CCU Mid-Exam Wednesdy 29 April 2020

CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
MIDSEMESTER EXAM
29 APRIL2020
1. This mid-semester exam has 50 questions with a value of 2 points for each question. It consists of
five parts: Multiple Choice, True-False, Matching, Filling in the blanks by choosing from a list of
words, and completing a sentence.
2. You only have 2 hours to complete this exam (10.00 – 12.00). This includes time to download
and upload.
3. You must submit your answers BEFORE or EXACTLY at 12.00
4. If you submit your answers AFTER 12.00 your 2 points will be cut off every 5 minutes.
5. Write your answers on this exam paper.
6. This is an open book exam so you can use all materials I already sent to help you answer the
questions.
7. Remember! Although this is an open book exam it is difficult for you to answer the questions if
you don’t read the chapters that I have already sent you.
8. If you do not take this exam on this scheduled day you must give me a logical reason why you are
absent to take it. Don’t say you don’t have credits (pulsa) to access this exam. I will not accept
this reason.
9. I wish you all the best!
A. Multiple Choice: Please put a cross (X) on the correct answer
1. Good morning students! I believe you are just fine and prepared for this exam. Today is your mid-
semester exam on Cross Cultural Understanding (CCU). You know that the purpose of studying this
subject is to understand different cultures around you. When you understand other people’s culture you
will certainly_________ in an appropriate way.
x. learn b. behave c. understand d. observe
2. You will certainly act in an appropriate manner because you have already learned from this CCU
subject that the basic function of culture is to enable you to ____________ your surroundings.
x. cooperate with b. adapt with c. understand d. observe
3. Remember, you are not born knowing how to dress, what toys to play with, what to eat, which gods to
worship, or how to spend your money and your time. You know all this because __________is your
teacher and your textbook.
a. father b. mother x. culture d. God
4. “Culture becomes a group of experience because it is shared with people who live in and experience
the same social environments. So our perceptions are similar to those of other individuals who belong to
the same cultural groups.” This statement means that________
a. culture is learned.
b. culture involves perceptions and values.
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c. culture involves feelings.
x. culture is shared.
5. “When we are in our own cultural surroundings we feel a sense of familiarity, and a certain level of
comfort in the space, behavior, and actions of others.” This statement means that _____
a. culture is learned.
b. culture involves perceptions and values.
x. culture involves feelings.
d. culture is shared.
6. _______the study of how language is actually used in particular contexts; the focus is on the specific
purposes of language use.
a. Phonology b. Semantics c. Syntactics x. Pragmatics
7. Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf proposed that __________ not only expresses ideas but also
shapes ideas about and perceptions of the world
a. language b. culture x. nonverbal communication d. perception
8. If you don’t know people’s languages you can use nonverbal communication because it sometimes
helps you ____________.
x get a message across b. speak their language c. make gestures d. move your body
9. You must also remember that both verbal and nonverbal communications are governed by _____ that
are determined by particular contexts and situations.
a. actions x rules c. behaviours d. words
10. A ________ communication style is one in which verbal messages reveals the speaker’s true
intentions, needs, wants, and desires; the emphasis is on low-context communication.
x. direct b. indirect c. elaborate d. understated
B. True-False: Please put a cross (X) on T if the statement is true and on F if the statement is false.
11. X– F Culture makes all things easy T

12. T – X Culture is not subject to change F
13. X– F Enculturation is a way of learning our culture T
14. X – F Using the left hand alone to exchange an item with an Egyptian is considered rude.T
15. T – XDiscrimination is not the behavior that results from stereotyping or prejudice F
16. T – XSyntactics is the study of the meaning of a language.F
17. X – F Communication style combines verbal and nonverbal elementsT
18. T – XNonverbal communication is communication through language. F
19. X – F Cultural spaces are the contexts that form our identity T
20. X – F Nonverbal behavior communicates status and deception.T
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C. Matching: Please match the statements in Group A with the phrases in Group B. Write the letter
(alphabet) as your correct choice together with the phrases in the space provided in your answer
sheet.
Group A Group B
21. The deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, a. enculturation 22
and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of b. eye contact 29
people in the course of generations through individual and group c. facial expression
striving d. noncontact cultures 28
22. A way of learning our culture through interaction, observation, e. Thailand 25
and imitation. f. France 26
23. They inform a member of a culture about what is good and bad, g. nonverbal communication 24
right and wrong, true and false, positive and negative, and the like. h. culture 21
24. Communication that occurs through means other than language. i. values 23
25. People greet each other with a wai greeting---hold your hands. j. gestures 30
together at the chest like a prayer and give a light bow. k. language
26. In this country people are not accustomed to standing in line. l. assimilation
27. Universal nonverbal behaviour that conveys emotions and attitudes.
28. People tend to stand farther apart when talking, maintain less eye
contact and touch less often.
29. It is often considered an element of personal space because it regulates
interpersonal distance.
30. Arm and hand movements that communicate nonverbally.
D. Fill in the blanks: Please fill in the blank in each sentence by choosing an appropriate word from the
list of words in the box below.
stereotype, semantics, perception, prejudice, bubble, discrimination, multilingual,

monochronic, polychronic, culture, worldview
31. Thomas Fuller wrote: culture makes all things easy.

32. A wordview is culture's orientation toward such things as God, nature, life, death, the universe,
and other philosophical issues that are concerned with the meaning of life and with "being."
33. Personal space is the bubble around each of us that marks the territory between ourselves and
others.
34. The study of meaning is called semantics
35. perception is the process by which an individual selects, evaluates, and organizes stimuli from
the external world.
36. People who speak more than two languages are considered multilingual
37. People who have a monochromic concept of time regard time as a commodity
38. prejudice tells us what a group is like
39. Stereotype tells us how we are likely to feel about that group.
40. Attitudes like stereotyping and prejudice may lead to behavioral barriers such as descrimination
E. Completing the sentence: Please complete the following sentences by adding the missing words
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41. Ralph Waldo Emerson's simple sentence: "Language is the archives of history
42. Emblems, illustrators, regulators, and adaptors are kinds of Gestures
43. When we wave our hand as someone is leaving, it means good-bye. This is one of the examples of
emblems
44. illustrators are all those gestures that go along with our speech.
45. The type of gesture that manages our emotions are called Adaptors
46. Home, neighbourhood, and regionalism are kinds of cultural space
47. Ethnocentrism is the beliefe that one’s own culture is superior to all others
48. Power relationships influence intercultural contact
49. Cultural space influences cultural identity
50. Congratulations on your completion of this mid-semester exam! Please give a very big smile to
indicate that you are grateful
THANK YOU!

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CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

A. Multiple Choice: Please put a cross (X) on the correct answer

x. learn b. behave c. understand d. observe

x. cooperate with b. adapt with c. understand d. observe

a. father b. mother x. culture d. God

a. Phonology b. Semantics c. Syntactics x. Pragmatics

a. language b. culture x. nonverbal communication d. perception

a. actions x rules c. behaviours d. words

x. direct b. indirect c. elaborate d. understated

11. X– F Culture makes all things easy T

stereotype, semantics, perception, prejudice, bubble, discrimination, multilingual,

31. Thomas Fuller wrote: culture makes all things easy.

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