1. Your boss, Ms. Oni, enters the room when you are meeting with an important client, Mr. John. You rise and say "Ms. Oni, I would like you to meet Mr. John, our client from Abuja." Is this introduction correct? Why or why not? 2. You are hosting a business dinner at a restaurant. You have pre-ordered for everyone and indicated where they should sit. Are you correct? Why or why not?

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1. Your boss, Ms. Oni, enters the room when you are meeting with an important client, Mr. John. You rise and say "Ms. Oni, I would like you to meet Mr. John, our client from Abuja." Is this introduction correct? Why or why not?

2. You are hosting a business dinner at a restaurant. You have pre-ordered for everyone and indicated where they should sit. Are you correct? Why or why not?

3. You are hosting a dinner party at a restaurant. Included are two other couples, and your most valuable client and his wife. You instruct the waiter to: 
a. Serve your spouse first 
b. Serve your client's spouse first 
c. Serve you and your spouse last 

Explain your choice.

4. You are invited to a reception and the invitation states "7.00 PM to 9.00 PM." You should arrive: 
a. at 7.00PM 
b. anytime between 7.00PM and 9.00 PM 
c. between 7.00PM and 7.30PM 
d. Go early and leave early 

Explain your choice.

5. You are scheduled to meet a business associate for a working lunch and you arrive a few minutes early to find a suitable table. 30 minutes later your associate still has not arrived. What do you do? 

a. Order your lunch and eat? 
b. Continue waiting and fuming that your associate is not there? 
c. Tell the head waiter you are not staying and give him your card with instructions to present to your associate to prove you were there? 
d. After 15 minutes call your associate? 

Explain your choice.

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