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Digital transformation

There is no getting around digitization in today’s day and age, and it is revolutionizing our company. How much do you know about this topic? Take our quiz to find out how digital transformation can be fun.

Question 1
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Since when have smartphones been in use?
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2006
1992
1996
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Correct! The Simon model from IBM bears little resemblance to the smartphones we know today. Nevertheless, people were still able to make calls, send faxes and write e-mails with it.
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Unfortunately incorrect. This was the year Apple launched the first iPhone on the market, which kicked off the triumph of smartphones. However, the computer functions were already present in another model.
Correct! The Simon model from IBM bears little resemblance to the smartphones we know today. Nevertheless, people were still able to make calls, send faxes and write e-mails with it.
No – although the presentation of the Nokia 9000 Communicator marked the advent of smartphone technology for many specialists. It was a combination of telephone, calendar and address book, and users could surf the Internet.
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Question 2
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What is a ‘digital immigrant’?
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An IT specialist from abroad.
An immigrant with specialized digital expertise.
A person who first experiences digital media as an adult.
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Right! Unlike a digital native, the ‘immigrant’ grew up in an analog environment and is at best comfortable in both worlds.
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No. IT specialists from other countries are still called IT specialists from other countries.
Incorrect. A digital immigrant is neither a refugee nor an evacuee, nor someone who enters a country ‘virtually’.
Right! Unlike a digital native, the ‘immigrant’ grew up in an analog environment and is at best comfortable in both worlds.
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Question 3
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What is a ‘start-up safari’?
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A business trip to visit multiple start-ups in a city.
The preparations for big-game hunting.
Digital business models in the tourism sector.
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Right. In order to be inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of young digital companies, traditional companies like to visit start-ups, particularly in tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, London and Berlin.
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Right. In order to be inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of young digital companies, traditional companies like to visit start-ups, particularly in tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, London and Berlin.
No. Those who visit a national park to go on a safari nowadays need no more than their camera and some patience.
Wrong. Although after a time-consuming Internet search, some travel enthusiast bargain hunters may feel like they have just ‘hunted’ a flight or hotel deal.
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Question 4
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For which of the three following industries is it NOT important to be on the digital cutting edge?
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Vehicle and mechanical engineering
Health sector
Information and communications industry
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Correct. Digitization is still not the top priority in this field. Although change is on the horizon, since nearly 50 percent think that digitization is not highly important, but still important for the field.
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No. However, the fact that only one third of those surveyed in the field of automobiles and mechanical engineering consider digitization to be very important is surprising.
Correct. Digitization is still not the top priority in this field. Although change is on the horizon, since nearly 50 percent think that digitization is not highly important, but still important for the field.
Wrong. For 68 percent it is of the utmost importance to follow the latest digital standards; followed by 22 percent, who consider it to be important.
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What it the biggest obstacle that companies face on the path to implementing digital transformation?
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High investment costs
The benefits are not clear.
The complexity of the topic.
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Correct. The enormous expenses that accompany digitization deter many entrepreneurs.
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Correct. The enormous expenses that accompany digitization deter many entrepreneurs.
No. Only 7 percent – still a surprising amount – of those surveyed do not understand how digitization would benefit their company.
No. Although half of those surveyed do feel overwhelmed by the scope of digitization.
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Digitization is meant to make one’s daily work easier. Nevertheless, many believe that stress will actually increase because of it. In which of these three areas do those surveyed associate the most stress?
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In multi-tasking
In work-life balance
In the scope of work
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Right. With 56 percent, more than half of those surveyed believe that people will have to manage many more things at the same time in the future.
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Right. With 56 percent, more than half of those surveyed believe that people will have to manage many more things at the same time in the future.
No. Nevertheless, 21 percent believe that it will become more difficult to balance work and private life.
No. Although 54 percent are afraid that the amount of work will increase in the future.
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