1. A synonym for damages is
A. fine
B. tortfeasor
C. punishment
D. compensation
2. If a plaintiff establishes a defendant's liability by a preponderance of the evidence, then the plaintiff has demonstrated that the defendant has committed a
A. crime
B. tort
C. crime and a tort
D. neither
3. The single most significant source of today's tort law is
A. constitutions
B. common law
C. trespass on the case
D. statutes
4. In a hierarchy of sources of tort law, which contains the greatest and most powerful concepts of law?
A. constitutions
B. statutes
C. common law
D. trespass
5. A very powerful means of a court's communicating its disapproval of a defendant's conduct and of a desire to discourage such conduct in the future involves
A. a sentence
B. equity
C. a statute
D. punitive damages
6. Which of the following statements related to how property is viewed is incorrect?
A. Communist countries in the past had community property.
B. Mexicans view property ownership in a utilitarian way.
C. The Japanese consider property as unimportant.
D. People in the United States are possessive of property.
7. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. Personal privacy is relatively unimportant to people of Saudi Arabia.
B. Friendships are taken seriously by the Japanese; they are made for life.
C. People of Mexico involve religion in their social interactions.
D. Etiquette is very important to people of Canada.
8. Which statement about values is incorrect?
A. Values are social principles, goals, or standards accepted by persons in a culture.
B. Values are learned by contacts with family members, teachers, and religious leaders.
C. Values will be influenced by what is seen on television or read in newspapers.
D. People in various cultures have basically similar values.
9. A Group Decision Support System is a
A. software package used for group meetings and allows multilingual communication.
B. management program for distribution control.
C. pocket translator.
D. probability package used by managers to determine the best possible decision alternative.
10. The main idea of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is that
A. language is just a device for reporting a person's experience.
B. two languages can represent the same social reality.
C. the social reality can be conveyed to a person who does not speak the language.
D. language functions as a way of shaping a person's experience.
11. Which statement referring to thought patterns is incorrect?
A. Asians typically use the inductive method of reasoning.
B. Thought patterns impact oral communication.
C. When using the deductive method of reasoning, one starts with the facts and goes to generalizations.
D. Recognizing different thought patterns is important in negotiation with different cultures.
12. Which of the following does not belong in the "don't touch" category?
A. England
B. Japan
C. Middle East countries
D. United States