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FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER TEST (FSOT)
PRACTICE 1 ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
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Meeting with an important local businessperson for the first time an FSO should
- ANSWERS-be inquisitive and ask many questions about the local business environment and practices
best strategy to elicit more detailed responses from non-native english speakers
- ANSWERS-ask open-ended questions
Best way to resolve a conflict between two staff members, one of which is local
- ANSWERS-organize a workshop for all embassy staff members about local and American business and communication practices
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program - ANSWERS-The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs brings non-U.S. citizens to the U.S. for graduate study
Invite the most influential Lapatrian journalists to help design and implement a training program on the international standards of professional journalism - ANSWERS-Journalists in Lapatria are notoriously biased and do not adhere to the internationally recognized standards of professional journalism. Which of the following strategies would be the best way for a FSO to best engage the local journalism community?
create a centralized response team responsible for fomulating all public embassy statements and info about the crisis - ANSWERS-Three American military officers stationed in Lapatria are accused of accidentally killing a Lapatrian civilian whom they mistakenly believed to be an enemy combatant. The Lapatrian press reports that the death was no accident and a widespread public outcry against the presence of American military forces ensues. In order to best manage this crisis, an FSO would first:
Wikitorial - ANSWERS-A web-based publication developed by the LA times as an experiment in letting its readers rewrite and edit editorials
Lexis Nexis - ANSWERS-A database that contains current and past news stories
Providing regular opportunities for employees to provide supervisors with status updates - ANSWERS-NOT an effective downward communication within an organization or company
publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private as well as public U.S. philanthropic activities in Lapatria - ANSWERS-A series of editorials appear in the Lapatrian press condemning the lack of donor aid from the U.S. government. To counter these criticisms most effectively, a Foreign Service Officer would...
Radio Farda - ANSWERS-International broadcasting service directed to audiences in the Middle East region funded by the U.S. government
Public diplomacy differs from propaganda in that public diplomacy - ANSWERS- must always be based on facts and truth
Interest rate of money - ANSWERS-Most commonly included factor used to calculate the cost of carrying inventory
The Byrd Amendment was found in violation of international law by WTO dispute settlement panel - ANSWERS-dumping duties collected on US imports would be distributed to the injured companies
The Byrd Amendment - ANSWERS-Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA)
When was the Byrd Amendment enacted and repealed, respectively? - ANSWERS-October 28, 2000 and December 21, 2005
Cost of Money is commonly included in... - ANSWERS-the carrying cost of supplies inventory
Kanban - ANSWERS-System in which goods are replaced as they are used by means of a card or other signaling device that travels with the good. It's sent back to the supplier when the goods are consumed as automatic authorization to replace what was used
Most important for effective negotiating - ANSWERS-Actively listening to the other side
Break the conversation down into small bits, using short sentences and simple questions - ANSWERS-Effectively helping a foreign citizen struggling with a language barrier
Nation - ANSWERS-"culture" should not be treated as a synonym for
Promote the creation of a working culture unique to the Embassy that doesn't conflict with the culture or with policies dictated by the state department - ANSWERS-Most helpful action in ensuring newly reordered staff functions most effectively
Cultural relativism - ANSWERS-incorporating moral beliefs is intrinsic to groups and individuals in a culture
