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Multiple choice softskills business skills

If you must eat at your desk, what two rules should you always follow?

  1. Eat foods that have low odor

  2. Never offer food to co-workers who might not share your taste

  3. Eat "quiet" foods so as to not disturb your neighbors

  4. Eat only healthy foods so you don't tempt dieters
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer
Explanation

When eating at your desk, choose low-odor foods to avoid disturbing colleagues with strong smells. Eat quiet foods that don't make crunching or slurping noises that could distract neighboring workers. These rules show consideration for shared workspace environments.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You have a business meeting scheduled but you're running little late. Your client has been waiting about 5 minutes already. What do you do?

  1. Leave what you're working on and meet with the client

  2. Tell your assistant to tell the client you'll be a few minutes

  3. Quickly finish what you're doing, then begin the meeting

  4. Go see the client yourself, tell them you're running late and will be finished soon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When running late for a client meeting, go see the client personally and explain the situation. This shows respect for their time and maintains professional courtesy. Sending an assistant or finishing your work first would make the client feel undervalued and increase their frustration.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You work in a small office, the phone rings and your coworker answers the phone and is giving incorrect information to the customer. Do you

  1. interrupt the conversation

  2. correct the coworker while they are talking to the customer

  3. let the coworker know the correct answer after she hangs up

  4. ignore the conversation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Wait until your coworker finishes the call, then privately inform them of the correct information. Interrupting or correcting them during the customer conversation would embarrass them and undermine their credibility. Ignoring it leaves the customer with wrong information. A private correction maintains team cohesion.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You are waiting on a customer at the counter, the phone rings

  1. Do you let the call go to voice mail?

  2. Do you answer the call?

  3. Do you ignore the phone and wait on the customer at the counter?

  4. Do you ignore the customer at the counter and answer the phone?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Let the call go to voicemail and continue serving the customer in front of you. The in-person customer should take priority over someone calling in, as they've already made the effort to come to your location. This follows standard customer service etiquette.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

It's casual Friday, but you are meeting with an important client. How do you dress?

  1. As you would normally on Friday, as the concept of casual Friday is well understood

  2. A bit nicer than you would normally on Friday, but not in anything special

  3. Appropriate for a business meeting

  4. You don't give much thought to your dress at all and get dressed quickly and simply
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dress appropriately for a business meeting regardless of it being casual Friday. The client meeting takes precedence over casual office norms, and professional attire shows respect for the client and the occasion. Your appearance reflects your professionalism and the importance you place on the meeting.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You should not call your boss or co-workers by their first name when introducing them to a client.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

You should use formal titles (Mr., Ms., Dr.) rather than first names when introducing bosses or coworkers to clients. This maintains professional boundaries and shows respect for hierarchy. Even if your workplace is casual internally, client-facing interactions should remain formal unless the client indicates otherwise.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You are terribly busy at work, but there is a birthday party going on in the break room. What should you do?

  1. Stay in your office; your co-workers will understand

  2. Give up the work and join the party; there's time to finish everything later

  3. Make a brief appearance, then return to work

  4. Send your regards, maybe ask for a piece of cake, but keep working
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Make a brief appearance at the birthday celebration, then return to your work. This shows you value your coworkers and team culture while still meeting your work responsibilities. Staying away entirely might seem antisocial, while abandoning work completely is unprofessional. A balanced approach acknowledges both priorities.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

You enter a business meeting after lunch and notice a colleague has spinach on her teeth. What do you do?

  1. Ignore it, and hope she figures it out

  2. Take her aside and discreetly tell her

  3. Hope someone else tells her; it's an uncomfortable situation

  4. Make eye contact and then motion to her that she has something on her teeth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct approach is to discreetly inform your colleague about the spinach to prevent embarrassment. Option B shows professional courtesy and social awareness. Option A (ignoring it) could prolong their embarrassment, while options C and D (hoping someone else handles it or making gestures) are not proactive or professional solutions.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Gargantuan

  1. terrifying

  2. stony

  3. tootless

  4. enormous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'gargantuan' means enormous or colossal. It derives from Gargantua, a giant with a massive appetite in Rabelais' 16th-century novels.