2. Bill Sanderson, a manager in a manufacturing firm in New York has a tendency to view the world only through his U.S.-based perspective. What can be deduced about his attitude?
(A) He has a parochialistic attitude.
(B) He has a geocentric attitude.
(C) He has a polycentric attitude.
(D) He has an elitist attitude.

32. Which of the following is true for Adam before his promotion? (A) His technical skills are of the utmost priority. (B) He need not have any empirical skills (C) He need not possess any human skills. (D) His conceptual skills are of the utmost priority.

33. Which of the following is true for Adam after his promotion? (A) The importance of his human skills are to be reduced. (B) His conceptual skills are going to take the priority. (C) The importance of his technical skills is about to be reduced. (D) His empirical skills are going to be most important.

34. Which of the following is true for Ethan? (A) He need not possess any human skills. (B) He should be very sound in his technical skills. (C) Conceptual skills are the most important skills that Ethan requires. (D) He can manage with limited financial skills.

1. Monolingualism is one sign that a nation suffers from ________. (A) parochialism (B) geocentrism (C) ethnocentrism (D) polycentrism

3. A manager who wishes to be successful in international business should avoid a(n) ________ attitude. (A) multicultural (B) geocentric (C) ethnocentric (D) multiracial

4. Managers with a(n) ________ attitude view every foreign operation as different and hard to understand. (A) geocentric (B) ethnocentric (C) polycentric (D) regiocentric

5. In today's global environment, managers must have a(n) ________ attitude in order to be successful. (A) parochial (B) ethnocentric (C) geocentric (D) bigoted

6. The ________ was formed by twelve original members with the primary motivation of reasserting the region's economic position against the United States and Japan. (A) Association of South-East Asian Nations (B) European Union (C) Central America Free Trade Agreement (D) African Union

7. What is the primary reason that the intensifying economic crisis in Europe threatens to impact the decisions of global managers in the United States and throughout the world? (A) The inability to trim benefits and free up labor markets prevents the region from spurring any significant growth over the next decade. (B) New measures by the European Commission to oversee banks and to monitor national budgets have been met with resistance by euro zone members. (C) The euro zone is a larger economic unit than the United States or China and is a major source of world demand for goods and services. (D) The massive debt in Greece has caused Europe to slide into a new recession.

8. Which of the following is currently under negotiation by 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere? (A) African Community (B) Mercosur (C) African Union (D) Free Trade Area of the Americas