BUS 409 Quiz 10 NEW

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

Tuition reimbursement and day care assistance fall under this category.

Question 5

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

Question 6
0 out of 3 points

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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?

Question 9

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

Question 10

These represent additional paid time off for employees working in hardship locations.

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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?

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

What Canadian province has the highest minimum wage?

Question 18

Canada can best be defined as which of the following?

Question 19

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 off benefits?

Question 20
0 out of 3 points

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?

Question 21

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

Question 22
0 out of 3 points

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 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 off benefits?

Question 28

India’s labor force has over how many people based on 2010 estimates?

Question 29

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

Question 30

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