AI Employee Monitoring and Workplace Surveillance Quiz

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1. What is the central problem the guide identifies with AI productivity monitoring?
   • It is too expensive for small companies
   • Activity is not the same as output
   • It only works on Apple computers
   • It cannot record keystrokes
2. What does a 'mouse jiggler' example show?
   • Monitoring software improves ergonomics
   • Activity metrics can be gamed without any work being done
   • Employees prefer wireless mice
   • Screenshots are always accurate
3. What did France's CNIL do in January 2024?
   • Banned all workplace monitoring in France
   • Fined Amazon France Logistique 32 million euros over intrusive warehouse monitoring
   • Approved emotion recognition for warehouses
   • Required webcams for remote workers
4. Under the EU AI Act, what is prohibited in the workplace from February 2025?
   • All use of computers
   • Keystroke logging
   • Emotion recognition, with narrow medical or safety exceptions
   • Email filtering for spam
5. How does the EU AI Act classify AI used to monitor and evaluate workers?
   • Minimal risk
   • High-risk
   • Exempt
   • Prohibited in all cases
6. Which describes the general US position on monitoring company devices?
   • It is banned nationwide
   • It is broadly allowed, with some states requiring notice to workers
   • It requires a court order
   • It needs union approval in every state
7. In most monitoring products, what does the 'AI' usually consist of?
   • Full understanding of each employee's work
   • Classification and anomaly detection against baselines
   • Robots that watch employees
   • Manual review by vendor staff
8. What change did Microsoft make to Productivity Score after criticism in 2020?
   • Removed the product from sale
   • Stopped showing individual users' names
   • Added webcam capture
   • Made scores public