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Being technologically literate requires being able to ______.

A
Use advanced graphics manipulation tools (Adobe Photoshop)
B
Use the most common operating systems (Windows and Apple OS)
C
Adjust network settings for a company lan
D
None of the above
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A spreadsheet program allows a user to _______.

A
Perform complicated calculations automatically
B
Deliver elegant presentation to a large audience easily
C
Organize, send, and retrieve e-mails quickly
D
Keep viruses from infecting their computers
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Businesses use productivity suites in order to ________.

A
Be on the cutting edge of technology
B
Justify spending money on capital improvement
C
Increase the ability of their employees to do work
D
Assess the needs of their workers
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The best time to acquire technological literacy is before you have to apply for a job because ________.

A
It is impossible to acquire these skills on the job
B
Training is difficult because of swift technical advances
C
Competition for jobs involves candidates who are technologically literate
D
It is unethical to use skills acquired at one job at other jobs
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Franklin has to plant a tree in a client’s backyard. He takes a shovel from his truck and digs the hole. If Franklin has the habits of an organized person, when he finishes digging the hole, Franklin will immediately _______.

A
Call his wife to remind her of an appointment
B
Carefully place the tree into the hole
C
Put his shovel out of the way of his next task
D
Take a break to rest before moving on
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Twitter allows companies to reach consumers with ________.

A
In-depth reviews of upcoming products
B
Short, personal messages
C
Nation wide advertising flyers
D
Graphically impressive images
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The ability to reason well is necessary for modern workers because __________.

A
Communication with other workers will be difficult
B
Creativity is not valued in the modern workplace
C
They will often have to solve problems with limited information
D
Most problems will be straight-forward and easy to solve
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Painting your home is an example of a _____.

A
Two minute action task
B
Time sensitive task
C
One task in a project
D
Multi-task job
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Teleconferencing allows workers from around the world to ______.

A
Eat food from the finest European restaurants
B
File reports to the office from their homes
C
Communicate as if they were in the room together
D
Physically travel to other countries quickly
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Which of the following is NOT an example of one of the six primary ways businesses use the Internet?

A
To sell their products
B
To recruit new employees
C
To manufacture new products
D
To conduct research
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When delegating a task, it is important to _______.

A
Give away the most difficult things on your task list
B
Go over everything quickly and return to your own work
C
Keep the responsibility for getting the tasks done
D
Report everything that is expected of the person
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A good filing system shares all of the common characteristics of a _________.

A
Highway -- files often travel to different destinations
B
Database -- it must store information for easy access and retrieval
C
Business -- each folder must have a unique structure to serve different clients
D
Library -- all files, whether they are used or not, must be in one location
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Social networking sites are changing the way that businesses ________.

A
Pay their employees
B
Find potential employees
C
Write expense reports
D
Fire bad employees
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The best time to acquire technological literacy is before you have to apply for a job because ________.

A
It is impossible to acquire these skills on the job
B
Training is difficult because of swift technical advances
C
Competition for jobs involves candidates who are technologically literate
D
It is unethical to use skills acquired at one job at other jobs

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