Case 4-2
You are an independent sales representative for a number of companies that manufacture automotive parts. You travel extensively to visit customers located across the country. You are thinking about ways to exploit the Internet in order to communicate more effectively with your vendors and your customers.
-Which of the following online communication tools would be the most effective way to communicate confidentially and directly with each of your vendors' sales managers, as necessary, while you are traveling around the country making sales calls?
A) Sending and receiving email using an email client installed on your home computer
B)Subscribing to a newsgroup that focuses on automotive topics
C) Sending and receiving web-based email using a laptop computer
D)Posting messages to a social networking site

Question

Case 4-2 
You are an independent sales representative for a number of companies that manufacture automotive parts. You travel extensively to visit customers located across the country. You are thinking about ways to exploit the Internet in order to communicate more effectively with your vendors and your customers. 
-Which of the following online communication tools would be the most effective way to communicate confidentially and directly with each of your vendors' sales managers, as necessary, while you are traveling around the country making sales calls?
A) Sending and receiving email using an email client installed on your home computer  
B)Subscribing to a newsgroup that focuses on automotive topics  
C) Sending and receiving web-based email using a laptop computer
D)Posting messages to a social networking site

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Sending and receiving web-based email using a laptop computer would be the most effective way to communicate confidentially and directly with vendors' sales managers while traveling. This method provides secure and direct access to email without the need for a specific email client, and can be accessed from any location with internet access. Newsgroups and social networking sites are not appropriate for confidential communications, and using an email client on a home computer would require accessing the computer remotely or forwarding messages, which could compromise confidentiality.

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