Being an Effective Co-worker — Unit test Answers

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"An individual is unique and does not speak for or represent anything other than themselves." This statement is an argument against ______.

A
Gender
B
Diversity
C
Stereotypes
D
Ethnicity
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A writer, an illustrator, a publisher and an agent would form a ______.

A
Functional team
B
Cross-functional team
C
Management team
D
Corporate team
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Matchsticks Incorporated is only able to fund one commercial this year, so they put Ted and Albert each in charge of a separate team. The teams will compete to create a commercial pitch. The team whose pitch is chosen will receive a raise. Ted and Albert, who used to be good friends, have started getting angry at each other because they each want the raise but only one of them can receive it. This is an example of a conflict based on ______.

A
Personality differences
B
Poor communication
C
Scarce resources
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A code of conduct is considered an __________ set of ethical principles.

A
Explicit
B
Implicit
C
Duplicitous
D
Tangible
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One benefit of repeating the self improvement process is that you can ______.

A
Pay lower fees to plan and maintain the new goal
B
See everything with fresh eyes
C
Use skills and information from previous goals
D
Reduce the time spent improving at work
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In any industry, ethical behavior is the responsibility of ______.

A
Each company
B
Each employee
C
Each supervisor
D
Each customer
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The Golden Rule is helpful to us because it is ______.

A
Universal
B
Easy to understand
C
Ethically sound
D
All of the above
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Diane has a plan to improve her responsibility. In order to understand if she has met her goal, she must ______.

A
Formulate a new goal
B
Record her progress
C
Accomplish harder tasks
D
Ask others for their opinions
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It is unethical to ask employees to work longer hours to get a project completed on time.

A
T
B
F
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Showing a sense of humor means ______.

A
Telling jokes all the time
B
Making fun of people
C
Seeing the lighter side of things
D
Committing practical jokes
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What is the purpose of active listening?

A
To listen to as many people as possible at once
B
To show your understanding of what others say
C
To understand what people say as you stay active
D
To hear things that are said by active people
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Benjamin tells James at a company meeting that James has an unimportant job and still can’t do it correctly. Benjamin is being ______.

A
Communicative
B
Intrepid
C
Arrogant
D
Humorous
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In order for team members to communicate effectively, they need the discipline to _______.

A
Listen to people they agree with
B
Speak only when spoken to
C
Speak to those who disagree
D
Listen first and speak second
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If someone believes that it is never ethical to eat meat, then they believe that right and wrong are defined by ______.

A
God or nature
B
Social context
C
Concrete circumstances
D
None of the above
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Imagine you are trying to improve your self confidence. You have set yourself up to make a speech to a convention in three weeks, even though the thought of doing it terrifies you. What is your best course of action?

A
Ask someone else do it
B
Apologize and give up
C
Practice until you feel you can do it
D
Choose another trait to improve
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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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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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It is ethical to take a pen from your employer because it is inexpensive.

A
T
B
F
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During the conflict resolution process, which of the followings statements would be appropriate when defining the problem?

A
“You are not communicating well to me.”
B
“I feel like we are not communicating well.”
C
“You need to make sure we are communicating.”
D
“I’m sure that you can communicate better.”
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If a code of conduct is to be taken seriously, it must ______.

A
Include every situation an employee might find themselves in
B
Be applicable to every part of a business
C
Be followed and enforced by the company’s owners
D
Be short and to the point so everyone can read it quickly

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