Workplace Etiquette Answers

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The harm of stereotypes are likely to be aggravated in ________.

A
Learning situations
B
Conflict situations
C
Living situations
D
Realistic situations
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If your coworker is making a quick private call, you should ______.

A
Ignore them, so you can concentrate on your work
B
Listen carefully, so you can tell others what you hear
C
Report them to your supervisor, so they can be punished
D
Make your own phone call, so they see how it feels
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Which of these rules of etiquette exists at every workplace?

A
On Fridays more casual dress is allowed.
B
Take care to be thoughtful about your coworker’s needs
C
The most junior employee will take everyone’s lunch orders
D
Work begins at 7 AM and you cannot be more than 1 minute late.
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When getting feedback from your supervisor, you should make sure that they know that ______.

A
You resent their criticisms
B
You understand their criticisms
C
You will ignore their criticisms
D
You will offer your own criticisms
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In dangerous professions like law enforcement and construction, women are ______.

A
Unable to find work
B
Respected professionals
C
Are thought to be incapable of this work
D
Minor consultants
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One way to overcome generational distinctions is to ______.

A
Acknowledge that men and women can do tasks equally well
B
Tolerate ideas that come from different cultures
C
Listen carefully for ideas everyone can agree on
D
Favor the habits of one generation over another
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Gossip during work is ______.

A
Unavoidable
B
Entertaining
C
Distasteful
D
Proper
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You should assume that emails not addressed to you are ______.

A
Public
B
Unimportant
C
Private
D
Unethical
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Most people reject what they don’t understand because ______.

A
It is too expensive to change
B
It challenges their own ideas
C
It must either be rejected or it must be accepted
D
It is humiliating to try to understand something
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What is the best way to combat stereotypes in the workplace?

Answer not available
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It is possible to succeed in practicing business etiquette by simply ______.

A
Being courteous and thoughtful
B
Sticking to your opinions stubbornly
C
Making more money than anyone else
D
None of the above
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Which of the following is a breach of etiquette?

A
A girl quietly reads a book at the library
B
A man stands in line at a crowded bank
C
A woman talks on her cell phone at the dinner table
D
A teenager greets another teenager and they shake hands
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An arbiter is consulted when ______.

A
Neither side can agree to move forward
B
Both groups agree on a compromise
C
A cooperative decision is made
D
Someone has their feelings hurt
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There is only one copy machine at your office. You have to make 1000 copies of an expense report. After you begin copying, two other employees show up in the copy room. Each has to make only 10 copies each. What is the proper etiquette in this situation?

A
Finish making your copies and then let your coworkers make theirs.
B
Tell your boss that you need another copy machine
C
Let your coworkers do their copies and then finish your own.
D
Let one of your coworkers make their copies before finishing your own.
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New viewpoints and ideas are valuable to companies because it allows them to ______.

A
Challenge old ways of thinking
B
Steal competitors ideas
C
Write books about improving businesses
D
Stay fresh without changing anything they are doing
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Justify the following statement: “Diversity should exist in the workplace.”

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