CBA300 M5-7

When the U.S. military contracts out security details in war zones, it is engaged in privatization.

T

"Express kidnapping" targets A) expatriates. B) legislators. C) home country nationals. D) domestic affiliates.

A

Among the cybercrimes that most often target businesses are A) hacking and data espionage. B) check kiting. C) prospecting and phishing. D) accessing unauthorized accounts.

A

Government stability is a characteristic of a government that A) makes sudden radical policy changes. B) readily shifts alliances to maintain power. C) maintains predictability in fiscal, monetary, and political policies. D) maintains authoritarian rule over an extended period of time.

C

A government nationalizes a firm when it shifts the ownership from public to private.

F

Only in communist countries do governments own the factors of production.

F

Terrorists avoid kidnapping because the repercussions can be harmful to their movement.

F

When people are kidnapped for ransom, all governments agree that the right response is to pay the ransom, get the hostages released, and then retaliate.

F

Policy continuity and government stability are more important to a business than the type of political system.

T

Recently, many governments, including the U.S. government, have contracted out certain services to private companies.

T