Can Your Business Communication Textbook Pass This Simple Technology Test?

An Interactive Test with Automatic Scoring

Technology is affecting almost every aspect of business communication today. Is your business communication textbook keeping up to date? Find out now by taking the test below.

Directions: In the third column, indicate whether the term is covered in your current textbook by selecting "yes" or "no" and clicking within the circle. If in doubt, you may wish to consult your text's index to confirm your answer. This test will be automatically scored and the results will be shown once you indicate a response to every term.

Technology Bovee-Thill Text Your Textbook
  1. Applicant tracking systems
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Artificial intelligence in business communication
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Augmented writing software
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Backchannel, in presentations
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Big Data/data analytics
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Chatbots
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Collaboration platforms
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Compositional modes for digital media
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Content curation
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Data literacy
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Deepfakes
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Digital footprint
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Digital information fluency
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Emojis, use in contemporary business communication
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Intellectual property rights
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Mobile business communication apps
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Mobile devices, writing business messages for
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Persuasive messages in social media
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Social communication model
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Social listening/smart listening tools
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Text mining/text analytics
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. User-generated content
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Visual literary
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Voice of the customer (VoC) programs
Yes    No Yes    No
  1. Workplace messaging systems
Yes    No Yes    No
Totals:  25  0
  You must answer every question in order for automatic scoring to occur.