Explanation CQ Test

Question 1
Reply B proves your Cultural Intelligence. The reservation of most people is a clear signal of what is happening: people with ascribed authority do not wish to be surprised, not even if the surprise is positive.
Reply A could have been the case, but tends to point slightly to personal suspicion.
If reply C would be at stake, it would probably have been communicated much more overtly.

Question 2
Reply C proves your Cultural Intelligence. Ideas about teamwork can differ widely between cultures and are seldom made explicit. This is the source of confusion and conflicts.
Reply A is an example of such a misunderstanding.
Reply B tends to refer to personal problems.

Question 3
Reply C proves your Cultural Intelligence. The person quitting did not involve you in his reasoning, or tried so without you recognizing it. This person became de-motivated by your culturally biased leadership style, in which you pushed delegated responsibilities too far.
Reply A concerns more the personal level.
Reply B could play a role, as a phase leading to the conclusion in reply C.

Question 4
Reply C proves your Cultural Intelligence. Task-oriented cultures often also expect appreciation for the efforts, not only for the results. In other cultures this is often less important.
The situation in reply B is not culturally determined. It may occur in all cultural orientations.
Reply A may be linked to culture. If several cultures cooperate, it is always important to make the implicit explicit, and pin agreements down.

Question 5
Reply A proves your Cultural Intelligence. This company has an action-oriented corporate culture and thus expects you to apply the rules without any exception.
Reply B is typically a reaction of a task-oriented person.
Reply C will certainly play a role in action-oriented countries like the USA or the UK, but hardly ever surfaces in other countries.