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1. Which of the following statements about meeting preparation is true?
Planners should make sure they know how to operate all technology that will be used during the meeting.
Attendees should be given login information an hour before the meeting to ensure they do not lose it.
Planners should give the agenda to attendees as they join the meeting so that it is not read in advance.
For virtual meetings, attendees should log in the night before a meeting to test their connectivity.
2. Which of the following is not an effective decision-making method?
reaching consensus among group members
deciding by a majority vote
letting the manager go with his or her gut
going with an expert opinion
3. Which of the following is a method for balancing participation of meeting members?
Only invite people you want to listen to.
Have members take turns speaking.
Call on members when they look like they are not paying attention.
Ask the group questions and then answer them yourself.
4. Sylvia is the leader of the party-planning committee for her company, and they are planning the company's yearly awards ceremony. In which of the following situations should Sylvia call a meeting?
The caterer asks for a deposit and sends an invoice.
Sylvia needs to tell everyone in the company the date and time of the event.
The committee needs to select an event theme and location.
The company president needs to give Sylvia a budget for the ceremony.
5. Markus is a project manager for a company that builds websites. His team is currently working on a big project that involves a complete site redesign. The client has told Markus what she does not want, but she has not been very clear on what she does want. Markus and his team have a limited amount of time to build the site, so they need to get started as soon as possible. Which of the following best explains whether Markus should hold a meeting?
Markus should call a meeting because this is not something that can easily be handled by memo or e-mail.
Markus should not call a meeting because there is not enough time to handle the business at hand.
Markus should not call a meeting because the matter is routine.
Markus should call a meeting because members' tasks are interdependent.