This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > International Economics > International Trade > International Trade – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books International Trade Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a region of the world that is a significant trade region due to its oil exports? A) EU. B) China. C) Japan. D) USA. E) Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Middle East. 2. An argument against trade protection is that it will increase A competition for domestic industries. B domestic price levels. C the current account deficit. D opportunities for domestic infant industries. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 3. The specialty of entrepreneurial production factors lies in ..... A) Strength and intelligence. B) Durability and tenacity. C) Creativity and innovation. D) Work hard and don't give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creativity and innovation. 4. "It's been 10 long years since NAFTA was implemented, and the result has been the bleeding of jobs, " [Congressman Ted] Strickland said ..... In my judgment, we have a trade policy that does not protect American jobs or American companies ..... And the beneficiaries ..... are the multinational corporations [whose] only concern is how to increase the bottom line ..... " "These companies have gone down there and built modern factories, " Strickland said. "They pay pathetic wages ..... and within sight of those factories, people who work in those factories [are] living in the most pathetic squalor ..... The jobs going to Mexico haven't really benefited the Mexican workers ..... " (Source:Adapted from Jeff Hibbs, "Strickland, Democrats take aim on NAFTA, " Wilmington News Journal, November 14, 2003.) According to the passage, Congressman Strickland believes that NAFTA has affected American workers in what way? A) NAFTA caused their wages to decline. B) NAFTA created jobs for them in Mexico. C) NAFTA cost them their jobs. D) NAFTA created higher wage jobs for them in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NAFTA cost them their jobs. 5. Who is the winner of tariff policy? A) The local producers. B) The society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The local producers. 6. To make Malaysia the preferred investment destination and among the most globally competitive trading nations by 2020. This vision is referring to: A) MATRADE. B) MPC. C) TREES. D) WHAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TREES. 7. 4/ What are external economies of scale in the context of international trade? A) A. Cost savings achieved by individual firms. B) C. The cost of exporting goods. C) Tariffs imposed on imported goods. D) B. Cost savings that benefit an entire industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. Cost savings that benefit an entire industry. 8. What does WIPO refer to? A) World Intellectual Property Organization. B) WIPO System. C) WIPO Agreement. D) WIPO Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World Intellectual Property Organization. 9. An advantage of specialisation:Costs are reduced, which can be passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices A) Yes, I understand this from the notes. B) No, I don't understand this from the notes. C) No, I don't understand this, as I have not read the notes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I understand this from the notes. 10. MNC means Multi-National Corporations. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. What is the marketing mix in international business? A) Product, Price, Place, Promotion. B) Product, Price, Place, Profit. C) Product, Price, Profit, Promotion. D) Product, Profit, Place, Promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Product, Price, Place, Promotion. 12. Study the information below and use it to answer the question that follows. YEAR. VALUE OF 1 EURO PER $ 1 VALUE OF $ 1 PER EURO2016 1.25 0.792017 1.42 0.70 Which currency appreciated in value between 2016 to 2017? A) The euro. B) The dollar. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The euro. 13. Which of the following accurately defines quota? A) A special tax placed on foreign goods sold in the U.S. B) A method used to stop the shipment of certain products to or from particular countries. C) A packing and shipping regulation for hazardous products. D) A fixed limit on the amount of import or export of a product. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fixed limit on the amount of import or export of a product. 14. Which one of the following is a benefit of a country adopting protectionist policies A) To encourage unethical practices. B) To increase a balance of payments deficit on the current account. C) To encourage dumping. D) To protect infant industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protect infant industries. 15. The U.S. economy has thrived on international trade throughout its history. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Quotas (Limits to imports) A) All are true. B) Quotas do not provide any government revenue. C) With a tariff, the government could theoretically use the revenue to compensate firms and individuals who have been adversely affected by the international trade. D) With quotas, the excess revenue provided accrues to the foreign producer, not the domestic government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All are true. 17. Resources available = 200 units for each country Production in GhanaCocoa = 10 tonsRice = 5 tons Production in South KoreaCocoa = 2.5 tonsRice = 10 tons Question:Which country should specialize in producing Rice? A) Ghana. B) South Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Korea. 18. Absolute advantage exists when one nation is the most efficient producer of a good, meaning it can produce the good at the lowest possible price. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. If policy makers enact a quota on a product in a country open to trade, they will see A) A decrease in the product's price and an increase in imports. B) An increase in the product's price and a decrease in imports. C) A decrease in the product's price and a decrease in imports. D) An increase in the product's price and an increase in imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in the product's price and a decrease in imports. 20. Who is the US's biggest trading partner in terms of BOTH imports and exports? A) Canada. B) Japan. C) China. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 21. ..... stresses on the 'relative cost difference' rather than 'absolute cost difference' between the goods as the basis for carrying out trade. A) Theory of mercantilism. B) Theory of absolute advantage. C) Hecksher Ohlin Theory. D) Theory of comparative advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory of comparative advantage. 22. Retail trade is the example of the type of internal trade on the basis of A) Relationship. B) Quantity. C) Levels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantity. 23. Countertrade is most attractive to large, diverse multinational enterprises that can use their worldwide network of contacts to dispose of goods acquired in countertrading. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Benefits of international trade include the following except ..... A) Promotes friendship and cooperation. B) Promotes economic growth and development. C) Promotes war and conflicts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promotes war and conflicts. 25. What best describes a country's terms of trade? A the difference between the volume of its exports and its imports B the average price of its exports divided by the average price of its imports C the total value of its exports divided by the total value of its imports D the volume of its exports divided by the volume of its imports A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 26. Methods of protectionismA type of quota put in place by exporters. Often created because exporting countries would rather impose their own restrictions rather than risking worse terms A) Non-competitive purchasing by governments. B) Tariffs. C) VER Voluntary Export Restraint. D) Quotas. E) Embargoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VER Voluntary Export Restraint. 27. Contractual safeguards can be written into an alliance agreement to guard against the risk of opportunism by a partner. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. A tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries that serves to increase the price and make imports less desirable, or at least less competitive, versus domestic goods and services A) Tariff. B) Globalization. C) Quota. D) Fair Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 29. An advantage of a nation having a merchandise deficit is that this deficit allows A) Consumers to buy low-priced domestic products. B) Consumers to buy low-priced imports. C) Producers to sell high-priced domestic products. D) Producers to sell high-priced exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers to buy low-priced imports. 30. Before a supplier sends merchandise to a buyer, the supplier provides this document listing the quantity, value and specifications of the merchandise. A) BILL OF LADING. B) INVOICE. C) PRO FORMA INVOICE. D) None of above. 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