Ict@innovation: Free your IT Business in Africa/final-quiz

= Final Quiz For all the Modules = Question 1 : Who is termed "father of the GNU Project"


 * 1) Andrew S. Tanenbaum
 * 2) Richard Stallman
 * 3) Linus Torvalds
 * 4) Bill Gates

Question 2 : Why is it important that trainers use the software they will be training?

Question 3 : Which benefit/limitation applies to Open standards?
 * 1) Helps them be liked by the trainees.
 * 2) Helps them become conversant with features and functionalities that the software provides and can transmit this knowledge to their trainees.
 * 3) Helps them boast of the knowledge they have about the software
 * 4) Helps them deliver the training within the shortest time possible
 * 1) Inefficient use of existing resources
 * 2) Lack Flexibility
 * 3) Fewer options and thus less opportunities to optimise
 * 4) Lower and manageable risk Question 4 : Which of the following definition best describe Open Content ?
 * 5) Describes content that has been put at a pool for all to access just for reading but not for any modification
 * 6) Describes any kind of creative work published in a format that explicitly does not allow copying and modifying of its information by anyone, exclusively by a closed organization, firm or individual
 * 7) Describes any kind of creative work published in a format that explicitly allows copying and modifying of its information by anyone, not exclusively by a closed organization, firm or individual
 * 8) Describes open content for only business community

Question 5 : How are FOSS brand names protected?


 * 1) Through licenses such as GPL3
 * 2) By an online community surveillance scheme
 * 3) By placing product keys on application
 * 4) FOSS brands are never protected and are open for use by anyone

Question 6 : How effectively do you manage your leads?


 * 1) I contact every lead and stay in contact until they are mine or I discard them.
 * 2) I am following up on enough leads to achieve the level of production I want but there are always more leads that are not followed up on.
 * 3) There are many leads that I don't follow up on or lose after the first contact
 * 4) Only responds to their calls

Question 7 : How strong is your service to your clients?


 * 1) I will ask for their request only
 * 2) I maintain good contact with my clients until an offer is accepted and then I lose touch.
 * 3) My sellers call me before I call them, my buyers often leave me, and I am embarrassed to call after closing because I've lost touch.
 * 4) I speak to my listed sellers, my pending clients, and my motivated buyers at least weekly on schedule.

Question 8 : Which of the following is an important strategic decision a company needs to make 


 * 1) Business Location
 * 2) Which staff to employ
 * 3) Name of the Company
 * 4) Choosing your clients and market

Question 9 : What are the obstacles, if any, you might perceive in people not wanting to attend FLOSS training courses?


 * 1) Lack of knowledge on open source software
 * 2) Poor marketing by FLOSS trainers
 * 3) Most enterprises still do not use FLOSS tools and services
 * 4) Over pricing of training fees

Question 10 : Given that your cash flow projection of your FOSS business indicates a negative cash flow six months down the line, the FIRST remedy would be to:


 * 1) Bring your cash flow projection back into "positive" by increasing sales, cutting costs and obtaining financing.
 * 2) Attempt to sell the business.
 * 3) Begin looking for alterative business opportunities.
 * 4) Create a new cash flow statement

'''Question 11 : In doing business branding is considered a very important undertaking. What is brand names are primarily used to achieve '''


 * 1) Show consumers you own the product.
 * 2) Spice up the image of a product.
 * 3) To help identify your product.
 * 4) To help consumers select a product/service.

Question 12 : Which of the following statements is incorrect?


 * 1) Public Relations is the act of managing information flow between an organization and the public
 * 2) Media Relations refers to way the media manages its relationships with the general public in order to safe guard its reputati
 * 3) Public Relation may consist of activities an organization may involve itself in with the intention of promoting a positive relationship or image with its customers or indeed any members of the public
 * 4) Public Relation could lend organization important media publicity at low or no costs at all

Question 13 : Some of the major problems encountered by many FOSS companies in Africa are


 * 1) Finding Free and Open Source Software that fit for their businesses
 * 2) Skilled work force that is willing to work for a low salary
 * 3) Aquisition of capital for investment
 * 4) Finding clients for their products


 * 4
 * 1) 2 and 3
 * 2,3 and 4
 * 4

Question 14 : Selection of candidates for FLOSS training can be done using the following criteria except


 * 1) Role/function in organization
 * 2) Educational background
 * 3) Identified need
 * 4) Nepotism

Question 15 : When you are providing FOSS/FLOSS soultions, you are paid for ...


 * 1) Business goodwill
 * 2) Qualification
 * 3) Service
 * 4) Product

'''Question 16 : Initiating a new business involves considerable risk, as well as an effort to overcome all the ......... against innovative ideas.'''


 * 1) Inertia
 * 2) Pressure
 * 3) Attitude
 * 4) Protest

Question 17 : Defining a revenue model for your FOSS business will help you to do the following except


 * 1) Stay focused on a niche and a target audience
 * 2) Give you a foundation for your product or service development plans
 * 3) Give you a good basis for accounting
 * 4) Provide a foundation for your marketing plans

Question 18 : Why is it important to have course materials developed using indigenous languages?


 * 1) To attract more audience/participation from local communities
 * 2) To compete with course materials in foreign languages
 * 3) To raise money during translation processes
 * 4) To adhere to government policies

Question 19 : As a trainer, one should prepare in three key areas, which ones are they?

Hint: This is a multiple answer question!


 * 1) Youeself
 * 2) The classroom
 * 3) Fighting
 * 4) The content

'''Question 20 : One way to create FLOSS market is by persuading existing ICT users. Which one of the following statements misrepresents the act of persuasion?'''


 * 1) Showing what others are doing
 * 2) Showing frightening accounts of users of rival products, services
 * 3) Showing user generated views
 * 4) Showing scarcity of goods or services

Question 21 : What do advocacy initiatives ultimately try to achieve?


 * 1) Agitate public resentment against government
 * 2) Influence customer choices
 * 3) Resolve political differences
 * 4) Policy change

Question 22 : What is Network effects?


 * 1) The phenomenon that describes how Products in a network increase in value to users as the number of users decreases
 * 2) The phenomenon that describes how Products in a network increase in value to users as the number of users increases
 * 3) The phenomenon that describes how Products in a network decrease in value to users as the number of users increases

Question 23 : In business a Marketing Mix consists of:


 * 1) Product, Price, Place, Promotion
 * 2) People, Products, Price, Place
 * 3) Price, Promotion, Advertising, Place
 * 4) Process, People, Physical Evidence, Product

'''Question 24 : All free software is freeware and all freeware is free software. '''


 * 1) True
 * 2) False

Question 25 : S.W.O.T analysis is predominantly used to:


 * 1) Determine the sales of an organisation.
 * 2) Determine the capabilities of the organisation.
 * 3) Assess whether an organisation should
 * 4) Determine whether new products work or not.

Question 26 : For this question please match the software to the appropriate group


 * 1) Internet Browser A. Open Office - Impress
 * 2) Apache B. World Processor
 * 3) Open Office – Writer C. Firefox
 * 4) Presentation

Question 27 : Which of the following is not a common FOSS business model in Africa?


 * 1) FOSS Training
 * 2) Consultancy
 * 3) System Software Development
 * 4) Web Solution Providers

Question 28 : In Business, the term Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) refer to 


 * 1) License fees, installation cost and maintenance cost.
 * 2) Training cost
 * 3) Operation cost
 * 4) Cost of your fixed Assets

Question 29 : GPL compatible free software license is


 * 1) A permissive non-copyleft free software license
 * 2) A free software license, and a copyright license
 * 3) A free software license, and a copyleft license
 * 4) None of the above

Question 30 : Who solves bugs and errors in open source software


 * 1) Users
 * 2) Developers
 * 3) All of the above
 * 4) None of the above

Question 31 : The business planning process sometimes fails because 


 * 1) The planning process is poorly managed


 * 1) Plans are impractical


 * 1) Planners lack the appropriate skills


 * 1) Lack of government support


 * 1) 1 only
 * 2) 1 and 2 only
 * 1,2 and 3 only
 * 1,2,3 and 4

Question 32 : What is product branding?


 * 1) Garnishing company logo on your products and services
 * 2) Is the proprietary visual, emotional, rational, and cultural image that you associate with a Company or a product
 * 3) Constantly displaying and associating your products with other popular products
 * 4) An appealing slogan often used to accompany your product advertisement

Question 33 : What are the two licenses available for course material licensing?


 * 1) CISCO License and Ubuntu License
 * 2) OpenICDL license and Linux Professional Institute Certification License
 * 3) Creative Commons and GNU Free Documentation License
 * 4) Junior Level Linux Professional and GNU Free Documentation License

'''Question 34 : In undertaking a FOSS business one of your source of information is secondary data. What is secondary data?'''


 * 1) Data collected from personal interviews.
 * 2) Data taken from questionnaires.
 * 3) Data collected from published materials.
 * 4) Data collected from suppliers.

'''Question 35 : Join different FLOSS/FOSS communities both physical and online has a basic advantage. Which of the following is true '''


 * 1) It is place where you can showoff your skill
 * 2) There is a wealth of skills and knowledge
 * 3) Only those who are knowledgeable join
 * 4) The community in only online

Question 36 : The following are revenue streams for most FOSS Businesses in Africa except


 * 1) Training
 * 2) After Sale Support
 * 3) Conducting Research
 * 4) Adverting

Question 37 : What is the most common reason why people start new businesses?


 * 1) To get rich d. To work fewer hours
 * 2) Because they don’t want to work for someone else
 * 3) Because they have no other alternative
 * 4) To work fewer hours

Question 38 : As part of the social responsibility of most open source business discussed in Africa do the following except


 * 1) Create websites for SME free of charges
 * 2) Donate money to Open Source Software projects and communities
 * 3) Send back modifications of a source code to foss communities
 * 4) Undertake seminars to show people how to copy any software

'''Question 39 : The concept of innovation and newness is now an ......... part of entrepreneurship.'''


 * 1) Intangible
 * 2) Integral
 * 3) Integrated
 * 4) Intelligible

Question 40 : Which of the following are normally included in Open Educational Resources 


 * 1) Learning content: full courses, course materials, content modules, learning objects, collections, and journals.
 * 2) Tools: Software to support the creation, delivery, use and improvement of open learning content including searching and organisation of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities.
 * 3) Implementation resources: Intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design-principles, and localisation of content.
 * 4) Instructors: Teachers, Lecturers, professors.


 * 2,3 and 4
 * 1) 1 and 2
 * 1,2 and 3
 * 1) None

Question 41 : Which of the following statements below best represents reasons why community media may be more useful media channel for SME wanting to promote their goods and services?


 * 1) Community media doesn’t charge or levy local people wishing to promote their services
 * 2) Community media is much more trusted than national broadcasters
 * 3) Customers tend to view SMEs that work with community much more favorably
 * 4) Community media’s commitment to local development tend to lend support to local businesses

Question 42 : When you lease a space for an office, technical support shop or warehouse, how do you protect yourself from being tied into a lease even if you have outgrown the space?


 * 1) Become personal friends with your landlord.
 * 2) Plan to add space if necessary at a remote location.
 * 3) Provide for this contingency in your lease.
 * 4) Plan to sublease your premises and relocate to larger quarters.

Question 43 : Which statement best describes FOSS/FLOSS?


 * 1) FOSS applications are not owned by anyone.
 * 2) FOSS has the freedom to use, understand, modify and distribute software.
 * 3) FOSS is anti-copyright.
 * 4) FOSS is just a software or a software development method.

Question 44 : Trainers should see training as a stage production: which of the following is not part of the stage production aspects?


 * 1) There is the audience (participants)
 * 2) There is a stage (training room)
 * 3) The performance by the audience (Shouting)
 * 4) The performance by the actor(trainer conducting the course)

Question 45 : Which of the following is not true about doing business in FLOSS


 * 1) Help promote economic development
 * 2) Help create jobs
 * 3) Competing with Proprietary software
 * 4) Generating money using FOSS tools and services

Question 46 : Which key stakeholders will probably ask to view the business plan for a new venture 


 * 1) Bank
 * 2) Tax Revenue agency


 * 1) Suppliers


 * 1) Investors


 * 1) 1 only
 * 2) 1 and 4 only
 * 3) 2 and 3 only
 * 1,2,3 and 4

'''Question 47 : Sula is interested in FLOSS training. A friend advised him on how to identify opportunities using any of the strategies below. According to your judgement, which one of the listed ways is the weak'''


 * 1) Identifying popular applications (e.g. by looking at downloads from sourceforge.net and freshmeat.net) used by people and create a training for it
 * 2) Waiting for friends to bring news about some training opportunities
 * 3) Attending (either actively or passively) ICT conferences, workshops and other events such as Software Freedom Day to learn about the needs for training
 * 4) Subscribing to newsletters, mailing lists and participating in relevant forums to learning about their training needs

Question 48 : Most FOSS businesses provide web-based solution using 


 * 1) SAJO-Sun Microsystem, Apache, Java and Oracle
 * 2) LNMP–Linux Ngix MySQL Perl
 * 3) LAMP-Linux Apache MySQL PHP
 * 4) ASP.NET, IIS and SQL Server

Question 49 : Why are small businesses important to a country's economy 


 * 1) They provide employment
 * 2) They can provide specialist support to larger companies
 * 3) They can be innovators of new products


 * 1) They provide competition to large companies


 * 1,2 and 3 only
 * 1) 1 only
 * 1,2,3 and 4
 * 1) 1 and 3 only

'''Question 50 : Below are some of the winning combinations of an "ideal" FLOSS trainer. Which one is not?'''


 * 1) Winning personality and ability to communicate.
 * 2) Practical experience in FLOSS applications
 * 3) Ability to program in Java and Visual Basics
 * 4) Should be a Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+) certified