| 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 who wishes to discuss business? 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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| 16. | if you go to lunch with your boss and he offers to pay what should you do? |
| a. | | insist that you should pay |
| b. | | consider that by rank he should pay |
| c. | | never offer to pay . it is considered impolite |
| d. | | Nothing |
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| 17. | when invited for a dinner, start eating when |
| a. | | food is served |
| b. | | when any one starts eating |
| c. | | when guest of honour starts |
| d. | | any time you like |
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| 18. | Where do you place your purse while dining at a restaurant? |
| a. | | put the purse on the floor |
| b. | | place the purse on the table |
| c. | | hang the purse on the back of the chair |
| d. | | place the purse between yourself and the chair |
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| | be professional at all times. |
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| | it is a great choice to leave a thank you note after an interview |
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