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Question
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) keeps track of the global economy and the economies of member countries but does not lend to countries with balance of payments difficulties nor give economic and financial policy advice.
(A) True
(B) False
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(B) The House of Representatives
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(A) teamster
(B) ombud
(C) arbitrator
(D) mediator
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(A) True
(B) False
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(A) True
(B) False
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Unions in the United States are on the rise.
(A) True
(B) False
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(A) Share in profits through dividend payment
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(A) Under the old employment relationship, job seekers were expected to be hired and trained for the job.
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(C) Employees are responsible for their own career future, which is likely to entail having multiple jobs.
(D) The old manager–employee relationship was more collaborative than adversarial.
(E) The old relationship called for loyalty to and identification with the employer.
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Employer-employee relationship is much the same as it has always been.
(A) True
(B) False
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_______are the business rules of conduct, and the rules are developed by regulatory agencies to implement laws passed by Congress.
(A) Reservations
(B) Regulation
(C) Obligations
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(E) Privatization
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Name some benefits and costs of regulation.
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(A) Executive Office of the president
(B) Independent agencies and government corporations
(C) Boards, commissions, and committees
(D) Quasi-official agencies
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(A) the General Accounting Office
(B) the Federal Oversight Administration
(C) various advisory panels
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(A) interest group
(B) radical coalition
(C) paid registered lobbyists
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(A) clear-cut
(B) mitigating
(C) economical
(D) efficient
(E) natural
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(A) True
(B) False
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(A) True
(B) False
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The Supreme Court signs statutes into law.
(A) True
(B) False
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(A) True
(B) False
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Issues management is used to anticipate and respond to both threats and opportunities.
(A) True
(B) False
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(A) True
(B) False
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(A) Scanning the environment to identify issues and trends that will affect society.
(B) Assuming that last year's issues have been resolved and this year's issues will be similar.
(C) Using the same categorization process for identifying issues as your competitors do.
(D) Evaluating the impact issues will have on the firm and ranking issues by priority to the firm.
(E) Conducting a strategic analysis to develop strategies for dealing with high-priority public affairs issues.
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Which of the following could be considered Public Affairs statements?
(A) "Quality is Job 1."
(B) "We will not seek an unfair advantage over our competitors."
(C) "Save money, live better."
(D) "Finger-lickin' good."
(E) "Because you're worth it."
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Which of the following are true about public affairs activities?
(A) It is not concerned with stakeholders.
(B) It refers to how businesses interact with stakeholders.
(C) During PA functions, managers must be ethical, and unethical behavior should be reported through whistleblowing
(D) It is concerned with firm stakeholder relationships.
(E) Managers usually do not practice ethical behavior when dealing with the public.
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Which statement about the market and nonmarket is not correct?
(A) The market environment includes owners, employees, suppliers, customers, and competitors.
(B) The nonmarket environment includes interactions with society and government.
(C) The nonmarket environment structures (laws and regulations) how business operates in the market environment and the positions of firms in the market, and it creates opportunities for and threats to business.
(D) The market environment creates issues of special interest that are addressed in the nonmarket environment.
(E) All these statements are correct.