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Exercise

Chapter1

1.Thetotalvalueofinternationaltradeinservicesandmerchandiseisabout___.B

a）$9billionb）$9trillionc）$9milliond）$9thousande）Noneoftheabove

2.InternationaltradeisstillmostlyconcentratedamongthedevelopedcountriesoftheNorthernHemisphere.Whichcountryisthelargestimporteroftheworld?

A

a）UnitedStatesb）Germanyc）Chinad）Japan

3.ThecommoncurrencyofmostofthecountriesoftheEuropeanUnioniscalled___.D

a）theeuro-dollarb）theeuropeancurrencyunit（ECU）c）thethalerd）theeuro

4.WhichofthefollowingentitieswascreatedattheBretton-WoodsConferenceof1944?

A

a）InternationalMonetaryFundb）WorldTradeConferencec）MarshallPland）UnitedNations

5.Onoccasion,afirmwillrespondtoacompetitor'smovebyretaliating.Forexample,LindeGas（anAmericanfirmproducingindustrialgasses）enteredtheFrenchmarketwhenAirLiquide（aFrenchcompanyinthesameindustry）decidedtoentertheU.S.market.Suchamoveisconsidereda___.B

a）costdriverb）competitivedriverc）technologydriverd）marketdrivere）Noneoftheabove

6.Argentinacanproduceonetonofmeat（beef）using0.1yearsoflabor.Itcanalsoproduceoneautomobileusingtwoyearsoflabor.Inordertoproduceonetonofbeef,theUnitedStatesuses0.2yearsoflabor.Itcanproduceanautomobileusing1.5yearsoflabor.Argentinahas___.B

a）anabsoluteadvantageintheproductionofautomobiles b）anabsoluteadvantageintheproductionofbeef

c）acomparativeadvantageintheproductionofautomobiles d）acomparativeadvantageintheproductionofbeef

7.Russiacanproduce25tonsofsteelor15chairsusingthesameamountofresources.Usingtheexactsameamountofresources,Indiacanproduce18tonsofsteeland12chairs.Accordingtothetheoryofcomparativeadvantage,atwhatpricewillRussiaandIndiatradechairs?

A

a）Indiawillbuychairsaslongasthepriceislowerthan0.67tonsofsteel

b）Indiawillsellchairsaslongasthepriceishigherthan0.67tonsofsteel

c）Russiawillbuychairsaslongasthepriceislowerthan0.6tonsofsteel

d）Impossibletodeterminewiththeinformationgiven

8.AccordingtotheInternationalProductLifeCycleTheory,thecountry（ies）mostlikelytomanufactureaproductthathasbeenrecentlydeveloped（onethatistheresultofabrand-newdesignandusespatentedtechnology）andisinitsfirstcommercializationyear,is（are）___.A

a）thecountryofinnovationonlyb）developingcountries

c）anycountrywiththemanufacturingtechnologynecessarytomanufactureit d）otherdevelopedcountries

9.Theinternationalenvironmentpresentschallengesfortheinternationallogistician.Whichaspectoftheinternationalbusinessenvironmentismostlikelytocreatefrustrations?

A

a）Culturaldifferencesb）Economicissues c）Currencydifferencesd）Infrastructureconstraints

10.Informationonforeigncountries,includingtheireconomicenvironment,theirpoliticalenvironmentandtheirgeography,caneasilybefoundinseveralpublications.Whichisnotoneoftheorganizationsthatpublishesbackgroundinformationoncountries?

D

a）TheEconomist'sIntelligenceUnit b）TheCentralIntelligenceAgency

c）TheU.S.DepartmentofCommerce d）TheUnitedNations'UNICEF

Chapter2

1.Whichonewasnotoneofthecharacteristicsofthe"earlydays"oflogistics?

D

a）Anemphasisonmakingsurethatthegoodsarrivedingoodcondition

b）Anemphasisonlow-costtransportation c）Longtransittimesd）Anemphasisoncustomersatisfaction

2.Whowasthepersonwhopopularizedtheideaofsea-goingcontainersthatcouldbeloadeddirectlyontoaship,atruck,orarailroadcar?

B

a）PeterMaerskb）MalcomMcLeanc）JosephBattagliad）HapagLloyde）Noneoftheabove

3.Inthe1980s,companiesstartedtomanagetheirinventoriesmuchmorecloselythantheyhadinthe1960sand1970s.Thiswasduetoanincreasein___.A

a）interestratesb）thevalueofinventoriesingeneralc）thevalueofthegoodsheldininventory

d）thecreationofJust-In-Timeinventorymanagementsystems

4.Itisnotunusualforcompaniesshippingtolargemanufacturersandretailchainstobepenalizedfinancially（notreceivingthefullinvoiceamount）fornot___.D

a）shippingthecorrectgoodsb）shippingthegoodsintherightquantity

c）shippingtheentireorderatonced）deliveringthegoodsonthedayandatthetimepromised

5.DRP（DistributionRequirementsPlanning）isasystemthatallowsmanufacturers,wholesalersandretailersofconsumerproductstomanagetheirinventory"just-in-time:

"DPRworksasa___.D

a）"draw"systemb）"push"systemc）"elastic"systemd）"pull"systeme）Noneoftheabove

6.Whichofthefollowingisnotanelementofintern