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Basic Office Skills

Basic Computer Skills

Interpersonal Office Skills

Office Procedures

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Question 1: What are the traditional office hours in the Western world, now much more flexible, though still adhered to in most offices?

  Answer: a.     9 AM — 5 PM

  b.     6 AM — 6 PM

  c.     8 AM — 7 PM

  d.     10 AM — 8 PM

 Answer: e.     None of the above

Question 2: What is the difference between Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel?

Ans: b) Access is mainly for database and Excel is for spreadsheets

Question 3: Which of the following energy-saving practices can be used in an office without adversely affecting company productivity?

a. Use only one bathroom light during office hours

Ans:  b. Turn off lights and computers at the end of the day

c. Turn off the computers between sending e-mails

d. Use lower Watt light bulbs, especially in the emergency exits

e. a and b

Question 4: Dr. Jones’s office, Doctor at sea, Doctor come quickly

Ans: c

Question 5: What does the abbreviation CEO stand for?

a.     Company Executive Officer

b.     Communicate Especially On

Ans:  c.     Corporate Exact Office

d.     Cheat Every One

Ans: e.     Chief Executive Officer

Question 6: Which of the following activities could possibly infect your computer with virus?

Ans: a) Installing pirate software from a CD

Question 7: Consider the following sentence:

‘There are 20 new PC’s in the accounts department.’

Should there be an apostrophe in PC’s?

Answer: No

Question 8: Which of the following are considered bad manners while greeting a business visitor to your office?

a. Remaining seated while the visitor introduces himself/herself.

b. Not shaking hands, but simply saying hello with a smile.

c. Shaking hands from the shoulder rather than the elbow.

d. Shaking hands with gloves on, or forgetting to smile.

Ans: e. All of the above.

Question 9: What is very important to remember to do when entering an office business meeting at any level, especially when clients are there?

a. Bow slightly before your superiors or company executives.

b. Take the coats from clients and drape them over your arm during the meeting.

c. Turn OFF all cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices.

d. Turn ON all cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices.

Ans:  e. a and c

Question 10: What information would the petty cash register contain?

a. Details of expenses on account of the administrative staff.

Ans: b. Details of small expenses related to the running of the office.

c. Details of expenses on account of electricity and water bills.

d. Details of expenses worth less than $80.

Question 11: In any office or business environment, what does the 'opportunity success rate' refer to?

a. The success of a business in dollar value minus the dollar value of previous attempts to make it a success.

Ans: b. The number of won opportunities as a percentage of the number of won and lost opportunities.

c. The number of lost opportunities as a percentage of the number of almost won opportunities.

d. The opportunity costs divided by the so-called sunk costs.

Question 12: What does 'Class A office space' commonly refer to?

a. Office space on former sites of class A drug offenses.

Ans: b. The lowest quality office buildings in a given area.

c. The highest quality office space available in a given area.

d. The highest quality office space for the least price.

Question 13: What is the person in charge of administering an office commonly called?

a. Office Assistant

b. Full-time Manager

c. Office Manager

Ans: d. CEO

e. None of the above

Question 14: What is 'outsourcing'?

a. Working outside the office, often from home.

Ans: b. Freelancing work to workers outside the main office building, often to foreign workers for cheaper labor costs.

c. A form of half working from home, half at the office.

Ans: d. Leaving work early.

Question 15: You are asked to call up senior executives of your company located in different continents to inform them about the proposed dates for an international sales meeting. What is the best time to call them up?

a. During the call recipient's office hours

b. After your office hours

c. During your office hours

Ans: d. Between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

e. Any of the above

Question 16: What does 'the bottom line' commonly refer to in an office environment?

a. The line that appears at the bottom of a paper with the company letterhead.

b. The lowest office floor in a building.

c. The same as the dotted line.

Ans: d. The basic controlling factor, notably the financial cost, regarding whether a task or a project can be accomplished or not.

Question 17: What common injury can result from too much concentration typingover too little amount of time?

Ans: d) Repetitive strain injury

Question 18: What does administration generally handle in an office environment?

a. Paperwork and accounts.

b. Specifically, the hiring of new management and middle management.

Ans: c. The efficient day-to-day running of the office, with regard to company files, communication, management of jobs and such as overseeing hiring and firing and human resources etc.

d. Ensuring that the infrastructure of the building is regularly checked and modemized.

Question 19: What is the best way to handle an angry colleague or client with a complaint?

Ans: a. Listen to their concerns and calmly but firmly explain what you are able to do, offering other solutions and options, without getting angry in tern.

b. Show a little anger as a way of evening out the situation.

c. Shout back and then, later in the day, find a place to sulk or time to complain to your own boss.

d. Listen to their concerns, politely explain what you are able to do and if they insist, shout back your own concerns and complaints.

Question 20: You realize that the computer in your office is getting a lot of spam and unwanted e-mails, What should be your first action to stop these emails?

a. E-mail the Regular Authority in charge of stopping spam in order to complain.

b. E-mail the source of the emails asking them to stop them.

c. Call over a computer expert to solve the problem.

Ans: d. Look for a Remove From Mailing List link in the email.

Question 21: What is an office 'memo circular'?

Ans: a. A simple message, usually delivered by e-mail or hard copy and sent to all office staff, updating everyone on new office precedures.

b. A circular shaped memo.

c. A left of introduction by a potential new client.

d. A complaint letter to the CEO circulated to and signed by the entire staff.

Question 22: Which of the following are good office practices when creating documents such as letters, memos, company files etc.?

Ans: a. Always save to hard drive and at least one back-up, such as a CD or thumb drive.

b. Save to the hard drive and a back-up, if necessary.

c. Save to the back-up first and then the hard drive.

d. Save once a day.

Question 23: What is the benefit of e-mailing documents rather than always providing hard copies to individuals?

a.     There is no benefit except that people can delete them more easily.

b.     The documents can potentially be edited online and re-circulated.

 c.     The documents can be electronically forwarded, which saves stationery that may otherwise be used.

Answer: d.     b and c

Question 24: Which of the following file formats relate to a graphic file or scanned image file?

Ans: a.     JPEG

b.     VBP

c.     HTML

d.     GIF

e.     a and d

Question 25: Which of the following are the most important components of good interpersonal office skills?

a.     Effectively translating and conveying information.

b.     Being able to accurately interpret other people's emotions.

c.     Calmly arriving at resolutions to conflict.

d.     Avoiding gossip and being polite.

Ans:   e.     All of the above

Question 26: When you are introducing a woman and are unsure of her marital status, which title should you use?

a.     Ms.

b.     Miss

Ans:    c.     Mrs.

d.     Madam

e.     None of the above

Question 27: Traditionally, approximately how many pages should a business CV or resume have?

Answer: a.     1-3, preferably 2

b.     1-5, but usually 2-3

c.     Just 1

Answer: d.     Exactly 2 and a half, and never more or less

Question 28: What are the dimensions of an A4 size sheet of paper?

a.     216 mm x 279 mm

b.     220 mm x 310 mm

Ans:  c.     215 mm x 295 mm

Ans:  d.     210 mm x 297 mm

e.     a and d

Question 28: You send a package through FEDEX to a client in Korea. The client calls up after a few days and says that he has not received it. What is the best way to immediately let the client know the status of the courier?

a.     Give the client the airway bill number and ask him to call up FEDEX about the status of the courier.

b.     Give the client the local number of FEDEX in Korea.

c.     Call FEDEX and ask them to speak directly to the customer.

Ans:  d.     Track the packet on the FEDEX website and send the client a copy of the current status of the packet.

Question 29: You are required to create a cost report for your department, and then present the report to the board. Which two programs would you use for these two tasks?

a.     MS Powerpoint, MS Access

b.     Adobe Photoshop, MS Powerpoint

Ans:  c.     MS Word, MS Excel

d.     MS Excel, MS Word

e.     MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Question 30: You work in a company where some of your co-workers are recent foreign immigrants. They are unfamiliar with the work environment and your supervisor is polite to everybody in the staff but is often rude to these foreign workers. What will you do in this situation?

Ans:  a.     You talk to the foreign workers and tell them that they should complain to the Upper Management.

b. You tell your supervisor that his misbehavior is inappropriate.

c. Nothing, you prefer to keep quiet because everybody else is quiet.

d.    You complain to the Upper Management.

Question 31: What is a 'golden handshake'?

a.     The welcome to the building of a new CEO.

b.     The last day in the office before the holidays.

c.    The common usage for a generous employment severance package when an executive loses his or her job through restructuring, redundancy or a scheduled retirement.

Ans:  d.     The common usage for a series of re-hirings of past employees.

e.     c and d

Question 32: What is the best practice for ensuring that sensitive material to be destroyed does not leak out of the company building?

a.     Always encrypt on computer disk, and shred any hard copies.

Ans:   b.     Shred hard copies save onto the file.

c.     Burn hard copies, save only once to the file.

d.     E-mail documents to colleagues, and then close the e-mail browser.

Question 32: What is 'flexi-time'?

a.     The feeling when time slows down or speeds up at certain times of the day in an office environment.

b.     The flexible use of personal office hours, such as working an hour earlier one day, in order to leave an hour earlier another day.

Ans:    c.    occasionally moving the hands on the office clock so everyone can go home early now and then.

d.     Bringing an alarm clock to work that rings at the end of the day and at lunchtimes.

Question 33: With regard to emails, when is bcc: used?

a. When you want to send the same mail to several people and do not want the To: and cc: recipients of the mail to know the bcc: recipients of the same mail.

Ans: b. When you want to send the same mail to several people and do not want the bcc: recipients of the mail to know who else the mail was sent to.

c.  When you want to send the same mail to several people and want to receive acknowledgments from each recipient.

d.   When you want to send the same mail to several people, but the mail does not support attachments.

Question 34: Which of the following are not recommended when trying to improve working with others in an office environment?

a.     Talking when others are talking, and listening only occasionally.

Ans:    b.     Being as consciously helpful as possible, and offering practical solutions.

c.     Changing the printer ink or cartridge when it runs out.

d.     None of the above

Question 35: What is the normal length of notice period for quitting job in most professional offices?

a.     Either 2 weeks or 1 month

b.     2-3 months

c.     1 week

d.     Up to 3 months, or longer

Ans:  e.     None of the above

Question 36: What two kinds of printers are commonly in use in most office environments?

Ans:  a.     Industrial and private

b.     Hewlett Packard and Brother

c.     Laser and ink-jet

d.     Black-and-white and color

e.     None of the above

 

Question 37: What is the appropriate response to discovering the printer is out of ink?

a.     Force the printer to deliver the last drop of ink by turning it upside down, holding it carefully.

Ans:  b.     Walk away and tell a fellow office worker, hoping he or she will take responsibility.

c.     Leave it to the next person.

d.  Replace the ink if the cartridge is available otherwise follow the office procedure for replacing or ordering the cartridges.

Question38: What is the most frequently used typeface and point size when creating Word documents?

a.     Times New Roman, 12 point

b.     Times, 14 point

c.     Courier New, 12 point

d.     Courier New, 14 point

Ans:  e.     All of the above

Question39: You realize that the computer in your office is getting a lot of spam and unwanted e-mails. What should be your first action to stop these emails?

a.     E-mail the Regulatory Authority in charge of stopping spam in order to complain.

Ans:   b.     E-mail the source of the emails asking them to stop them.

c.     Call over a computer expert to solve the problem.

 d.     Look for a Remove From Mailing List link in the email.

Question40: Which of the following are proven methods of improving your office skills?

a.     Smiling and being appreciative of others, especially the clients.

 b.     Actively listening to, even humoring people at times.

 c.     Looking to resolve conflicts and bringing people together.

  d.     Conveying what is expected in return as an appropriate response, and avoiding ambiguity.

 Ans:   e.     All of the above

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Marries

This has been a busy week for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. First there was the well-documented Initial Public Offering (IPO) for his company, which saw the social network giant valued at over $100bn. Zuckerberg then announced his wedding, on the 900 million-strong social network, to long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. It seemed appropriate, and we really could not think of a better way, to celebrate the occasion by posting on his personal Facebook page. The 28 year old techie changed his relationship status to "married" and uploaded a photograph of the wedding.

According to a source close to the couple, who was quoted in a report by Tech Crunch, the wedding has been in the pipeline for four to five months. Meanwhile, Chan graduated from medical school on Monday and the Zuckerberg's 28th birthday all made it a very wonderful time for the couple. The third week of May will undoubtedly be etched among the fondest of their memories for years to come.

Zuckerberg and 27 year old Chan reportedly first met at Harvard, where Facebook took birth. Apparently, according to a story on The Harvard Crimson, Zuckerberg was on campus to recruit for his company, which was then a start-up. He was sitting outside when Chan walked past.

Berkshire Hathaway Has Successor Lined Up, Buffett Says

Berkshire Hathaway says its fourth-quarter net earnings fell 30 percent as the paper value of it’s acquire contracts fell, but most of its subsidiaries performed well or bring to successful conclusion.

Billionaire Warren Buffett a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars that’s want is a desire or need Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to know that the company has someone in mind to replace him eventually, but he's focus attention on that he has no plans to leave.
Buffett offered a couple new details about Berkshire's succession planning in his annual shareholder letter Saturday. Investors have long worried about who will replace Berkshire's 81-year-old CEO.
 

Berkshire reported fourth-quarter net income of $3.05 billion, or $1,846 per Class A share. That’s down from $4.4 billion net income, or $2,656 per share, a year ago.
Berkshire’s profit fell short of the $1,875 per share that the four analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting.
The biggest difference was the change in estimated value of Berkshire’s investments and derivative contracts. That fell to $382 million this year from last year’s $1.4 billion.
Berkshire’s quarterly revenue grew 5 percent to $37.96 billion from last year’s $36.17 billion.
 

While the world knows about the sensational investing record of Warren Buffett over his legendary career, how are the changes at Berkshire Hathaway  performing since being implemented? The succession plan at Berkshire is among the most high-profile in modern American corporate history. 

Mr. Buffett, who turned 80 in August, has said he will likely split his job in two, separate CEO and investing functions. His first step was hiring Todd Combs, manager of a small hedge fund from Connecticut, to oversee a portion of Berkshire's roughly $100 billion investment portfolio in October 2010. It is time to see the impact of Combs' stock picks and David Sokol's high-profile exit to the portfolio holdings. So how are Berkshires stock purchases from 2011 doing?
It has long been one of Wall Street’s favorite guessing games: Who will succeed Warren E. Buffett as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway?
Mr. Buffett, in his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders on Saturday, said for the first time that he had chosen a replacement. But Mr. Buffett, 81, did not name the candidate, and emphasized that he and his longtime business partner, the 88-year-old Charlie Munger, were sticking around.
“Do not, however, infer from this discussion that Charlie and I are going anywhere; we continue to be in excellent health, and we love what we do,” wrote Mr. Buffett, who over five decades has built Berkshire, based in Omaha, into one of America’s largest companies.
By signaling a clear succession plan, Mr. Buffett hopes to reassure investors who have expressed concern over Berkshire’s future leadership. Berkshire’s share performance has lagged the broader stock market over the last two years, and Wall Street analysts partly blame the uncertainty surrounding a new chief executive.
Mr. Sokol’s departure, a major embarrassment for Mr. Buffett, went unmentioned in the letter. But he praised the work of several executives who are thought to be leading candidates to replace him as chief, including Ajit Jain, the head of the company’s reinsurance operations; Tad Montross, chief of the insurance business General Re; and Matthew Rose at the railroad unit Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
Beyond succession issues, the 22-page letter delved into the performance of Berkshire’s vast holdings, providing insights into the country’s business prospects.
“In short, when you look at Berkshire, you are looking across corporate America,” wrote Mr. Buffett, whose net worth is about $50 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
With a market capitalization of about $200 billion, Berkshire ranks among the top 10 most valuable companies in the United States, roughly the same size as General Electric and Google. The conglomerate has holdings large and small, like the giant railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad and the modest confectioner See’s Candies.
The recent Berkshire Hathaway portfolio report ending 4th quarter 2011 shows several additions to stock holdings previously purchased in 2011 and earlier periods. The Berkshire portfolio owns 34 stocks in total. Eight of these holdings were added to in the 4th and previous quarters of 2011.
To determine how these stock picks have performed, I have compared these stocks against the S&P 500 over the last six months.
Buffett isn't naming the successor. But he says the Berkshire board is enthusiastic about the executive it has picked. He says there are two good back-up candidates.
Previously, Buffett had said only that the board had three central candidates for the job.
Berkshire has also cleared up some succession questions by hiring two hedge fund managers. Buffett says those two have the "brains, judgment and character"

Herman Cain accuser got $35,000 year's salary in settlement

The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000, A year’s salary in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain. 

 

 

Chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there, three people with direct knowledge of the payment said on Tuesday.
Krauthammer pressed Cain further on the race issue in order to get a more definitive response. Cain responded that the left side of the political spectrum might be more racially driven than the right.
Relative to the left, I believe that race is a bigger driving factor that’s Video of Cain's answer can be viewed at the top of this story.

 

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain fielded questions during multiple Fox News interviews on Tuesday night, appearing on Report with Bret Baier as well as "The O'Reilly Factor."    
The woman was one of two whose accusations of sexual harassment by Mr. Cain, now a Republican candidate for president, led to paid severance agreements during his 1996-99 tenure at the association. Disclosure of the scale of the severance further challenged his initial description of the matter as a ‘witch hunt, as did new descriptions from the woman’s friends and colleagues of her level of discomfort at work.
The lawyer for one of two women who reportedly accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s said Tuesday he had asked their former employer to waive an agreement and allow her to talk openly about her allegations.

 

The newspaper cited three sources as saying that the woman, then an employee at the National Restaurant Association, was given the amount – a full year's salary – after saying the encounter with Cain had made her uncomfortable.

Mr Cain, a former pizza company CEO who has led recent polls, was chief executive of the association at that time. 
The candidate has denied any wrongdoing but admitted on Tuesday that a woman who accused him of sexual harassment received a paid settlement in the 1990s.
Mr. Cain also kept a dinner appointment with a small group of Republican senators at a Washington steakhouse near the White House. He arrived through a parking garage and entered a private room in the basement of Bobby Van’s, which allowed him to bypass a cluster of reporters who gathered outside.
Politico said it had started asking Cain's campaign about the allegations on Oct. 20 — 10 days before the story was published late Sunday.