For Years O

question 51

Multiple Choice

For years O.R.T.Technologies resisted moving any operations outside Israel.However,when faced with a sharp rise in the value of the shekel,the maker of specialized software for managing gas stations froze all local hiring and decided to transfer some developmental work to Eastern Europe.This is an example of ________ risk.

• A) political
• B) economic
• C) currency
• D) management

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Definitions:

Berlin Wall

A fortified barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin and West Germany.

East Germany

Officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the eastern part of Germany, established after World War II and during the Cold War.

CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency, a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information.

Chemical Weapons

Weapons that utilize toxic chemicals to inflict harm or death upon enemy forces or civilians, banned under various international laws and treaties due to their brutal nature.