Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. When he or she does not speak the local language, a manager should rely on gestures and symbols since their consistency of meaning provides a form of universal communication throughout the world. 
2. The Internet is a global network of independently operating but interconnected computers, linking hundreds of thousands of smaller networks around the world. 
3. The buying and selling of goods or services over computer networks is
4. One reason e-business is so important is that the Internet dramatically lowers the cost of communication. 

Answer 1

1. FALSE
Gestures and symbols don't have the same meaning to everyone throughout the world. For example, in Greece the hand-waving gesture commonly used in America for goodbye is considered an insult.
2. TRUE
The Internet is the global network of independently operating but interconnected computers, linking hundreds of thousands of smaller networks around the world.
3. FALSE
E-commerce, or electronic commerce, is the buying and selling of goods or services over computer networks.
4. TRUE
Information technology has facilitated e-business, using the Internet to facilitate every aspect of running a business. As one article puts it, "at bottom, the Internet is a tool that dramatically lowers the cost of communication. That means it can radically alter any industry or activity that depends heavily on the flow of information."