother asks you how you are doing in school and instead
B.
of giving her the answer you tell her you miss her. You are ______________.
A. flouting the maxim of quantity
B. flouting the maxim of relation
C. flouting the maxim of manner
D. a liar
E. None of the above

21. The paper was able to show that people tend to adhere to the maxim of
A.
relation___________
A. in both online and offline collaboration.
B. only in offline collaboration.
C. only in online collaboration.
D. neither online nor offline collaboration.
E. none of the above

D.
22. When a communicator is incoherent speaker flouts _____________.
A. the maxim of relation
B. the maxim of quantity
C. the maxim of quality
D. the maxim of manner
E. none of the above

B.
23. In both experiments participants ____________ relevant information over
irrelevant information.
A. never chose
B.significantly chose
C. always chose
D. rarely chose
E. none of the above

C.
24. Data not supporting Hypothesis 4 in the first experiment _______________.
A. was assumed
B. was expected
C. was not expected
D. wasnever explained
E. none of the above

Questions 25 to 37 refer to the reading: Bridging the Communication Gap

between Generation Y and the Baby Boomer Generation
 B.
25. _________________ over rely on their technical skills in communicating.
A. Gen X
B. Gen. Y
C. Gen. X and Y
D. Baby Boomers
E. none of the above

D.
26. ________ agree that having digital devices and means to communication is a
big advantage of CMC.
A. Baby Boomers and Gen X
B. Baby Boomers and Gen Y
C. Only Gen Y
D. Gen X, Y, Z and Baby Boomers
E. Millenials

27. Fact-to-face communication remains an ideal way of communication for

D.
__________.
A. Baby Boomers
B. Gen X
C. Gen X and Baby Boomers
D. Gen X, Y, Z and Baby Boomers
E. Gen Y

A.
28. _______________ know that they need to keep up with technological changes
in order to make a success of their work.
A. Baby Boomers and Gen Y
B. Baby Boomers and Gen X
C. Gen Y and Gen X
D. Gen Y
E. Baby Boomers

E.
29. There is a lack of non-verbal cues in ____________.
A. face-to-face communication and online news discussions
B. spoken language
C. face-to-face communication and CMC
D. face-to-face communication
E. CMC

B.
30. The paper____________ people should communicate via digital media to
meet some of their relational needs.
A. does not recommend that
B. recommends that
C. is against
D. is ambiguous about whether
E. none of the above

D.
31. ________ prefer autonomy over collaboration.
A. Gen. Y and Baby Boomers
B. Gen Y
C. Gen X
D. Baby Boomers
E. none of the above

C.
32. _________are not as effective as non-verbal communication because they are
intentional.
A. CMC
B. Emails
C. Emoticons
D. Face-to-Face communications
E. none of the above

A.
33. The quality of communication is _________in video conferencing than in
face-to-face communication because communicators cannot use all the
dimensions of non-verbal communication.
A. weaker
B. stronger
C. better
D. clearer
E. none of the above

E.
34. Non-verbal cues and social presence is ___________ in CMC.
A. better
B. clear
C. abundant
D. important
E. none of the above

B.
35. ______________has a communication deficiency.
A. Gen X
B. Gen Y
C. Gen Z
D. Baby Boomers
E. none of the above
 D.
36. Baby boomers _______________Gen Y.
A. admire the new skills of
B. are better collaborators than
C. are worse communicators than
D.have to adapt more than
E. none of the above

D.
37. Reading is not as important ___________
A. to Baby Boomers and Gen X as it is to Gen Y
B. Baby Boomers as it is to Gen Y
C. to Gen X as it is to Gen Y
D. to Gen. Y as it is to Baby Boomers
E. none of the above

Questions 38 to 50 refer to the videos on Politeness Th. in Module 4

D.
38. Inviting your aunt to your piano recital threatens your aunt’s ___________.
A. positive politeness
B. negative politeness
C. positive face
D. negative face
E. none of the above

A.
39. Giving your classmate a gift ____________.
A. is an example of a positive politeness strategy.
B. is an example of a negative politeness strategy.
C. is an example of a Gricean Maxim.
D. threatens your negative face.
E. threatens your classmate’s negative face.

E.
40. Asking your groupmate to do more work for the group ___________.
A. is an example of a Gricean Maxim
B. is always easy
C. is a problem not covered by the politeness theory
D. does not threaten that groupmate’s face
E. threatens that groupmate’s face

41. Your sister telling you that your Art Appreciation project is awful
C.
______________
A. is an example of positive politeness
B. is an example of negative politeness
C. threatens your positive face
D. threatens your negative face
E. none of the above

D.
42. __________ the theory of the universality of face.
A. No culture exhibits
B. All cultures exhibit
C. all studies support
D. not all studies support
E. none of the above
 D.
43. The act of borrowing money from your friend _____________
A. Threatens your negative face.
B. Threatens your friend’s positive face.
C. Threatens only your friend’s face.
D. threatens both your friend’s face and your face.
E. none of the above

44. Telling your groupmate that he does not contribute enough to the group
C.
is__________
A. off the record strategy of politeness
B. on the record with redress strategy of politeness
C. bald on the record strategy of politeness
D. don’t do the face threatening act strategy
E. none of the above

A.
45. Negative and positive politeness _____________
A. could be used together.
B. could not be used together.
C. should always be used together.
D. Should never be used together.
E. none of the above
46. Not telling your groupmate that he does not contribute enough to the group
C.
work is ________________.
A. an act that threatens your face.
B. an act that threatens the face of that group mate.
C. one strategy to avoid threatening his face.
D. is not a strategy to avoid threatening his face.
E. none of the above

E.
47. Asking your teacher to extend the deadline of your project__________
A. is an example of positive politeness
B. is an example of negative politeness
C. is an example of an off the record strategy
D. threatens the positive face of your teacher
E. threatens the negative face of your teacher

D.
48. Politeness __________ in business.
A. does not contribute to the success
B. is the most important skill to learn
C. is not a very important skill
D. is a very important skill
E. none of the above

A.
49. To get the most out of their subordinates, leaders should__________
A. always use positive politeness
B. always use negative politeness
C. always use both positive and negative politeness
D. only use negative politeness
E. learn how toavoid threatening the face of their subordinates

E.
50. Leaders should _____________ to help them communicate with their
subordinates.
A. always use positive politeness
B. always use negative politeness
C. always use both positive and negative politeness
D. never use both positive and negative politeness
E. learn the politeness theory