Business Communication:
Developing Leaders for a Networked
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World 5th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Peter Cardon
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
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© Peter Cardon. All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is
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prohibited.
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©MEDGEEK
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank — Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a
Networked World (5th Edition)
By Peter W. Cardon — ISBN 9781266678684
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Chapter 1: Establishing Credibility
Chapter 2: Interpersonal Communication and Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3: Team Communication and Difficult Conversations
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Chapter 4: Inclusion in a Diverse Workplace
Chapter 5: Global Communication
Chapter 6: Creating Effective Business Messages
Chapter 7: Improving Readability with Style and Design
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Chapter 8: Email and Other Traditional Tools for Business Communication
Chapter 9: Collaboration Tools and Social Media for Business Communication
Chapter 10: Routine Business Messages
Chapter 11: Persuasive Messages
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Chapter 12: Bad-News Messages
Chapter 13: Research and Planning for Business Proposals and Reports
Chapter 14: Completing Business Proposals and Reports
Chapter 15: Planning Presentations
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Chapter 16: Delivering Presentations
Chapter 17: Employment Communication
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, Student name:__________
1) The credibility of a business is reflected in both sales revenue and customer satisfaction
ratings.
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⊚ false
2) Companies should create and update response plans immediately after a crisis occurs.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The service provided by Channel Cable Corp. went down for more than six hours one day
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because of a wiring failure. By evening, the company’s repair crew had dealt with the issue
so that all customers had access to cable, and management made a public statement to that
effect. This public statement is part of the crisis response stage.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
4) In the case of a crisis, customers, employees, and other stakeholders are willing to forgive
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companies if they provide timely and accurate information.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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5) When a wildfire destroyed the branch office of an insurance company, customers were forced
to do business with another branch located 40 miles away. In this situation, stakeholders are
likely to hold the company responsible.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
6) In an accident crisis, stakeholders hold companies responsible but understand that what
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happened was not intentional and couldn't be predicted.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 7) Once crisis communication teams have planned their messages, they can take whatever time
they need to compose them.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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8) Managing negative rumors is relatively easy in the Social Age.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
9) A Twitter campaign claims that At Your Door, a popular laundry delivery service, is about to
double its fees. The tweets go viral even though the rumor is completely false. This Twitter
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campaign could do great harm to the company’s reputation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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10) Negative rumors often contain some elements of truth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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11) When a company is attacked unfairly through social media, it should quietly wait until the
rumors die down.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
12) There is usually very little time to write and distribute crisis messages if they are going to be
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effective, so it is okay to skip reviewing your crisis message after it has been written.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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13) The success of public relations messages is far easier to control and measure than it was just
a decade ago.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Developing Leaders for a Networked
ST
World 5th Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
Peter Cardon
PP
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
VE
© Peter Cardon. All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is
D?
prohibited.
?
©MEDGEEK
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank — Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a
Networked World (5th Edition)
By Peter W. Cardon — ISBN 9781266678684
ST
Chapter 1: Establishing Credibility
Chapter 2: Interpersonal Communication and Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3: Team Communication and Difficult Conversations
UV
Chapter 4: Inclusion in a Diverse Workplace
Chapter 5: Global Communication
Chapter 6: Creating Effective Business Messages
Chapter 7: Improving Readability with Style and Design
IA
Chapter 8: Email and Other Traditional Tools for Business Communication
Chapter 9: Collaboration Tools and Social Media for Business Communication
Chapter 10: Routine Business Messages
Chapter 11: Persuasive Messages
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Chapter 12: Bad-News Messages
Chapter 13: Research and Planning for Business Proposals and Reports
Chapter 14: Completing Business Proposals and Reports
Chapter 15: Planning Presentations
PP
Chapter 16: Delivering Presentations
Chapter 17: Employment Communication
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©MEDGEEK
, Student name:__________
1) The credibility of a business is reflected in both sales revenue and customer satisfaction
ratings.
⊚ true
ST
⊚ false
2) Companies should create and update response plans immediately after a crisis occurs.
UV
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The service provided by Channel Cable Corp. went down for more than six hours one day
IA
because of a wiring failure. By evening, the company’s repair crew had dealt with the issue
so that all customers had access to cable, and management made a public statement to that
effect. This public statement is part of the crisis response stage.
_A
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) In the case of a crisis, customers, employees, and other stakeholders are willing to forgive
PP
companies if they provide timely and accurate information.
⊚ true
⊚ false
RO
5) When a wildfire destroyed the branch office of an insurance company, customers were forced
to do business with another branch located 40 miles away. In this situation, stakeholders are
likely to hold the company responsible.
⊚ true
VE
⊚ false
6) In an accident crisis, stakeholders hold companies responsible but understand that what
D?
happened was not intentional and couldn't be predicted.
⊚ true
⊚ false
?
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, 7) Once crisis communication teams have planned their messages, they can take whatever time
they need to compose them.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ST
8) Managing negative rumors is relatively easy in the Social Age.
⊚ true
UV
⊚ false
9) A Twitter campaign claims that At Your Door, a popular laundry delivery service, is about to
double its fees. The tweets go viral even though the rumor is completely false. This Twitter
IA
campaign could do great harm to the company’s reputation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
_A
10) Negative rumors often contain some elements of truth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
PP
11) When a company is attacked unfairly through social media, it should quietly wait until the
rumors die down.
RO
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) There is usually very little time to write and distribute crisis messages if they are going to be
VE
effective, so it is okay to skip reviewing your crisis message after it has been written.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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13) The success of public relations messages is far easier to control and measure than it was just
a decade ago.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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