Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)   foreign country national
B)   third country national
C)   host country national
D)   non-host country national B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)   300
B)   150
C)   750
D)   25 B

Question 3

________ is the increase in prices for consumer goods and services.

Accepted Answer

Inflation

Question 4

An ________ is the price at which one country's currency can be swapped for another.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An ________ is the price at which...

Question 5

Quarters allowance is the U.S.Department of State's nomenclature for which expatriate cost provision?

Accepted Answer

A)   cost-of-living allowance
B)   inflation provision
C)   housing and utilities allowance
D)   assimilation allowance

Question 6

What does the term repatriation refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)   sending an expatriate's family to the foreign country with him
B)   an expatriate going back to an overseas assignment she had been to before
C)   an expatriate returning home to work after completing an overseas assignment
D)   teaching an expatriate about the customs and culture of a foreign country

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Josh reimburses his employer.
B)   his employer reimburses Josh.
C)   under tax equalization, neither Josh nor his employer reimburses.
D)   foreign government reimburses Josh.

Question 8

An international assignment is considered long-term when it lasts at least how long?

Accepted Answer

A)   3 months
B)   6 months
C)   2 years
D)   1 year

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)   headquarters-based
B)   host country-based
C)   home-country based
D)   foreign country-based

Question 10

What law mandates that management bargain in good faith with labor unions over terms of employment such as wages?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
B)   National Labor Relations Act of 1935
C)   North American Free Trade Agreement
D)   North American Treaty Organization

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)   the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 1% lower than in Washington, D.C.
B)   the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 99% lower than in Washington, D.C.
C)   the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 1% higher than in Washington, D.C.
D)   the cost of living in Tegucigalpa is 99% higher than in Washington, D.C.

Question 12

________ is the transition process of working in a domestic assignment in a worker's home country after having worked on an international assignment abroad.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ is the transition process of working...

Question 13

Juanita was told that on her first overseas assignment she would be getting a foreign service premium.That probably means she will be there at least how long?

Accepted Answer

A)   12 months
B)   6 months
C)   3 months
D)   24 months

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)   length of stay, family size
B)   location, family size
C)   cost of living, family size
D)   length of stay, location

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Bagdat, Iraq
B)   Basel, Switzerland
C)   Oslo, Norway
D)   Brisbane, Australia

Question 16

International employees are categorized into one of these three titles.

Accepted Answer

A)   expatriates, third country national, headquarter national
B)   host country national, third country national, expatriates
C)   repatriates, host country national, third country nationals
D)   headquarter national, expatriates, home country nationals

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   50% - 70%
B)   5% - 35%
C)   20% - 40%
D)   40% - 50%

Question 18

Tuition reimbursement and day care assistance fall under this category.

Accepted Answer

A)   boosted enhancements
B)   protection programs
C)   paid time off
D)   service practices

Question 19

What is the balance sheet approach? When is its use most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the balance sheet approach? When...

Question 20

When is a goods and services allowance given?

Accepted Answer

A)   to any person willing to work outside of the U.S.
B)   when there is a high level of stagflation
C)   when the cost of living is lower in the foreign work location than in the U.S.
D)   when the cost of living is higher in the foreign work location than in the U.S.

Exam 14: Compensation Expatriates