1) ________ are useful when a team needs to meet on some topic but everyone cannot meet at the same time.
A) Blogs
B) Discussion forums
C) Wikis
D) Surveys
2) Discussion forums are one of the nice-to-have features in a collaboration tool.
3) Why should a team choose to use a collaboration information system?
4) Synchronous communication is said to occur if ________.
A) communication occurs between people in different time zones
B) there is a flow of communication according to the hierarchical structure
C) members of various teams work on the same task
D) all members of a team meet at the same time
5) Which of the following is an example of synchronous communication?
A) email
B) team survey
C) multiparty text chat
D) discussion forum
6) ________ communication occurs when team members do not meet at the same time.
A) Asynchronous
B) Synchronous
C) Procedural
D) Nonprocedural
7) Which of the following is an example of asynchronous communication?
A) multiparty text chat
B) videoconferencing
C) email
D) webinar
8) If participants do not meet in the same place, and possibly not at the same time, it can be regarded as a ________ meeting.
A) concurrent
B) parallel
C) synchronous
D) virtual