Chapter 7 - Collaboration in the Cloud

Which of the following is a question one should ask about collaboration tools?

• Is the solution secure?

• Can the solution scale to meet the organization's future needs?

• What are the solution's startup and operational costs?

• How will the solution impact the company's IT staffing and resource requirements?

• All of these are correct.

All of these are correct.

Which of the following is an advantage to using a social-media tools for collaboration?

 

• Most users are already familiar with the social-media user interface.

• Groups can keep team content secure.

• Users can exchange project information from anywhere, anytime, with any device.

• None of these is correct.

• All of these are correct.

All of these are correct.

True or False? Cloud-based collaboration tools support and enhance work-from-home environments.

True

Which of the following is not an advantage of wikis for shared content?

• Because any member can edit the content, errant content can occur.

• Most users quickly learn how to edit content within the wiki.

• Any member of the team can add or edit content.

• The edits to wiki content are immediate.

• Team members who edit the wiki content can reside anywhere.

Because any member can edit the content, errant content can occur

______________ is the process of two or more people working together to achieve a result (a goal).

• Collaboration

• Colocation

• Retrospective review

• Project scalability

Collaboration

Which of the following is an advantage of cloud-based calendar management systems?

• Many cloud-based calendars will sync with other

• applications. 

• No software other than a web browser is required.

• Calendars are accessible through most devices.

• All of these are correct.

• None of these is correct.

All of these are correct.

Which of the following is an advantage of cloud-based virtual meetings?

• Streaming video that allows face-to-face interaction 

• Shared whiteboards that presenters can use to easily control the presentation of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or related documents

• Accessibility to users, in most cases, through a myriad of devices

• All of these are correct.

• None of these is correct.

All of these are correct.

True or False? The cloud provides team members with a variety of tools with which they can collaborate.

True

True or False? The IM text-based interaction provided one of the web's early forms of collaboration.

FALSE APPARENTLY

True or False? Most web-based collaboration applications today support computer-based and handheld devices.

True