MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS - CHAPTER 6

NHẬN BIẾT

1. What are the three-step process in dealing with stimuli when exchanging
information with other people?
A. selecting, organizing, and interpreting
B. planning, organizing, and interpreting
C. decoding, organizing, and interpreting
D. encoding, organizing, and interpreting
2. What is another name of cultural patterns?
A. value orientations
B. relational orientation
C. cultural orientation
D. communal orientation
3. What is the definition of belief?
A. a concept or idea that an individual or group holds to be true
B. a concept or idea that all people of a country holds to be true
C. a concept or idea that individuals holds to be true
D. a concept or idea that people around the world hold to be true
4. Which of the following forms the foundation of values?
A. Beliefs
B. Attitudes
C. Behavior
D. culture
5. Which of the following is the outward manifestations of our internalized
beliefs and values
A. Behaviour
B. Beliefs
C. Attitudes
D. Perception
6. What are sociocultural factors that provide a template for assigning meaning
to the many stimuli?
A. beliefs, values, and attitudes
B. beliefs, behavior, and attitudes
C. beliefs, values, and culture
D. beliefs, perception, and attitudes
7. One country’s cultural patterns are originally formed by……………
A. Beliefs and values
B. Religion and culture
C. Attitudes and behavior
D. Beliefs and behavior
8. What is the main function of cultural values?
A. provide a set of guidelines for human activities
B. provide an orientation for human activities
C. provide a set of rules for human activities
D. provide a pattern for human activities
9. Individualistic cultures emphasize personal rights and responsibilities,
privacy, voicing one’s own opinion,............................................
A. freedom, innovation, and self-expression
B. freedom, innovation, and self-esteem
C. freedom, innovation, and self-confident
D. freedom, innovation, and self-sustaining
10. Which of the following refer to culturally based beliefs, values, attitudes, and
behaviors shared by members of a particular culture.
A. cultural patterns
B. cultural orientation
C. cultural differences
D. cultural dimensions
11. What are Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s five orientations?
A. human nature, person/nature orientation, time, activity, and relational orientation
B. human nature, person/nature orientation, time, activity, and cultural orientation
C. human nature, person/nature orientation, time, activity, and sexual orientation
D. human nature, person/nature orientation, time, activity, and communal orientation
12. Collectivistic cultures emphasize community, collaboration, shared interests,
harmony, .....................................................................
A. tradition, the public good, and maintaining face
B. freedom, the public good, and maintaining face
C. tradition, the public relation, and maintaining face
D. modernization, the public relation, and maintaining face
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13. Which is NOT perception’s characteristics?

A. Perception is accurate
B. Perception is selective
C. Perception is learned
D. Perception is consistent
14. Which of the following provide a set of guidelines that assist the culture’s
members in deciding what is good or bad, desirable or undesirable, right or
wrong, and appropriate or inappropriate in almost every context of human
activity?
A. cultural values
B. Value orientation
C. value orientations
D. relational orientation
15. Which of the following establishes the expected, normative modes of behavior
for members of that culture?
A. A culture’s value system
B. A cultural orientation system
C. A culture’s sign system
D. A culture’s symbol system
16. ….…………………… exert an influence on our communicative behaviors.
A. beliefs and values
B. values and perception
C. signs and symbols
D. verbal and non-verbal communication
17. In a high-context communication or message, most of the information
……………….
A. is already in the person
B. is vested in the explicit code
C. is conveyed in the words
D. is transferred directly
18. In a low-context communication or message, most of the information
……………….
A. is vested in the explicit code
B. is already in the person
C. is conveyed in the words
D. is transferred directly
19. What you consider desirable for yourself and for the society you live in is a
product of your………………
A. Values
B. Behavior
C. Attitudes
D. Beliefs
20. Where can people acquire their cultural values?
A. family, history, and proverbs
B. media, school, and state
C. Family, school, and state
D. All of the above are correct
21. Which of the following is the most revered U.S. cultural value and is a
particularly salient social characteristic?
A. individualism
B. Collectivism
C. Power distance
D. Indulgence
22. Which of the following are used to collectively describe those cultural values
that characterize the dominant group within a culture?
A. cultural patterns
B. cultural orientation
C. cultural differences
D. cultural dimensions
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23. What should you do if someone does not share your beliefs and values?
A. Understand that they do not share your beliefs or values
B. Understand that they are not your relatives
C. Understand that they have their own thought
D. Understand that they do not share the same culture
24. In which country, do people place a high value on individual rights and
personal freedom?
A. the United States
B. China
C. India
D. Vietnam
25. In which country, does the conservative leadership believe that “social
harmony and moral rectitude” should take precedence over individual
preferences.
A. the United States
B. China
C. India
D. Vietnam
26. Why does a Japanese businessman usually purchase gifts for his office
coworkers on a business trip?
A. value social harmony
B. value social relationship
C. value their friendship
D. show his/her generosity
27. “A frequent refrain in the United States is that “all people are created
equal,” but acts of prejudice toward minorities and violence directed at gays
continue.” is an example of ..........................
A. The contradiction emerged in cultural patterns
B. The continuous changing feature of cultural patterns
C. The interrelated aspect of cultural patterns
D. The unchanging feature of cultural patterns
28. which country considers the ability to control nature normal and even right.
A. the United States
B. China
C. India
D. Vietnam
29. In which country are schedules often divided into hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, and even yearly segments?
A. the United States
B. China
C. India
D. Vietnam
30. Which of the following are all hallmarks of U.S. culture and reflect the value
placed on the future?
A. Change, taking chances, a stress on youth, and optimism
B. Change, taking chances, a stress on power, and optimism
C. Change, taking chances, a stress on relationship, and optimism
D. Change, taking chances, a stress on intelligence, and optimism
31. Why don’t Americans need to use elaborate courtesy protocols?
A. because everyone is equal.
B. because everyone is unique.
C. because everyone is special.
D. because everyone is friendly.
32. How can Americans deal with conflicts?
A. examining problems in a logical, forthright manner and set aside personal emotions
B. controlling problems in a logical, forthright manner and set aside personal
emotions
C. dealing with problems in a logical, forthright manner and set aside personal
emotions
D. solving problems in a logical, forthright manner and set aside personal emotions
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33. Learning the main values of a culture is essential for successful intercultural
communication exchanges because…
A. much of perception is highly subjective and heavily affected by culture
B. much of communication is highly subjective and heavily affected by culture
C. much of interaction is highly subjective and heavily affected by culture
D. much of orientation is highly subjective and heavily affected by culture
34. Why do people argumentatively say with their partner that he/she does not
understand what they said?
A. because people had a different perception of the problem
B. because people had different styles of communication.
C. because people had different attitudes of the problem.
D. because people had different reaction of the problem.
35. Why do people argue that perception is selective?
A. Although there are so many stimuli simultaneously competing for the attention of
your senses, you focus only on selected information and filter out the rest.
B. Although there are so many stimuli simultaneously competing for the attention of
your senses, you focus on what seems to be suitable to your situation.
C. Although there are so many stimuli simultaneously competing for the attention of
your senses, you focus only on what makes you feel happy with.
D. Although there are so many stimuli simultaneously competing for the attention of
your senses, you focus on what you believe to be true.
36. Why do people argue that perception is inaccurate?
A. Because you view the world through a subjective lens influenced by culture,
values, and personal experiences.
B. Because you view the world through an objective lens influenced by culture,
values, and personal experiences.
C. Because you view the world through a subjective lens influenced by culture,
religion, and personal experiences.
D. Because you view the world through an objective lens influenced by culture,
perception, and personal experiences.
37. Why do people argue that perception is consistent?
A. Once you perceive something in a particular manner, that interpretation is usually
resistant to change.
B. Once you perceive something in a particular behavior, that interpretation is usually
resistant to change.
C. Once you perceive something in a particular attitudes, that interpretation is usually
resistant to change.
D. Once you perceive something in a particular belief, that interpretation is usually
resistant to change.
38. What will happen if there exist varied cultural values between people in their
communication process?
A. cause intercultural conflict at both a personal and an international level.
B. cause intercultural relationship at both a personal and an international level.
C. cause intercultural communication at both a personal and an international level.
D. cause intercultural perception at both a personal and an international level.
39. Why do people usually interpret a conflict differently?
A. Because they share a different perspective for the conflict.
B. Because they can control themselves in such the situation.
C. Because they hardly find the partners’ convincing evidence.
D. Because they just focus on the negative side of the fact.

40. During intercultural interactions, what will happen if we apply our own
criteria to members of other cultures who usually hold different values?
A. frequently causes misunderstandings, confusion, and even conflict
B. frequently share their understandings, openness, and even welcome
C. frequently explain their misunderstandings, confusion, and even conflict
D. frequently avoid misunderstandings, confusing, and even conflicting