BUS 310 Week 2 Quiz

1. Which of the following statements is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 

2. Identify the act that requires that all federal agencies, as well as federal contractors and subcontractors receiving more than $2,500 a year from the federal government, engage in affirmative action for disabled individuals. 

3. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993: 

4. Which of the following has the power to apply the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) and enforce its provisions? 

5. Which of the following statements is true of the Taft-Hartley Act?

6. Which of the following acts, which was passed in 2009, mandates emergency leave for all covered active-duty members?

7. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as:

8. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA): 

9. Which of the following statements is true of a bona fide occupational qualification?

10. Identify the act that was passed in 1935 in an effort to control and legislate collective bargaining between organizations and labor unions.

11. In the context of selecting expatriates, which of the following is a type of recruiting firm that actively seek qualified managers and other professionals for possible placement in positions in other organizations?

12. Which of the following is a reason why host-country nationals are usually hired as nonmanagerial employees in international businesses? 

13. In the context of the four international strategies as proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, if an expatriate manager is expected to acquire, leverage, and transfer specialized knowledge with much independence, he is most likely working with a firm that uses a _____

14. Which of the following statements is true of the polycentric staffing model? 

15. One of the domestic issues in international human resource management is that firms have to: 

16. Identify a form of trade control that places a limit on the number or value of goods that can be traded. 

17. Which of the following terms is defined as the set of values that helps an organization's members understand what it stands for, how it does things, and what it considers important? 

18. Feel Good Inc. is a multinational sports goods manufacturer that uses a different strategy in each of its subsidiaries and operations. Moreover, all decision-making is decentralized, which leaves the company open to the threat of opportunistic behavior. Since the expatriate managers do not rely on headquarters expertise, there is also an asymmetry in the transfer of information and specialized knowledge. In the context of the four international strategies  proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, Feel Good Inc. uses a(n) _____. 

19. In the context of the four international strategies proposed by Bartlett and Goshal, which of the following strategies poses the highest risk of agency problems? 

20. Which of the following statements is true of the international business strategy of licensing?