Coverage : The Business Etiquette Quiz tests your knowledge of all things relating to etiquette in the business world.
The Business Etiquette Quiz questions are carefully crafted to let you gauge how much you really know about proper etiquette in business situations.
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| 1. | You are at a business dinner when someone toasts you. What should you do? |
| a. | | Say "thank you" and take a sip of your drink |
| b. | | Stand up and give a short speech |
| c. | | Stand up and return the favor by giving the toaster his or her own toast |
| d. | | Smile, but do nothing more
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| 2. | When is it appropriate to take a cell phone call during a business lunch? |
| a. | | When you excuse yourself from the table and talk in another part of the restaurant |
| b. | | When the call concerns those you are having lunch with (ie., the call is from the boss) |
| c. | | Only when you make the call very brief and apologize to your lunch mates |
| d. | | Never
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| 3. | When should you arrive at a business meeting? |
| a. | | No more than 5 minutes before the meeting time |
| b. | | No more than 10 minutes before the meeting time |
| c. | | 30 minutes before the meeting time, so you can get your footing on the meeting space |
| d. | | At the exact meeting time so you don't inconvenience anyone
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| 4. | At a business lunch, when can you begin talking business? |
| a. | | As soon as the food order is made |
| b. | | As soon as everyone arrives at the table and has exchanged pleasantries |
| c. | | As soon as everyone has chosen a menu item to order, but before the order is made |
| d. | | As soon as food is ordered and pleasantries are exchanged, as long as everyone knows the lunch is a "working" one
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| 5. | You are golfing with a business associate. At what point is it appropriate to talk business? |
| a. | | Only in the club house after playing a round |
| b. | | Never, unless your guest begins the conversation |
| c. | | Before the game, as you are getting everything ready |
| d. | | While golfing, but only between holes
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| 6. | In a business situation, what should you do when someone gives you their business card? |
| a. | | Say "thank you" and quickly add it to your stack of cards |
| b. | | Immediately offer up one of yours, even if you don't have any on you (in that case, offer to mail one) |
| c. | | Scan it thoroughly, thank the other person and then store it away |
| d. | | Make some polite comment about the style or the person's title, before putting it away.
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| 7. | Following a job interview, what is the proper thing to do? |
| a. | | Telephone your interviewer the next day to thank them for their time |
| b. | | Send a "thank you" note to your interviewer |
| c. | | Call your interviewer several times over the following week; it's important to stay in their frame of concentration |
| d. | | Do nothing. To do otherwise is pushy and might hurt your chances of getting the job
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| 8. | If you are enjoying a business dinner with a client, and you get called to the phone, where do you put your napkin when you get up? |
| a. | | On your chair |
| b. | | To the right of your plate |
| c. | | On top of your plate |
| d. | | Bring it with you
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| 9. | You realize you forgot a lunch date with a business associate. What do you do? |
| a. | | Send him or her a gift card for lunch with your sincerest apology |
| b. | | Send flowers, again with an apology |
| c. | | Send a note or email of apology |
| d. | | Call and set up another lunch date, again with sincere apologies
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| 10. | At a business dinner, when is it appropriate to have a drink? |
| a. | | Never |
| b. | | Only if the host and senior guests are drinking |
| c. | | Only if others of your level and above are drinking |
| d. | | Always, this is an adult meal at a restaurant, after all
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| 11. | How should you make a proper business introduction? |
| a. | | Introduce the client to the company president first |
| b. | | Introduce the company president to the client |
| c. | | Provide the individual's names, but leave the introducing to them |
| d. | | Do nothing and let them introduce themselves
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| 12. | While traveling internationally on business, your hosts provide a regional delicacy that you know you won't like. What do you do? |
| a. | | Politely decline and eat around the offending item |
| b. | | Offer to take a bite and nothing more |
| c. | | Try it, and then eat as much as you can |
| d. | | Pick at it while you eat other things on your plate and hope they don't notice if you don't eat any
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| 13. | You are interviewing for a job on a Friday and you know the company observes "casual Friday" in dress. What should you wear? |
| a. | | "Casual Friday" type clothes, so you blend seamlessly with the employees |
| b. | | Traditional interview clothes; you don't work there yet |
| c. | | Something in between the two |
| d. | | Something a step above traditional interview clothes so you stand out as the candidate worth considering seriously
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| 14. | At an interview meal, it's OK to order a drink if everyone else around you is drinking. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 15. | When two business colleagues are speaking, how close should they stand to one another? |
| a. | | 2 feet |
| b. | | 3 feet |
| c. | | 5 feet |
| d. | | Arm's distance
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