May 2009 PDE

Please choose the best answer to each question. At the conclusion of this exercise you will receive feedback that you may print for your records.

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Some corporate objections to social networking include:

	time-waster, potential for security breaches and privacy of data.
	transparency, risk management threat, and cultural bias
	customer-centric, open-ended corporate culture, and privacy of data
	all of the above

A corporate policy for tweeting on Twitter is important because:

	Employees cannot be trusted to say what is appropriate
	Twitter is a public forum and not all things are acceptable or desirable
	It enables management to exercise more control over employees
	A corporate policy is necessary to limit freedom of speech

Corporate acceptance for engaging in social networking includes:

	collaboration, customer engagement, and innovation
	transparency and brand building
	customer feedback, humanistic, and inexpensive
	All of the above

Twitter is:

	A new name for e-mail originated on a PDA
	A one way form of instant messaging
	An online form of communication that enables users to send updates and read updates from others
	An unlimited series of Tweets between 2 persons (like a conversation)

A benefit of using Twitter internally within a business is:

	communicate on projects
	share ideas/innovations
	collaborate with employees at regional offices
	All of the above

Social networking is truly a global affair. According to the survey provided by Pingdom, which social network is most popular in the United States?

Among the risks posed by consulting social network sites to screen applicants for employment purposes are:

	Discrimination and violation of federal and state laws
	Breach of personal privacy
	Uncovering political affiliation
	All of the above
	None of the above

An employer who creates an alternate identity for the purpose of obtaining information about a new hire on a social network site is engaging in:

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