Kansas State University

ACCTG 642

CHAPTER 2

1)De?ne critical thinking.

2. Discuss the highest level of thinking according to Bloom’s taxonomy.

3. Discuss what grasping the meaning of a statement or comprehension implies.

4. Discuss how critical thinking relates to the term professional skepticism.

5. What are the qualities that lie behind rethinking?

6. Discuss the three levels of thought as de?ned by the Illinois Renewal Institute.

7. Discuss the AICPA list of effective writing characteristics. Which are editing skills, and which are composing skills?

8. What six principles of clear writing does SEC Release 22- 7380 identify?

9. Explain why plain English writing does not mean deleting complex information.

10. What are the elements of plain English?

11. What is the difference between the active voice and the passive voice? Give an example.

12. What are special concerns with e-mails?

13. What types of client letters are there?

14. How does writing a client letter differ from writing memo to the ?le?