ECO 305 Week 7 Quiz – Strayer
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Quiz 6 Chapter 9
INTERNATIONAL FACTOR MOVEMENTS
AND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. "Risk
spreading" is a motive most likely to be served when firms undergo:
a. Horizontal integration
b. Vertical integration
c. Conglomerate integration
d. None of the above
2. The
source (home) location of most of the world's leading multinational enterprises
is:
a. North America and Europe
b. North America and Asia
c. Europe and South America
d. Europe and Asia
3. Which
type of multinational diversification occurs when the parent firm establishes
foreign subsidiaries to produce intermediate goods going into the production of
finished goods?
a. Forward vertical integration
b. Backward vertical integration
c. Forward horizontal integration
d. Backward horizontal integration
4. Suppose
that an American automobile manufacturer establishes foreign subsidiaries to
market the automobiles. This practice is referred to as:
a. Forward vertical integration
b. Forward conglomerate integration
c. Backward vertical integration
d. Backward conglomerate integration
5. Suppose
that a steel manufacturer headquartered in Japan sets up a subsidiary in Canada
to produce steel. This practice is referred to as:
a. Conglomerate integration
b. Forward vertical integration
c. Backward vertical integration
d. Horizontal integration
6. During
the 1970s, American oil companies acquired nonenergy companies (e.g., copper,
auto components) in response to anticipated decreases in investment
opportunities in oil. This type of diversification is referred to as:
a. Horizontal integration
b. Conglomerate integration
c. Forward vertical integration
d. Backward vertical integration
7. Which
of the following best refers to the outright construction or purchase abroad of
productive facilities, such as manufacturing plants, by domestic residents?
a. Direct investment
b. Portfolio investment
c. Short-term capital investment
d. Long-term capital investment
8. In
recent years, the largest amount of U.S. direct investment abroad has occurred
in:
a. Central America
b. South America
c. Europe
d. Japan
9. In
recent years, most foreign direct investment in the United States has come
from:
a. Western Europe
b. Central America
c. South America
d. Asia
10. Most
U.S. direct investment abroad occurs in:
a. Communications
b. Petroleum
c. Finance and insurance
d. Manufacturing
11. Most
foreign direct investment in the United States occurs in:
a. Public utilities
b. Communications
c. Manufacturing
d. Mining and smelting
12. Which
of the following is not a significant motive for the formation of multinational
enterprises?
a. Avoiding tariffs by obtaining foreign
manufacturing facilities
b. Obtaining the benefits from overseas
comparative advantages
c. The acquisition of natural resource
supply sources
d. Subsidies granted by the home
government to overseas corporations
13. Suppose
General Motors charges its Mexican subsidiary $1 million for auto assembly
equipment that could be purchased on the open market for $800,000. This practice
is best referred to as:
a. International dumping
b. Cost-plus pricing
c. Transfer pricing
d. Technological transfer
14. Multinational
enterprises may provide benefits to their source (home) countries because they
may:
a. Secure raw materials for the source
country
b. Shift source country technology
overseas via licensing
c. Export products which reflect
source-country comparative disadvantage
d. Result in lower wages for
source-country workers
15. Trade
analysis involving multinational enterprises differs from our conventional
trade analysis in that multinational enterprise analysis emphasizes:
a. Absolute cost differentials rather than
comparative cost differentials
b. The international movement of factor
inputs rather than finished goods
c. Purely competitive markets rather than
imperfectly competitive markets
d. Portfolio investments rather than
direct foreign investments
16. Direct
foreign investment has taken all of the following forms except:
a. Investors buying bonds of an existing
firm overseas
b. The creation of a wholly owned business
enterprise overseas
c. The takeover of an existing company
overseas
d. The construction of a manufacturing
plant overseas
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