BUS 409 Week 11 Quiz 10

BUS 409 WK 11
Quiz 10
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1) What law mandates that management bargain in good faith with labor unions
over terms of employment such as wages?

A) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

B) National Labor Relations Act of 1935

C) North American Free Trade Agreement

D) North American Treaty Organization

2) What does the term repatriation refer to?

A) sending an expatriate's family to the foreign country with him

B) an expatriate going back to an overseas assignment she had been to before

C) an expatriate returning home to work after completing an overseas assignment

D) teaching an expatriate about the customs and culture of a foreign country

3) International employees are categorized into one of these three titles.

A) expatriates, third country national, headquarter national

B) host country national, third country national, expatriates

C) repatriates, host country national, third country nationals

D) headquarter national, expatriates, home country nationals

4) If your company hired a Canadian manager to work in your plant in Taiwan, she
would be considered which type of international employee?

A) foreign country national

B) third country national

C) host country national

D) non-host country national

5) An international assignment is considered long-term when it lasts at least how
long?

A) 3 months

B) 6 months

C) 2 years

D) 1 year

6) Your company is sending Sheila on a six-month assignment to Sweden, so you
should probably use which method to determine her base pay?

A) headquarters-based

B) host country-based

C) home-country based

D) foreign country-based

7) AT&T plans on sending R.J. to Peru to work for at least 3 years. They will probably
use which method to set his base pay?

A) host-country-based

B) home-country-based

C) headquarters-based

D) third-country based

8) Since he started at American Eyeful Pictures, Inc., David has worked in Japan,
China, and Thailand. The company has probably set his base pay using which
method?

A) host-country-based

B) home-country-based

C) headquarters-based

D) third-country based

9) Which base-pay method works best for expatriates who move from one foreign
assignment to another and rarely, if ever, work in their home countries?

A) expatriate-based

B) host-country-based

C) home-country-based

D) headquarters-based

10) Juanita was told that on her first overseas assignment she would be getting a
foreign service premium. That probably means she will be there at least how long?

A) 12 months

B) 6 months

C) 3 months

D) 24 months

11) Andre is going to be stationed overseas for about 18 months, so his foreign
service premium will increase his base pay by about how much?

A) 5 - 10 %

B) 10 - 30 %

C) 40 - 60 %

D) 50 - 75 %

12) How are hardship allowances usually paid to expatriates?

A) over a two year period

B) added to monthly salary amount

C) several small payments

D) single lump sum

13) Benjamin is going on his first expatriate assignment to a country considered a
hardship location. About how much will you have to increase his base pay?

A) 50% - 70%

B) 5% - 35%

C) 20% - 40%

D) 40% - 50%

14) About how many countries are deemed as hardship locations by the U.S. State
Department?

A) 300

B) 150

C) 750

D) 25

15) Which of the following would be considered a hardship location (due to
dangerous conditions)?

A) Bagdat, Iraq

B) Basel, Switzerland

C) Oslo, Norway

D) Brisbane, Australia

16) Stephan is going to be getting a mobility premium for going to Saudi Arabia.
How are you going to give it to him?

A) when he completes the assignment

B) over the length of his assignment

C) in 3 installments

D) a lump-sum payment

17) Renata Marie has been given a mobility premium as a reward for moving from
one assignment to another. In what form did she receive this premium?

A) lump-sum payment

B) monthly payments

C) a year-end bonus

D) annuity payments

18) Tuition reimbursement and day care assistance fall under this category.

A) boosted enhancements

B) protection programs

C) paid time of

D) service practices

19) Which of the following is considered an enhanced benefit for expatriates?

A) emergency leave

B) education reimbursement for expatriates' children

C) host country holiday pay

D) pay for host country vacation days

20) When determining Ms. Jenkins' relocation assistance amount what will you need
to consider?

A) her distance

B) her length of assignment

C) her rank in the company

D) all of the above

21) These represent additional paid time of for employees working in hardship
locations.

A) rest and relaxation leave benefits

B) permissible premiums

C) foreign service premiums

D) chillaxtion time

22) Which of the following are used by the State Department to determine the per
diem schedules?

A) length of stay, family size

B) location, family size

C) cost of living, family size

D) length of stay, location

23) What provides expatriates the standard of living that they normally enjoy in the
United States?

A) the balance sheet approach

B) the cost comparison approach

C) the weights and measurements approach

D) the retrospective approach

24) Quarters allowance is the U.S. Department of State's nomenclature for which
expatriate cost provision?

A) cost-of-living allowance

B) inflation provision

C) housing and utilities allowance

D) assimilation allowance

25) When is a goods and services allowance given?

A) to any person willing to work outside of the U.S.

B) when there is a high level of stagflation

C) when the cost of living is lower in the foreign work location than in the U.S.

D) when the cost of living is higher in the foreign work location than in the U.S.

26) The State Department's Index compares the foreign costs of goods and services
with which U.S. city?

A) Seattle

B) Chicago

C) Washington, D.C.

D) New York

27) If the local index for Tel Aviv, Israel is 146, what does that mean?

A) the cost of living is 46% higher in Washington, D.C. than it is in Tel Aviv

B) the cost of living is 146% higher in Washington, D.C. than it is in Tel Aviv

C) the cost of living is 146% higher in Tel Aviv than Washington, D.C.

D) the cost of living is 46% higher in Tel Aviv than Washington, D.C.

28) If the local index in Tegucigalpa, Honduras is 99, what does that mean?

A) the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 1% lower than in Washington, D.C.

B) the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 99% lower than in Washington, D.C.

C) the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 1% higher than in Washington, D.C.

D) the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 99% higher than in Washington, D.C.

29) What happens under tax equalization?

A) Expatriates realize tax benefits whenever actual taxes are less than the
hypothetical tax.

B) The employee pays the foreign income tax, but not the U.S. government tax.

C) Employers reimburse expatriates for the diference between the hypothetical tax
and the actual income tax.

D) The employer takes the responsibility for paying the income tax on behalf of the
expatriates.

30) Josh works at a U.S. construction company as a civil engineer. He has been
working overseas for the last three years. The hypothetical tax calculated by his
company turned out to be less than his actual income tax. In this situation

A) Josh reimburses his employer.

B) his employer reimburses Josh.

C) under tax equalization, neither Josh nor his employer reimburses.

D) foreign government reimburses Josh.

31) ________ is the transition process of working in a domestic assignment in a
worker's home country after having worked on an international assignment abroad.

32) ________ nationals are foreign citizens who work in U.S. companies' branch
offices or manufacturing plants in their home countries.

33) ________ nationals are foreign national citizens who work in U.S. companies'
branch offices or manufacturing plants in countries other than the United States or
their own home countries.

34) U.S. citizens employed in U.S. companies with work assignments outside the
United States are better known as ________.

35) An ________ is the price at which one country's currency can be swapped for
another.

36) ________ is the increase in prices for consumer goods and services.

37) The ________ allowance compensates expatriates for their sacrifices while on
assignment.

38) ________ premiums reward employees for moving from one assignment to
another.

39) ________ benefits allow for expatriates to take paid time of back in the United
States.

40) Expatriates receive ________ allowances when the cost of living is higher in the
country that they work in that it is in the U.S.

41) Describe the four challenges that companies face in the development and the
implementation of international compensation programs. How can a company
prevent problems that are risen by repatriation?

42) Explain headquarters-based method to calculate expatriates based pay. Which
incentive might work better for this method?

43) What is the balance sheet approach? When is its use most appropriate?

1) Former under-developed countries of the world are experiencing which of these
conditions, thus eliciting greater interconnections with U.S. employers?

A) stagnant trade

B) economic downturn

C) labor shortages

D) improved standard of living

2) The average hourly cost to pay a manufacturing worker in the United States in
2007 was how much?

A) $17.23

B) $24.91

C) $33.53

D) $48.18

3) In which country do companies incur the highest hourly cost for employing a
manufacturing worker?

A) China

B) Norway

C) United States

D) Canada

4) In 2008, hourly compensation costs in Brazil were less than that in the United
States by how much?

A) 50%

B) 18%

C) 45%

D) 74%

5) Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of NAFTA?

A) NAALC

B) convergence of labor standards

C) only Mexico and United States are members

D) trade deals

6) Which of the following countries has the lowest per capita GDP?

A) India

B) Mexico

C) Brazil

D) China

7) Canada can best be defined as which of the following?

A) autocracy

B) federal republic

C) constitutional monarchy

D) communist state

8) XYZ Co. plans to open a new facility in Canada to be able to reach its Canadian
customers more quickly. Which of the following is true regarding labor-related
considerations of the new facility?

A) Canada does not possess a statuary minimum wage law.

B) Federal legislation in Canada can override provincial laws.

C) Both individual and collective employment relationships are controlled at the
province level.

D) There is one common law governing individual employment contracts for all
provinces.

9) The origins of the common law governing individual employment contracts in
Canada were based on the laws of which country?

A) Italy

B) Spain

C) Sweden

D) England

10) What Canadian province has the highest minimum wage?

A) Newfoundland

B) British Columbia

C) Nunavut

D) Alberta

11) Chris has been working in Vancouver, Canada at an accounting firm for the last
10 years. Which of the following should not be true regarding his paid time of
benefits?

A) He is entitled to 8 weeks of paid leave to care for a seriously ill family member
(i.e., spouse, common law partner, children, parents).

B) His paternity leave provisions are coordinated under the Federal Employment
Insurance Act.

C) He is entitled to 8 or 9 annual paid holidays.

D) He is entitled to 3 weeks of paid vacation time along with a sum of money as
vacation pay.

12) In Canada, the amount of vacation pay is equal to what percentage of the
employee's pay for the preceding year per week of vacation?

A) 2%

B) 4%

C) 6%

D) 8%

13) Canadian retirement plans are most similar to that of which of the following
countries?

A) Brazil

B) Italy

C) U.S.

D) Germany

14) Mexico can be defined as which of the following?

A) constitutional monarchy

B) federal republic

C) parliamentary democracy

D) autocracy

15) Nora has been working at a manufacturing plant in Mexico for the last 18
months. Which of the following is NOT true regarding her paid time of benefits?

A) She is entitled to paid time of during public holidays.

B) She is entitled to 6 weeks of maternity leave with full pay.

C) She is entitled to 6 vacation days.

D) If she works during a public holiday, she is entitled to double pay.

16) Which of the following country has the strongest economy in South America?

A) Chile

B) Argentina

C) Brazil

D) Columbia

17) Brazil's workforce has over how many people?

A) 92 million

B) 103 million

C) 115 million

D) 127 million

18) What percentage of their gross earnings do Brazilian employees put towards
social insurance?

A) 0.5-1.5%

B) 2.3-3.7%

C) 4-6.5%

D) 7.65-11%

19) Oliver works as a blue-collar worker in the metalworking industry in BadenWurttemberg in Germany. His pay is based on minimum wage. Which of the
following is probably true regarding his minimum wage?

A) The Minimum Wage Council determines his hourly pay.

B) Germany does not have a minimum wage.

C) His wage is established through a collective bargaining process.

D) His wage is calculated based on the national minimum wage rate set by the
government.

20) An employee should receive regular pay during illness for a period of how many
weeks in Germany?

A) 4 weeks

B) 6 weeks

C) 8 weeks

D) 10 weeks

21) In Germany, an employee can request up to how many year(s) of child-rearing
leave?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

22) Claudia works for a pharmaceutical company in Germany as a blue-collar
worker. She used to opt out of the state insurance plan and to purchase a private
insurance. This year due to increasing health insurance premiums, she decided to
get the state insurance plan. Which of the following is true regarding her state
health insurance?

A) Claudia bears the entire cost of the health insurance.

B) Her company bears the entire cost of the health insurance.

C) 50% of health insurance costs are borne by the company, and the other 50% of
the costs are borne by the insured.

D) 75% of health insurance costs are borne by the company, and the remaining
25% of the costs are borne by the insured.

23) Which of the following is NOT one of the top three largest economies in Asia as
of 2010?

A) Philippines

B) China

C) India

D) Japan

24) India's labor force has over how many people based on 2010 estimates?

A) 118 million

B) 273 million

C) 388 million

D) 478 million

25) Indian per capita expenditure on health care in 2006 was what amount at the
international dollar rate?

A) $109

B) $284

C) $563

D) $1,384

26) The People's Republic of China Labor Law of 1995 resulted in which of the
following?

A) shift to state-owned enterprises

B) collective contracts

C) state controlled benefits

D) break from "iron rice bowl" employment

27) Xue has been working at an electronics manufacturing plant in China for the last
5 years. Which one of the following should NOT be true regarding her paid time of
benefits?

A) She is entitled to "home leave" as her husband lives in another city in China.

B) Her employer is obliged to pay all her travel expenses when she visits her
husband who lives in another city.

C) She is entitled to a minimum of 90 days maternity leave.

D) During an employer-approved medical treatment period, her salary is based on
50% of the local minimum wage.

28) At least how many days of maternity leave are women entitled to in China?

A) 60

B) 90

C) 100

D) 120

29) In China, what percentage of local average annual wage for previous year is
used to set minimum earnings for employee pension contributions?

A) 50%

B) 60%

C) 70%

D) 80%

30) In China, per capita expenditure on health was what amount at the international
dollar rate in 2006?

A) $255

B) $342

C) $401

D) $478

31) The United States, Canada, and Mexico are part of a trade bloc better known as
________.

32) The country with the lowest GDP per capita reviewed in the chapter is ________.

33) Canada has two state-run pension plans: one for ________ provincial residents
only, and one for the rest of Canada.

34) In ________ , employees are entitled to 6 vacation days after 1 year of
employment and to 2 more days for each subsequent year up to a maximum of 12
days.

35) ________ has by far the strongest economy out of all the countries in South
America.

36) The ________ is a unique international organization that aims at becoming an
economic superpower, while still retaining such practices as high levels of
employment, social welfare protection, and strong trade unions.

37) In Germany, the minimum wage rate is established by the ________.

38) In ________, time away from work for pregnant women under the terms of the
Maternity Leave Law still counts towards entitlement to vacation time.

39) In 2010, ________ is the largest economy in Asia (and growing rapidly).

40) In China, the minimum wage rates are set by ________.

41) Why is it important for HR and compensation professionals to learn about
compensation practices in other parts of the world? Discuss.

42) Briefly compare minimum wage rates and paid time of policies in Canada and
Mexico.

43) Compare health benefits and paid time of benefits in India and People's
Republic of China.

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