ODesk Readiness Test for Agency Contractors Answers 2013

                                                                                   ODesk Readiness Test for Agency Contractors Answers 2013

Question: 1 Which of the following are required for your agency to qualify for guaranteed payment?

a. An hourly contract
b. Tracking your time with the oDesk Team application
c. Entering relevant memos
d. An employer with a verified payment method
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 2 Which of the following actions are NOT allowed when applying to job postings?

a. Misrepresenting your skills, experiences, portfolio, etc.

b. Submitting boilerplate, placeholder or generic bids or other spam
c. Disclosing direct contact information
d. Applying when you are not truly qualified
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 3 Which of the following is TRUE about fixed-price contracts?

a. Employer billed automatically each week
b. How much to pay and when to pay is at the employer’s discretion
c. Hours worked will show on your profile
d. Time-tracking required
e. Qualify for the oDesk payment guarantee

Answer: How much to pay and when to pay is at the employer’s discretion

Question: 4 Which of the following are TRUE about the oDesk dispute process?

a. The dispute process only applies to hourly contracts
b. If you fail to respond, oDesk will refund the employer and suspend your account
c. If you reject the dispute, oDesk specialists will review your Work Diary and evaluate it against the criteria of the payment guarantee
d. Disputed hours ruled in the employers favor are refunded
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 5 The oDesk Team application Time Tracker records which of the following?

a. Screenshot of the active screen once per billing segment
b. Number of keystrokes
c. Number of mouse clicks
d. Memo entered by the contractor
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 6 Which of the following are NOT permitted on oDesk?

a. Sharing a single account between multiple people
b. Opening more than one account on oDesk
c. Using a logo or clip art as your profile portrait
d. Using a fake name
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 7 Staffing managers can apply to jobs for you.

a. True
b. False

Answer: True

Question: 8 What happens when a contract ends?

a. You lose access to the Work Diary
b. Both users can leave feedback
c. The feedback system is double blind, so your employer cannot see the feedback you left them until after they have left feedback for you
d. Hours will be billed (and disputes may be filed) according to the usual weekly payment schedule
e. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: 9 Which of the following statements is FALSE about oDesk agencies?

a. Agency contractors work on behalf of an agency on the oDesk platform
b. Agencies vary in size; from one person to hundreds of skilled contractors
c. Payments made to agency contractors go to the agency rather than the contractor
d. Payments made to agency contractors are automatically split by oDesk between the agency and the contractor
e. An agency is an organization that sells the services of their agency contractors on oDesk

Answer:   Payments made to agency contractors are automatically split by oDesk between the agency and the contractor.

Question: 10 Which of the following are TRUE about your oDesk Work Diary?

a. Allows employers to see when and what their contractors are working on
b. Enables automatic billing for hourly contracts
c. The oDesk Team application auto-tracks time which can be reviewed in the Work Diary
d. Manual time can be added, but isn’t guaranteed payment
e. All of the above

Answer:   All of the above

Question: 11 Which of the following is FALSE about weekly limits on hourly contracts?

a. Hours in excess of the weekly limit will not be billed to the employer
b. You should discuss any need to work beyond your limit with your employer
c. The weekly limit can be changed by the contractor
d. The weekly limit can be changed by the employer
e. Hours in excess of the weekly limit are not guaranteed payment

Answer:   The weekly limit can be changed by the contractor.