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Confidential information that the owner has taken reasonable measures

1 to keep secret and that has independent economic value from not being
generally known by the public is known as _____.

(a) requisite data

(b) trade secrets

(c) classified information sources

(d) all the above

2 Which of the following are NOT appropriate methods for obtaining

competitive information?

(a) Bribing a competitor's employee for confidential information

(b) Urging a competitor's client to breach a nondisclosure

agreement between the client and the competitor

(c) Using a listening device to obtain business secrets at a

competitor's meeting
 (d) All of the above

3 Which of the following is an example of confidential information?

(a) Price lists that are generally available to customers and clients

(b) Company advertising that has appeared in a major trade

publication

(c) A new product design being kept under wraps until its debut at
a major trade show

(d) Information on a company's public website

4 Your brother-in-law asks you to give him our company's list of clients,
their contact information, and their sales history in order to help him start
his own business. How should you respond?

(a) Turn over the information--just don't gather the information

during normal work hours

(b) Go ahead as long as you don't use the company's computers for
this activity

(c) Turn down his request for the information

(d) Give him the information only after he has signed a

nondisclosure agreement
 Which law is being violated in the following scenario?
5 An employee removes secret drawings detailing how to make an
unreleased product and uses them when he starts working on a similar
product at a competitor.

(a) Interstate Commerce Act

(b) The Taft-Hartley Act

(c) The Copyright Act of 1936

(d) Economic Espionage Act

6 Which of the following is NOT confidential information?

(a) Information that has been disclosed in securities filings

(b) Secret marketing plans

(c) Sales targets and actual revenue associated with certain high-
volume clients

(d) Personnel records associated with an investigation of a

harassment accusation

7 Which of the following is the best place to discuss confidential

information?
 (a) A museum during a popular exhibit

(b) A busy public street

(c) A crowded coffee shop

(d) An office where conversations will not be overheard

8 When is a nondisclosure agreement used?

(a) When a company needs to disclose confidential information to

others (such as suppliers, consultants, or joint venture
participants)

(b) As a substitution for a press release

(c) When a company wants to make a public announcement of a

new product

(d) When a company is trying to keep important information from

suppliers, consultants, or joint venture participants

9 When you leave our company, you are responsible for returning all
company confidential information you possess. Which of the following
are included in this requirement?

(a) Client lists and data stored in a personal data assistant (PDA)

(b) Company documents stored on a home personal computer

 (c) Paper files containing written company documents

(d) All of the above

10 Which of the following is an acceptable method of gathering information

about competitors?

(a) Review leading magazines, the general press, and trade

publications for articles about the companies

(b) Pay for sensitive information from a third party who will steal it

(c) Offer jobs to competitors' employees in order to get access to

the confidential information they possess

(d) Arrange to have a competitor's cleaning service deliver trash to

a location where you can have someone go through it

Suppose a potential business partner asks you to sign a nondisclosure

11 agreement. What should you do?

(a) Read the agreement on your own, then sign it if it meets "the
reasonable agreement" standard

(b) Review the agreement with at least one colleague before signing
it together and with each of you retaining a signed copy

(c) Contact your manager or another appropriate company

resource

(d) Sign the agreement immediately

12 After you leave a company, what are your obligations regarding that
company's confidential information?

(a) You are obligated to protect your previous employer's

confidential information

(b) Once you leave a company and are no longer on salary, you are
no longer bound by its rules regarding confidentiality

(c) Confidential information can be passed to a consultant, but not

to your new employer

(d) It is an unwritten rule that you are allowed to take one box full of
confidential material
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Name: Caregnato, Dante
Course: Confidential Information:
Protecting Ours & Respecting
Others' (CIN20050822)
Date: May 12, 2011
Control Number: 207

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This certificate shows that you have satisfied the completion
requirements for this training. You may print this certificate,
or copy and paste the contents into a document or e-mail
message.
Name: Caregnato, Dante
Course: Confidential Information:
Protecting Ours & Respecting
Others' (CIN20050822)
Date: May 12, 2011
Control Number: 207