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93. Revising for style involves all of the following except
a. ensuring that you have used nondiscriminatory language.
b. checking to see that you have used a variety of sentence types.
c. ensuring that you have not included extraneous information.
d. ensuring that paragraphs are both unified and coherent.
e. checking for an overall tone of confidence, sincerity, and objectivity.
94. Revising for correctness involves
a. ensuring that your writing is clear and confident.
b. being sure you have included sufficient supporting evidence.
c. checking for distortion by omission or commission.
d. checking that you have met the reader's needs.
e. fixing any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.
95. You can distinguish among major and minor heading levels by using all of the following except
a. different horizontal placement.
b. different heading lengths.
c. different font sizes.
d. different font styles, such as bold and italic.
e. different fonts.
96. A reader's first impression of your report is based on
a. how professional it appears.
b. how many headings are in the table of contents.
c. how you use passive and active voice.
d. how you apply formal and informal writing styles.
e. how you document your sources.
97. When proofreading a document, you need not check
a. closely for typographical errors.
b. that the pages are in the correct order.
c. that pages are free of wrinkles and smudges.
d. whether you inadvertently deleted a line when moving text.
e. for short, simple, and vigorous words.
98. What style and component characteristics are appropriate in formal reports?
99. Briefly list and describe the four major organizational patterns for business reports.
100. Write a conclusion and a recommendation for the following findings: The population in Orem has increased by 18%
in the last two years. Customers must wait an average of ten minutes to conduct business with a teller at our bank.
101. Write a conclusion and recommendation based on the following findings: Over 75% of customers surveyed stated
that the sales representatives lacked specific knowledge about the company's products. Over 50% of the customers
surveyed stated that sales representatives demonstrated inappropriate interpersonal communication skills.
102. How does preparing an outline help the report writer?
103. Contrast message titles and generic headings.
104. List three examples of supplementary information.
105. Give two reasons why we document sources in writing reports.
106. List at least four items that are usually found in the introduction section of the body of a report.
107. Discuss the findings section of a business report.
108. Define paraphrasing.
109. What information should be contained on the title page?
110. What is the purpose of an executive summary?
111. What is an appendix, and what specific types of items does it usually contain?
112. What type of tone is appropriate in a business report? What type of tone should be avoided?
113. Rewrite the following sentence to achieve a tone appropriate for a business report: The company lost a bundle with
the new product line.
114. Rewrite the following sentence, assuming that 15 out of 500 people were affected: The corporation laid off an
enormous number of people at the Texas factory.
115. What should you remember about using pronouns in business reports?
116. Explain the general rule for verb tense usage in business reports and list specific sections that use each verb tense.
117. Rewrite the following sentence to reflect appropriate pronoun use in a business report: I recommend that the
company reduce its workforce by 5%.
118. Rewrite the following sentence to reflect appropriate verb tense: The findings will be discussed in the next section
of the report.
119. Rewrite the following procedure to reflect appropriate verb tense: Over 60% of the sample is returning the
questionnaire.
120. How can you achieve coherence in a business report?
121. Define plagiarism and briefly explain its consequences in the classroom environment and on the job.
122. What types of information obtained by others do not need to be documented?
123. Describe the three forms of documentation.
a.
Endnotes. This method uses superscript numbers to identify secondary sources
in the text and then provides the actual citations in a numbered list entitled "Notes"
at the end of the report. The endnotes are numbered sequentially throughout the
124. What does "distortion by omission" mean?
125. What are the three major forms for documenting the ideas, information, and quotations of other people in a report?
126. Formal detailed documents issued by organizations looking for bids from a variety of sources are called:
a. Request for Bids
b. Request for Proposals
c. Auction Sale Documents
d. Detailed Bids
