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Which of the following occurs in the fourth step in the progression of change in report makeup as formality requirements and length decrease? |
| | A) | The title fly drops out. |
| | B) | The executive summary and the letter of transmittal are combined at this level. |
| | C) | The table of contents drops out. |
| | D) | The combined letter of transmittal and executive summary drops out. |
| | E) | The title page drops out. |
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Which of the following remains to the last in the progression of change in report makeup as formality requirements and length decrease? |
| | A) | Title page |
| | B) | Letter of transmittal |
| | C) | Table of contents |
| | D) | Executive summary |
| | E) | Title fly |
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Which of the following report components contains identifying information? |
| | A) | Title page |
| | B) | Letter of transmittal |
| | C) | Table of contents |
| | D) | Executive summary |
| | E) | Ending summary |
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Which of the following is one of the ways that short reports differ from long reports? |
| | A) | Short reports are more likely to use an impersonal style. |
| | B) | Short reports have a greater need for a formal coherence plan. |
| | C) | Short reports have a greater need for introductory material. |
| | D) | Shorter reports are likely to use the personal pronouns "I," "we," and "you" rather than only the third person. |
| | E) | Since shorter reports usually solve routine problems, they are likely to be written in the indirect order. |
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Which of the following report components is NOT present in short reports? |
| | A) | Title page |
| | B) | Combined transmittal message/summary |
| | C) | Title fly |
| | D) | Text |
| | E) | Report proper |
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Which of the following is true about letter reports? |
| | A) | If a letter report is begun in the direct order, a subject line is inappropriate. |
| | B) | One acceptable version of the subject line in a letter report begins with the word "subject" and follows it with words that identify the situation. |
| | C) | Letter reports in the indirect order usually do not open with any background information, such as who authorized the report or the topic. |
| | D) | Letter reports for the company's board of directors are written personally, using "I," "you," and "we" references. |
| | E) | Letter reports in the indirect order tend to use a subject line. |
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Which of the following is true about written reports in forms other than short reports, letter reports, or email and memo reports? |
| | A) | Research findings can be reported only in white papers. |
| | B) | Research findings can be published in white papers and PDF formats but not in pamphlets. |
| | C) | Research findings are uploaded to the Web in the PPT format. |
| | D) | Research findings should be published only through predesigned forms. |
| | E) | Research can be reported in any appropriate form to suit the readers and purpose. |
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Which of the following is true about the types of short reports? |
| | A) | The majority of the reports written within companies are meeting minutes. |
| | B) | A template merge document would fill in all the standard parts for you, pausing to let you fill in the variable information. |
| | C) | A template macro document would prompt you for the variables first, linking them with the primary document later. |
| | D) | A problem-solving report is a routine operational report except that it tends to be submitted on an as-needed basis. |
| | E) | A feasibility study is a problem-solving report in which several courses of action are studied and then the most desirable one is proposed. |
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A(n) _____ is used for supplementary information that supports the body of the report. |
| | A) | summary |
| | B) | appendix |
| | C) | bibliography |
| | D) | conclusion |
| | E) | recommendation |
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Which of the following is true of the components of long, formal reports? |
| | A) | As a rule, the appendix should include the charts, graphs, and tables that directly support the report. |
| | B) | The ending summary reviews the entire report, usually from the beginning to the end. |
| | C) | You should use the components of the structural coherence plan in each or every alternate paragraph of the report. |
| | D) | The report preview of the introduction is a basic ingredient of the coherence plan of the long report. |
| | E) | The problem statement of the report's introduction conveys the goal of your investigation. |
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