| 1. | Although it's generally considered poor form to use your cell phone on public transportation where others can easily hear your conversation, what percentage of people in a recent poll say they take calls while on a bus or on a train? |
| a. | | 30% |
| b. | | 50% |
| c. | | 65% |
| d. | | 72%
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| 2. | Many people talk louder on cell phones than they would on a regular phone, assuming there is a need. Why is this not necessary? |
| a. | | The microphones on cell phones are more sensitive than in regular phones |
| b. | | It's distracting to people around you |
| c. | | Your talking could be too loud for the person on the other end |
| d. | | You could damage the microphone in your phone
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| 3. | Talking on a cell phone while driving can be as dangerous as ______. |
| a. | | Driving while eating |
| b. | | Driving while distracted by a car full of people |
| c. | | Driving while drunk |
| d. | | Driving while watching TV
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| 4. | If you get a text message while in a restaurant or at a show, what should you do? |
| a. | | Wait until later; it's rude to read and reply to the message |
| b. | | Reply right away; it's far less diverting than talking on the phone |
| c. | | Read the message, but wait until later to respond |
| d. | | Wait until a break either in your conversation or program, and then respond.
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| 5. | What month is Cell Phone Courtesy Month? |
| a. | | June |
| b. | | April |
| c. | | July |
| d. | | There is no Cell Phone Courtesy Month, but there should be
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| 6. | What should you do if you are expecting a call on your cell phone but you have to go into a meeting? |
| a. | | Warn your colleagues you are expecting a call and may need to briefly leave the meeting to answer if it comes through |
| b. | | Warn your colleagues you are expecting a call and then feel free to answer while in the meeting |
| c. | | Put your phone on vibrate and quickly leave the meeting once the call comes |
| d. | | Have your phone's voice mail get the call and get the message as quickly as you can
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| 7. | In which of the following places is it more acceptable to leave your cell phone on and taking calls? |
| a. | | Church |
| b. | | Movie |
| c. | | Car |
| d. | | Business lunch
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| 8. | If you are visiting someone's home, but expecting a call on your cell phone, how should you handle it? |
| a. | | Keep the phone on; rules are relaxed in peoples' homes |
| b. | | Tell your host about the expected call, then put the phone on vibrate |
| c. | | Put the phone on vibrate |
| d. | | Turn your phone off; no call is worth insulting your host over
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| 9. | If you are having a meal with an important person and your cell rings, what should you do? |
| a. | | Immediately turn your phone off |
| b. | | Answer the call immediately and keep it brief |
| c. | | Excuse yourself, step away and keep the call brief |
| d. | | Since it's a business call, and this is a business meeting, take the call, but speak quietly
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| 10. | Fun cell phone rings are popular these days, but why do etiquette experts say blaring Eminem or ABBA from your phone is in poor taste? |
| a. | | Others might not like your taste in music |
| b. | | They are often loud and disruptive |
| c. | | They can be offensive to others |
| d. | | All of the above
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| 11. | In order to respect the personal space of those around you, how far should you stand from people when taking a cell phone call? |
| a. | | 30 feet |
| b. | | 20 feet |
| c. | | 10 feet |
| d. | | 5 feet
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| 12. | You forget to turn off your cell phone when you go to the movies and your phone rings during the trailers. What do you do? |
| a. | | Answer it and be sure to be off the phone by the time the movie starts |
| b. | | Turn if off and let the voice mail take the call |
| c. | | Get up and answer the phone but don't return to your seat until the call is over |
| d. | | Answer it, especially if it's an important call, but keep your voice low and the call brief
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| 13. | You don't always have to turn your phone off in public places. You can always put it on mute or vibrate. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 14. | In a 2006 survey, what percentage of adults indicated they think it's OK to talk on their cell phone while in the bathroom? |
| a. | | 64% |
| b. | | 38% |
| c. | | 18% |
| d. | | 49%
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| 15. | What state was the first to make illegal the use of a cell phone while driving? |
| a. | | New York |
| b. | | New Jersey |
| c. | | Florida |
| d. | | California
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| 16. | When you are talking on a cell phone while driving you're reflexes are just as slow as ... |
| a. | | a chicken |
| b. | | a 5 year old |
| c. | | a 30 year old |
| d. | | a 75 year old |
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| 17. | When going to a hospital to visit a very sick friend your phone rings. What do you do? |
| a. | | Leave your friend and go answer it. |
| b. | | Not have it on in the first place but if on let it go to voice mail. |
| c. | | Don't bet it at all and make up an excuse to tell the caller later |
| d. | | Text the caller and tell them you'll call them back |
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What others think about Cell Phone Etiquette |
| By: Dena on Aug 23, 2013 |
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| By: Megan on Aug 22, 2013 |
| | No one uses cell phone etiquette anymore. |
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| By: Kevin Laytham on Aug 22, 2013 |
| | Use your phone properly and don't text and drive or talk on your phone while driving. |
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| By: Karla on Apr 29, 2013 |
| | This was a good quiz to think about our appropriate use of the cellphone. |
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| By: Katie on Apr 28, 2013 |
| | You should not come into a store and expect a clerk to wait on you when you are on your cellphone. |
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| By: Miochie Martin on Apr 12, 2013 |
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| By: john on Jul 11, 2011 |
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| By: anant on Jan 10, 2011 |
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| By: Sherell Kirksey on Oct 5, 2010 |
| | Cell Phone Etiquette is confusing to me most important calls you have to take. |
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| By: Paige Batson on Sep 28, 2010 |
| | Cell Phone Etiquette helped me to understand the proper etiquette of cell phone usage that i might not have ever know. |
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| By: Sima on Jun 28, 2010 |
| | Take control of your cell phone! |
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| By: linnard on May 15, 2010 |
| | cant tell them they said dont drive wile on a cell phone get a hand free device but a few did other connyimue to do it although its a 125 dollar fine put pepole with cell phoes while dring think they are above the law kike imunity from it |
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| By: Ted Neill on Apr 27, 2010 |
| | Cell Phones are a great source of communication. They also if in wrong hands are as bad as guns and kill way to many people if they don't respect them while driving. |
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| By: Jim on Apr 21, 2010 |
| | I don't get the cell phones in a bathroom issue. How can people be so rude? |
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| By: katherine on Mar 17, 2010 |
| | more people need to learn proper cell phone etiquette |
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| By: katherine on Mar 17, 2010 |
| | everyone needs to learn what is proper |
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| By: Kim on Feb 28, 2010 |
| | I believe there is a place and time for everything and in the middle of the movies, store, on the bus or walking to class are places a person needs to carry on very loud sometime private conversations over a cell phone. |
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| By: Drummy on Feb 27, 2010 |
| | Took the wife to a concert at a small local venue. She found out she has Solitaire on new iPhone. Would not stop playing game even after I asked her several times nicely, and teased her about it being a game to play when you are alone . She would not stop so we left early. |
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| By: dentondamron on Jan 26, 2010 |
| | just dont talk on the phone in public. |
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| By: Keith on Sep 21, 2009 |
| | Questions should have open ended responses, there are other options. |
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| By: guadalupe juarez on Sep 21, 2009 |
| | cell phones are good for you they help you do things that you need. |
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| By: Jatroosysog on Sep 6, 2009 |
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| By: emily on Aug 28, 2009 |
| | i dont think txting in public is wrong at all. i dont even turn the beeper off. all my friends do it. it easier and quieter than calling. its a gr8 invention. |
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| By: dsingh on Jul 18, 2009 |
| | even i m writing a book on cell phone etiquettes
this is a good quiz
i m going to tell all my friends about it |
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| By: Teri on Jun 2, 2009 |
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| By: samantha on May 6, 2009 |
| | it was cool. people should make more tests like that |
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| By: Ebony on Apr 22, 2009 |
| | having a cell phone brings on un needed stress and is very
distractive. |
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| By: eymey on Mar 23, 2009 |
| | life was far much better before cell phones! |
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| By: charz on Mar 16, 2009 |
| | please follow the cell phone etiquette |
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| By: gravy boat on Feb 21, 2009 |
| | Hey, if you don't leave a message, it's must not important and don't expect me to call you right back. |
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| By: Dixie Geer on Feb 10, 2009 |
| | Cell phones can be a useful tool used wisely and with the proper etiquitte or it can be a disasterous when not used properly. |
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| By: nilakshi on Nov 30, 2008 |
| | cell phones are necessity these days but still every has to take their own responsibilityto maintain the cell phone etiquette |
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| By: Holly on Nov 8, 2008 |
| | Um, well..... i don't even have a cell.... but I really want one! |
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| By: carolyn on Oct 20, 2008 |
| | I would like to see more about work etiquette |
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| By: Kenesha Hamlin on Oct 17, 2008 |
| | Always be aware of your peers and jow you handle things. |
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| By: Loly on Aug 28, 2008 |
| | As a general rule, talking on a cell phone when your surroundings are quiet is a good indication that you will distrub others around you, i.e., buses, subways, trains, planes. |
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| By: Vivek on Jul 23, 2008 |
| | Remember, we did live effectilvely without Cell Phones! |
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| By: Ram on Jul 23, 2008 |
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| By: Praveen A G E on Jul 23, 2008 |
| | Know cell phone etiquette and follow it strictly, I think ur cell phone handling depicts thyself to others. |
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| By: yenna on Jul 21, 2008 |
| | i hate it when people are in the bathroom on the phone and just sit there and talk all day. they somehow don't realize the inexcusable hold up and annoying echo they are causing. |
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| By: Anonymous on Jul 11, 2008 |
| | Using your cell phone in the restroom is NEVER OK. It's a violation of privacy for the others in the restroom. |
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| By: Mary on Jul 11, 2008 |
| | A woman who answered her phone in a CSU class required for Teachers. |
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| By: JuJu on Jul 10, 2008 |
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| By: Debbie on Jul 8, 2008 |
| | The worst experience I had was a lady calling home during an expensive broadway show just to check on babysitting. I thought, you've got to be kidding me! I could hear most of her phone call rather than the broadway show. |
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| By: Gracy on Jul 6, 2008 |
| | You know what ... here's the thing with incoming calls. If it's important, they'll leave a message. :) So many people are missing out on being present to where they are at this very moment. Why talk on the phone when you're at a restaurant with people face to face? Enjoy the power of NOW. (Great book by Eckhart Tolle, by the way ... The Power of Now). [By the way, I prob. failed this quiz because I work from home and don't have to deal with cell phone etiquette. When I am out in front of other people I always let it go to voicemail.] |
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| By: Stacey on Jul 5, 2008 |
| | My biggest pet peeve about cell phones are the people who keep their blue tooth ear piece on at ALL times. It is just pompous and rude. People if you are at dinner or in a meeting TAKE IT OFF! It makes the other person feel as if they do not have your undivided attention and will always come second to the phone.
It also drives me crazy when people talk on cell phones in the elevator. Seriously, can you not wait 2 min until your off the elevator? I can guarantee you that everyone else DOES NOT want to hear your conversation. |
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