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1)What is a political ideology?
a)The harmony of Church and State
b)The structure of a particular government
c)A set of principles, ideas, practices, procedures, and doctrines used to organize and
administer social order
d)The most perfect form of government
2)Political systems in the past hundred years have been characterized by tensions
along two dimensions: _______ and _______.
a)Individualism versus collectivism; democratic versus autocratic
b)Collectivism versus autocratic; individualism versus democratic
c)Collectivism versus democratic; individualism versus autocratic
d)Individualism versus democratic; autocratic versus collectivism
3)Individualism puts special emphasis on _______.
a)means of production
b)division of labor
c)property rights
d)citizen participation
4)An authoritarian government is characterized by all but which of the following?
a)Centralized power
b)Concentrated power in the hands of a leader or a small group of leaders
c)Not constitutionally responsible to citizens
d)Limited terms 5)What is a possible flaw in a system of private ownership and control of capital?
a)Tendency to avoid trade
b)Inequality between owners and workers
c)Inability to reach economies of scale
d)Lack of desire to meet demand
6)What is privatization?
a)A slow and permanent change in political ideology from more collective to more
individual thinking
b)A revolutionary and rapid change in political ideology from more individual to more
collective thinking
c)Limiting government access to managerial records in order to preserve company
specific innovation
d)When a government transfers ownership of a certain property or industry from its
control to the private sector
7)Anarchists are characterized by all but which of the following?
a)Seek to liberate individuals from any system of control
b)Believe that government should only exist on a voluntary basis
c)Strive for communal ownership of property
d)Believe that individuals should be self-governed
8)Which of the following is not an example of macro political risk?
a)Expropriation
b)Political protest
c)Currency controls
d)Changes in tax law9) Companies often ________ countries where there is possibility of expropriation
because ________.
a)seek out; they need government support
b)avoid; countries without tariffs are less expensive
c)seek out; they don't want to compete with black markets
d)avoid; they don't want to lose their assets
10)Which of the following is not recommended by the text to minimize the effects of
political risk?
a)Perform risk analysis
b)Purchase risk insurance
c)Enter into a contract with the foreign company
d)Avoid any country with high political risk
11)What is Freedom House?
a)A non-governmental U.S. based watchdog and advocacy organization for democracy
b)An anti-human trafficking international organization
c)A set of political freedom ideologies that are necessary to join the U.N.
d)The group at the U.N. responsible for measuring political freedom
12)Which of the following is a negative factor for international businesses when dealing
in politically free markets?
a)Customers have more discretionary income.
b)Customers are less discriminating in their choices.
c)Customers are more discriminating in their choices.
d)Customers have less discretionary income . 13)The Arab Spring conflict demands ________.
a)an end to governmental corruption and increase in personal freedoms
b)an increase in personal freedoms and no imports from the United States
c)an increase in personal freedoms and more trade
d)an end to governmental corruption and no imports from the United States


14) Shanghai Disney is a joint venture between Walt Disney and the Shanghai
government. Part of the profits are given to the state, and the state has part ownership
of the company. Which level of government involvement do we see here?
a)Partial state owned
b)State supported
c)State owned
d)State investor


15) A difference between deregulation and privatization is:
a) Privatization involves less government involvement and deregulation involves more
government involvement.
b) Privatization involves less government oversight, while deregulation involves less
government ownership.
C) Deregulation involves less government involvement and privatization involves more
government involvement.
d) Privatization involves less government ownership, while deregulation involves less government oversight