Communication Skills
Operational Procedures
Ethical and legal Considerations
Call centers
Scripting
100

100

These are shortened versions of words or terms that should not be used when communicating with a customer.

Acronyms

100

100

This policy describes how technology is to be used within an organization.

Acceptable use Policy

100

100

The word for the type of action that leads to arrest or fine

Illegal

100

100

People who work in IT call centers are generally referred to as this. 

Technician

100

File extension for a windows batch file

.bat

200

200

Responding but not interrupting with words like "okay" and "I understand" to demonstrate you are listening are examples of this.

Active listening

200

200

This type of document provides information and guides for hardware and software.

User manual

200

200

PII is the acronym for this confidential data.

Personally Identifiable Information

200

200

Many call centers operate this many hours per day.

24 hours

200

200

File extension for powershell script

.ps1

300

300

When speaking to a customer, this is how you establish common ground and create a connection to make them feel better. Example: "Is that a dog barking in the background? I love dogs!"

Relate/Relating

300

300

This is needed from an authorized individual before making a change that will effect a company.

Approval

300

300

This law/act controls the penalties for breaches of PHI and ePHI

HIPPAA

300

300

The technician must provide the level of support outlined in this agreement.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

300

300

"# comment" is the comment syntax for this language

Python

400

400

This is what you do with the call politely when the customer is off- topic.

Focus/Control

400

400

This type of data backup is typically faster than using the cloud.

Local Backup

400

400

Downloading a copy of a movie or song from a third party illegally.

Pirating

400

400 

Typically the highest level technician in a call center

Level 2 Technician

400

This command clears the screen of the CLI

cls

500

500

This is what you may do with customer consent if the problem is beyond your knowledge.

Escalate the call

500

500

The first phase of a disaster recovery plan.

Network design recovery strategy/ strategizing

500

500

This license can be used by multiple people in a company and does not need to be registered with each installation. 

Enterprise license

500

500

An "important" call takes this priority level.

Level 3

500

This loop repeats a section of code then tests a variable if true or false

Do-While Loop