International Marketing mcq Set 1
International Marketing mcq Set 2
International Marketing mcq Set 3
International Marketing mcq Set 4
International Marketing mcq Set 5
International Marketing mcq Set 6
International Marketing mcq Set 7
Q1. A strong orientation toward the home country is an indication of
(a) ethnocentricity
(b) polycentricity
(c) geocentricity
Ans: a) ethnocentricityAnswer
Q2. According to Adam Smith’s Theory of absolute advantage, a country should. …. a commodity that can be produced at a lower cost than can other nations.
(a) export
(b) import
(c) both export and import d) neither export nor import
Ans: a) exportAnswer
Q3. The evidence that the United States exports constitutes of labor-intensive goods and imports comprises of capital-intensive goods is known as
(a) principle of absolute advantage
(b) principle of relative advantage
(c) Leontief Paradox
(d) factor endowment
Ans: b) principle of relative advantageAnswer
Q4. This export strategy involves selling a product from a home base, usually without any product modification.
(a) exporting
(b) licensing
(c) joint venture
(d) manufacturing
Ans: a) exportingAnswer
Q5. This entry strategy involves granting permits to a foreign company to use industry property, technical knowhow, or engineering design in a foreign market.
(a) exporting
(b) licensing
(c) joint venture
(d) manufacturing
Ans: b) licensingAnswer
Q6. ICICI and Prudential joined together to market Insurance products in India. This strategy is
(a) exporting
(b) licensing
(c) joint venture
(d) assembly operations
Ans: c) joint ventureAnswer
Q7. Indian firms were asked to build the biggest oil refinery in the world in Egypt and to train local personnel. This is known as
(a) licensing
(b) manufacturing
(c) joint venture
(d) turnkey
Ans: d)turnkeyAnswer
Q8. Which of the following product is most likely to require adaptation for overseas markets.
(a) musical recordings
(b) films
(c) automobiles
(d) watches
Ans: c) automobilesAnswer
Q9. Which of the following cannot be used as a trademark?
(a) a word
(b) a name
(c) a symbol
(d) a device
(e) all of them can be used as a trademark
Ans: e) all of them can be used as a trademarkAnswer
Q10. Which marketing component is most likely to be standardized.
(a) brand
(b) advertising
(c) price
(d) distribution
Ans: a) brandAnswer
Q11. The promotion mix does not include
(a) advertising
(b) personal selling
(c) pricing
(d) publicity
Ans: b) personal sellingAnswer
Q12. This term of payment is the one most desired by importers.
(a) bill of exchange
(b) letter of credit
(c) open account
(d) cash in advance
Ans: b) letter of creditAnswer
Q13. This method of payment presents the least risk to an exporter.
(a) sight draft
(b) time draft
(c) open account
(d) letter of credit
Ans: c) open accountAnswer
Q14. This financial instrument is a document, issued by a bank at a buyer’s request in favor of a seller, promising that the bank will pay an agreed amount of money upon its receipt of certain documents.
(a) sight draft
(b) time draft
(c) bill of exchange
(d) letter of credit
Ans: d) letter of creditAnswer
Q15. Import duty to offset a subsidy is
(a) protective tariff
(b) revenue tariff
(c) tariff surcharge
(d) countervailing duty
(e) variable duties
Ans: e) variable dutiesAnswer
Q16. This is not a form of subsidy.
(a) cash
(b) interest rate
(c) tax
(d) freight and infrastructure
(e) all of them are subsidies
Ans: d) freight and infrastructureAnswer
Q17. This international organization wants to achieve a broad, multilateral, and free worldwide system of trading.
(a) WTO
(b) GSP
(c) UNCTAD
(d) MFN
Ans: a) WTOAnswer
Q18. According to the international product life cycle theory, a country that developed an innovation will eventually become
(a) a net importer
(b) a net exporter
(c) an absolute exporter
(d) a relative producer
(e) a monopolist
Ans: c) an absolute exporterAnswer
Q19. Innovations are most likely to be first introduced in
(a) least developed countries
(b) less developed countries
(c) growing economies
(d) highly developed countries
Ans: d) highly developed countriesAnswer
Q20. Which of the following is not a brand’s function?
(a) creating identification
(b) guaranteeing quality level
(c) helping with promotion
(d) lowering production cost
Ans: d) lowering production costAnswer
Q21. The most important packaging criterion is
(a) promotional
(b) functional
(c) attractive
(d) versatile
Ans: a) promotionalAnswer
Q22. “Noise” does not affect this stage of the communication process.
(a) sender
(b) encoding
(c) decoding
(d) receiver
(e) all of them can be affected
Ans: e) all of them can be affectedAnswer
Q23. Which of the following is not an example of indirect export?
(a) Export house in home country
(b) Cooperatives marketing organizations in home country
(c) State trading Corporations in home country
(d) Agent in overseas market
Ans: c) State trading Corporations in home countryAnswer
Q24. Which of the following is not an example of Countertrade Arrangement?
(a) Barter Trade
(b) Compensation Arrangement
(c) Buy Back Arrangement
(d) Counterfeiting
Ans: d) CounterfeitingAnswer
Q25. Trade in services is covered under which agreement?
(a) GATS
(b) GATT
(c) TRIPS
(d) TRIMS
Ans: b) GATTAnswer
Q26. EXIM Bank of India provide following services to the Indian Exporter?
(a) Export financing
(b) Advisory Services for Export
(c) Sector and Market specific Research for export
(d) Export Agent
Ans: a) Export financingAnswer
Q27. ECGC helps exporters by providing
(a) insurance protection against payment risks.
(b) information on different countries with its own credit ratings.
(c) information on credit-worthiness of overseas buyers
(d) extending line of credit to overseas entities
Ans: c) information on credit-worthiness of overseas buyersAnswer
Q28. Which of the following is not an export incentive given by Government of India as per the provisions in the FTP 2004-2009?
(a) DEPB
(b) Duty Drawback
(c) Advance License
(d) Direct Export Subsidies
Ans: c) Advance LicenseAnswer
Q29. Which of the following is not an export promotion measure in the FTP 2004-2009?
(a) Towns of Export Excellence
(b) Served from India
(c) Working Capital Management for Export
(d) Focus Market Scheme
Ans: c) Working Capital Management for ExportAnswer
Q30. This is not a characteristic of “centrally planned economies.”
(a) a communist philosophy
(b) an active government role in economic planning
(c) bureaucratic political/economic systems
(d) market-oriented economy
Ans: d) market-oriented economyAnswer
Q31. The market-oriented system is also known as
(a) capitalism
(b) socialism
(c) communism
(d) modified communism
Ans: a) capitalismAnswer
Q32. Which of the following is not a strategic alliance?
(a) mergers
(b) joint ventures
(c) licensing agreements
(d) sole ventures
Ans: d) sole venturesAnswer
Q33. These firms allocate corporate resources without taking into consideration national frontiers and also make direct investment abroad.
(a) ethnocentric firms
(b) polycentric firms
(c) geocentric firms
Ans: c) geocentric firmsAnswer
Q34. Trade is a
(a) zero sum game
(b) positive sum game
(c) negative sum game
(d) all of the above
Ans: c) negative sum gameAnswer
Q35. The theory of factor endowment focus on which factor of production.
(a) labor
(b) land
(c) capital
(d) all of them are considered
Ans: a) laborAnswer
Q36. China do not have comparative advantage in which factor of production?
(a) labor
(b) land
(c) capital
(d) technology
Ans: d) technologyAnswer
Q37. According to the international product life cycle theory, a country that invented a product will eventually become
(a) a net importer
(b) a net exporter
(c) an absolute exporter
(d) a monopolist
Ans: c) an absolute exporterAnswer
Q38. The most important factor which makes product modification mandatory is
(a) country’s regulations
(b) electrical current standards
(c) measurement standards
(d) product standards
Ans: a) country’s regulationsAnswer
Q39. To sell to their subsidiaries in countries with lower corporate tax rates than that in the United States, American firms should make their transfer prices
(a) low
(b) high
(c) moderate
(d) no change
Ans: b) highAnswer
Q40. When compared to a trading company, an EMC
(a) has more diverse product lines
(b) is more likely to take ownership to merchandise
(c) offers less services
(d) is larger and better financed
Ans: c) offers less servicesAnswer