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1)Which of the following is most likely to be required in a memo?       As in letters, memos usually are signed with the writer’s full signature following an appropriate complimentary closing

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1)Which of the following is most likely to be required in a memo?

 

 

 

2. As in letters, memos usually are signed with the writer’s full signature following an appropriate complimentary closing.

 

3. A memo should be written in direct order and in active voice.

 

4. A memo answering favorably a memo requesting information should begin with:

 

5. There are four basic types of memos: request, require, recommendation, and general information.

 

6. A memo requesting work-related information from another colleague should be written in:

 

7. Choose the best choice of division possibilities for a main heading for a report on the progress of construction of a new manufacturing plant:

           

8. A behavioral interview evaluates such attributes as your communication, problem solving, and leadership skills.

 

9. When a report investigation requires that a problem be solved, it would be most appropriate to use hypotheses as the factor type

 

10. The _______ factor type compares two or more entities on a set of criteria

 

11. Which of the following would not be part of the conventional content headings on a resume?

 

12. The Table of Contents is really just a formal version of your report’s outline

 

13. In determining the factors in a problem choosing the best spreadsheet for financial analysis, the investigator selected such topics as ease of use, features, cost, and MS Windows compatibility. He was determining his problem by which of the basic factor types?

 

14. The functional format does not emphasize your skills

 

15. The contents of the appendix section of a report may be described best as:

 

16. In the conventional method of outlining, the fourth division would be (a)

 

17. All of the following are direct sources of secondary research except

 

18. The emphasis you give to the parts of a resume you would use right now would differ from that you would give 10 years from now

 

19. The report preview section contains a brief summary of the report’s findings.

           

20. Which of the following is not a source for developing a network of contacts for use in the search of a job?

 

21. The resume of one seeking his or her first full-time job after graduation from college should stress:

 

22. The most important prefatory part of the report is the Executive Summary

 

23. Phase 3 of the report writing process involves:

           

24. A typical report written in direct order begins with summary, conclusions, and/or recommendations

 

25. The pages preceding the text of a long, formal report are called:

 

26. The three classifications of business reports are:

           

27. Forward and backward-glancing sentences or paragraphs are excellent structural coherence techniques.

 

28. If your report is organized with the Introduction coming first, followed by the facts, and ending with Conclusions or Recommendations, which report organization pattern is being described?

 

29. Which of the following is a source of primary research?

 

30. A Finance major who worked his/her way through school as a part-time office assistant should conceal this information in his search for a first job after graduation.

 

31. Which one of the following sources is not one that would bring you directly to the information you’re wanting?

 

32. A Conclusion and Summary are the same thing

 

33. Choose the heading that is not grammatically parallel with the others

 

34. In the report preview section of the introduction, the report writer:

 

35. The STAR method of preparing for a behavioral interview is an important strategy to follow in preparing for job interviews in today’s business environment. STAR stands for school-task-action-reward.

           

36. A ________ is the topic of the report we are investigating or researching.
37. In determining the factors in a report analyzing why sales are declining in the western region, the researcher wanted to investigate economic conditions, the advertising campaign, and sales associates’ performance in the western region. Which factor type was the researcher using?

 

38. Secondary research is more expensive and elaborate than primary research

 

39. Which of the following statements is true concerning talking headings?

 

40. A report on a company’s operations for the year is organized by departments. This is an appropriate form of constructing an outline on a place basis

 

41. In the letter of transmittal, the words transmitting the report should be placed

 

42. Choose the prefatory part that is the most useless in a formal report:

 

43. Which of the following is the best place for defining technical words and acronyms used in a report?

 

44. Which of the following best defines the scope of a report?

 

45. In the process of writing a business report, the first phase is to identify and understand the problem, put the problem in writing, and then what is the immediate next step or phase?

 

46. It would be illogical to have an A caption under III of an outline without a B.

 

47. An example of a problem statement in the form of an infinitive phrase is: “Absenteeism in the Millville Plant is increasing and management wants to know why.”

 

 

48. Google is the only search tool that covers the entire Web

 

49. The three ways of writing a problem or purpose statement are:

 

50. The ______ is a miniature version of the report.

 

51. The word “scope” in report terminology means the same as limitations.

 

52. Choose the best choice of division possibilities for a main heading of a report comparing three possible location sites for a new manufacturing plant

 

53. Choose the statement that is not good advice for a job applicant preparing for an interview.

 

54. The Boolean operator AND is used to expand a search by adding variations to the basic search term.

 

55. The resume format that emphasizes skills learned from various part-time jobs, involvement in student organizations, or class projects is the:

 

56. Which of the following probably should not be included in the content areas on a functional resume?

 

57. Possible explanations or solutions to a problem are called:

 

58. All of the following are benefits of outlining except