Denver's new opera house, Chicago's Millennium Park, and St. Louis' Citygarden are examples of which of the following that frequently contribute to business-relocation decisions?
a. Clusters
b. Sports Tourism
c. Amenities
d. Accommodations
Q. 2Which of the following is TRUE of the military in Mexico?
a. The Mexican military became subordinate to civilian control in 1946 after it gained representation within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
b. No military officer has been president of Mexico.
c. After the Mexican Revolution, Mexico's Presidents Calles and Cardenas introduced the practice of rotating regional military commands so officers could not build geographic bases of power.
d. Mexican military leaders are prevented from engaging in business ventures so as to avoid corruption in the armed forces.
e. Mexico's military has never been involved in acts of political repression, torture, and killing like in other Latin American states.
Q. 3A number of states are using travel and tourism as economic promotional tools. This strategy is especially appealing because
a. tourists are virtually captive spenders who will pay the taxes assessed because they have no choice.
b. the nation's population is aging with more time and money to travel.
c. tourism provides many decent jobs for non-college educated workforce.
d. All of these choices.
Q. 4Which of the following is NOT true about Mexico's parastatal sector?
a. The development of this sector came about in large part because of the government's post-1940 development strategy.
b. This sector has generally grown smaller since the 1980s due to economic policy reforms.
c. Some core components of the sector will likely remain in government hands for the foreseeable future.
d. This sector has been limited to industries involved in heavy manufacturing and the energy sector.
e. There exists an influential bloc of nationalists who view public ownership of key industries as symbolically important.
Q. 5Strategic planning is a useful tool for governments coping with economic development questions because it produces a
a. plan to which all government actors are committed.
b. common understanding of economic circumstances, permits development of a consensus about the economy,sets the stage for action, and provides a mechanism for adjusting and correcting the state's actions to matchemerging economic trends.
c. plan that, if followed, leads to an expanded economy.
d. lengthy document that lists all resources in the community that might aid in an economic recovery.
Q. 6Government-owned corporations or agencies that promote or organize commercial activity in a particular sector and serve as sources of patronage or generators of government revenue are called
a. aberturas.
b. maquiladoras.
c. cietificos.
d. parastatals.
e. favelas.
Q. 7Providing business a role in governmental economic development planning and implementation efforts is
a. sometimes controversial because government may be accused of being too receptive to business interests.
b. always in the public interest.
c. one of the hallmarks of the first wave of economic development efforts.
d. universally welcomed by state officials and legislators.
Q. 8Which of the following is NOT true about the Mexican bureaucracy?
a. Although officials at lower levels of bureaucracy are ensured job security by legislation, those at the middle and upper levels serve only so long as their bosses have confidence in them.
b. The bulk of the federal bureaucracy work in Mexico City.
c. The size of the federal bureaucracy is roughly equal to the size of the bureaucracies of state and local governments
d. About one-quarter of Mexico's bureaucracy is employed by its state-owned industries and semi-autonomous government agencies.
e. While a career in Mexico's bureaucracy was once attractive, since 2000, it has become less so due to the decreased power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the increased power of the private sector in Mexico.
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