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SBI PO 2013

Instructions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in ‘’bold’’ to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The evolution of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has been as profound as it has been rapid. It represents the more visible sign that the boundaries between personal life and work life are blurring. The 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. model of working solely from office has become archaic and increasingly people are working extended hours from a range of locations. At the very heart of this evolution is the ability to access enterprise networks from anywhere and anytime. The concept of cloud computing serves effectively to extend the office out of office. The much heralded benefit of BYOD is greater productivity. However, recent research has suggested that this is the greatest myth of BYOD and the reality is that BYOD in practise poses new challenges that may outweigh the benefits. A worldwide commissioned by Fortinet choose to look at attitudes towards BYOD and security from the user’s point of view instead of the IT managers. Specifically the survey was conducted in 15 territories on a group of graduate employees in their early twenties because they represent the first generation to enter the workplace with an expectation of own device use. Moreover, they also represent tomorrow’s influences and decision markers. The survey findings reveals that for financial organizations, the decision to embrace BYOB is extremely dangerous. Larger organizations will have mature IT strategies and policies in place. But what about smaller financial business? They might not have such well developed strategies to protect confidential data.
Crucially, within younger employee groups, 55% of the people share an expectation that they should be allowed to use their own devices in the workplace or for work purposes. With this expectation comes the very real risk that employees may consider contravening company policy banning the use of own devices. The threats posed by this level of subversion cannot be overstated. The survey casts doubt on the idea of BYOD leading to greater productivity by revealing the real reason people want to use their own devices. Only 26% of people in this age group cite efficiency as the reason they want to use their own devices, while 63% admit that the main reason is so they have access to their favourite applications. But with personal applications so close to hand, the risks to the business must surely include distraction and time wasting. To support this assumption 46% of people polled acknowledged time wasting as the greatest threat to the organization, while 42% citing greater exposure to theft or loss of confidential data. Clearly, from a user perspective there is great deal of contradiction surroundings BYOB and there exists an undercurrent of selfishness where users expect to use their own devices, but mostly for personal interest. They recognize the risks to the organization but are adamant that those risks are worth talking.

Question 161

According to the passage, for which of the following reasons did Fortinet conduct the survey on a group of graduate employees in their early twenties?

A: As this group represents the future decision makers
B: As this group represents the first generation who entered the workforce with a better understanding of sophisticated gadgets
C: As this group represents the first generation to enter the workplace expecting that they can use their own devices for work purpose

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Question 162

Which of the following is ‘’not true’’ about BYOD?

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Question 163

According to the passage, why would the decision to embrace BYOD prove dangerous to smaller financial businesses?

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Question 164

According to the passage, the expectation of younger employees that they should be allowed to use their own devices in the workplace, entails which of the following risks?
A. Younger employees may deliberately transfer confidential data of their companies to rivals if they are not allowed to use their own devices for work purpose
B. Younger employees may strongly feel like leaving the company if it prevents usage of own device and join some other company that does not have such stringent policies.
C. Younger employees may consider flouting company policy prohibiting usage of their own devices in the workplace or for work purpose

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Question 165

According to the findings of the survey conducted by Fortinet, why do majority of employees prefer using their own devices for work purpose?

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Question 166

What is/are the author’s main objective(s) in writing the passage?
A. To break the myth that BYOD promotes employee efficiency and organisational productivity
B. To suggest ways to control subversion across level of corporate chain of command
C. To throw light upon the fact that employees even after knowing the risks involved, prefer to use their own devices for work purpose mostly for personal benefits

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Question 167

Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Heralded

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Question 168

Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Outweigh

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Question 169

Choose the word which is most opposite in the meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Embrace

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Question 170

Choose the word which is most opposite in the meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Subversion

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