Which of the following non-profit, locally funded and controlled organizations offer housing rehabilitation and financial services to neighborhood residents?

Which company paid its employees to volunteer in their communities two days a week after a tsunami in Japan disrupted operations at its U.S. facilities?

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General Electric.

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UPS.

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Sony.

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Honda Motor Company.

As communications improve and people around the world are able to witness the horrors of natural disasters, terrorism, and war, international relief efforts by corporations are becoming:

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Less important.

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More important.

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Obsolete because of social media.

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A liability because of negative media.

Which of the following sectors receives the largest percentage of corporate cash and in-kind contributions?

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Health and human services.

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Education.

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Civic and community.

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Culture and arts.

 

Another term for corporate giving is corporate:

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Welfare.

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Goodwill.

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Philanthropy.

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Citizenship.

Which of the following is not a strategy to help companies get the most benefit from their contributions?

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Use hard-nosed business methods to assess the impact of gifts.

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Align priorities with employee interests.

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Establish priorities even if they come into conflict with firm core values.

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Draw on unique competencies of the business.

The term civic engagement describes:

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The active involvement of businesses and individuals in improving communities.

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A competitive, free market environment.

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Strong governmental regulation to control businesses at the municipal level.

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A close and collaborative business-government relationship.

Which company provided one million free vouchers for its online technology skills courses and certification exams during 2009?

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Apple, Inc.

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IBM Corp.

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Microsoft Corporation.

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Dell, Inc.

Foreign-owned corporations use foundations:

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More frequently than U.S. firms.

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Less frequently than U.S. firms.

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About as often as U.S. firms.

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Only for setting up disaster relief.

 

Habitat for Humanity is considered a:

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Corporation.

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Government division.

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Nongovernmental organization.

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Program for the homeless.

The share of all giving made up by in-kind contributions of products and services has been:

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Rising steadily over the past decade.

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Declining steadily over the past decade.

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Remaining relatively constant over the past decade.

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Declining sharply over the past decade.

According to a Harvard Business Review study, which of the following is not an area in which corporate contributions are most likely to enhance a company’s competitiveness?

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Context for strategy and rivalry.

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Demand conditions.

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Stakeholder management.

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Factor conditions.

What company gives all of its earnings to charity?

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Seventh Generation.

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The Body Shop.

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Newman’s Own.

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Patagonia.

 

Which company donates 5 percent of its branches or stores’ total sales revenue to a worthy local nonprofit organization three days a year?

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H&M.

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Whole Foods Markets.

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Bank of America.

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Citigroup.

What percentage of AT&T’s procurement spending went to minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned businesses in 2011?

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1 percent.

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5 percent.

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15 percent.

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25 percent.

 

The Ad Council’s inaugural campaign slogan was:

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“Friends don’t let friends drink and drive.”

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“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”

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“Loose lips sink ships.”

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“Only you can prevent forest fires.”

 

The agency created in 1934 and charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable is called:

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Online Privacy Commission.

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Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Federal Communications Commission.

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Federal Trade Commission.

Global businesses that have extended their public relations strategies globally should:

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Ensure that sufficient funding is allocated globally for a positive and effective public affairs impact.

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Never decentralize their global public relations programs to ensure the company has “one voice.”

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Assume that there is no anti-American sentiment in the countries where they have operations.

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Ignore local customs and emerging issues in the locations where they operate.

The “WE AGREE” campaign was an image advertisement about what?

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Facebook’s position on bullying.

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Chevron’s position on big oil’s support of local schools.

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S.C. Johnson’s focus on supporting American families.

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BP’s focus on supporting clean energy sources.

Who warned, “Advertisements contain the only truth to be relied on in a newspaper?”

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Barack Obama.

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Bill Clinton.

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Thomas Jefferson.

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George Washington.

The International Public Relations Association was founded in:

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2009.

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1970.

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1955.

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1930.

 

Crises are:

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Not unique.

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Always tragedies.

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Often unexpected events.

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Rarely disruptive.

In a 1998 FTC report to Congress, how many websites did the government agency find collected personal consumer information?

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Less than 10 percent.

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Approximately 25 percent.

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Approximately 67 percent.

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Over 85 percent.

 

According to comScore, a provider of digital intelligence, in December 2008 the total number of individuals, aged 15 and older, who accessed the Internet from their home or work computers was:

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100,000.

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1 million.

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1 billion.

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10 billion.

Scenario-based press releases, key discussion points, and procedures to activate the organization’s website are all part of which step in an effective crisis management plan?

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Get ready before the crisis hits.

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Communicate quickly, but accurately.

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Use the Internet.

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Do the right thing.

 

The right to free speech is protected under the U.S. Constitution’s:

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Fifth Amendment.

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Third Amendment.

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First Amendment.

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Preamble.

In 1889, the first public relations department was created by:

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John Rockefeller.

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George Westinghouse.

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Andrew Carnegie.

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Franklin Pierce.

A critical function of the public relations manager is:

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Crisis management.

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Financial management.

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Corporate governance.

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Accounting.

What describes the practice of businesses using their public relations’ outreach in ways to influence the public’s opinion of a political or legislative issue of concern to the company?

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Influential advertising.

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Issue advertising.

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Capstone advertising.

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Political advertising.

In 2011 Facebook and Time Warner joined forces to create this program against bullying

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“Stand Up Against Bullies”.

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“Prevent Bullying Now”.

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“Be Brave:  Stop Bullying”.

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“Stop Bullying:  Speak Up”.

 

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