Week 8: Reading and Writing Answers

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In e-mails, it is okay to send messages that are _____.

A
Aggressive and mean-spirited in nature
B
Filled with text abbreviations, like LOL and TTYL
C
Private in nature or contain secure information
D
Meant for company employees and executives
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The purpose of a memo is to _____.

A
Quickly send information around the world
B
Inform company employees of important news
C
Send serious and important information to clients
D
None of the above
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It is better to read ______.

A
In a loud place
B
At the end of the day
C
In long blocks
D
In a quiet location
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When organizing your business writing, you want to make sure that ______.

A
Your name is at the top right corner
B
The main idea is at the very beginning
C
Each sentence contains many ideas
D
Each point has some fluff to make it longer
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In general, business writing should be _____.

A
Easy to read quickly
B
Dense and academic
C
Light and full of fluff
D
None of the above
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It is important to keep the same tense in your business writing, because otherwise your readers may ______.

A
Become too relaxed.
B
Become too confident
C
Become too confused
D
Become too relatable
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Privacy concerns dictate that _______.

A
You always enter mass email addresses into the BCc
B
Memorandums be sent without a From header.
C
Business letters should be sent from a Post Office
D
E-mails are deleted after they are sent
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Which of the following demonstrates parallelism?

A
We are ready to move forward with our business plan.
B
The effective use of e-mail is a concern to our company president and the governing board.
C
Our company makes both small, complex gears, and large, simple gears.
D
It would be futile to spend more money on any of these three awful projects.
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The first thing you must consider in any type of communication is ______.

A
The type of communication
B
The style of communication
C
The purpose of the communication
D
The timing of the communication
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In business writing, the main idea of a written work should be located _____.

A
At the end of the first paragraph
B
In the body of the document
C
At the beginning of the first paragraph
D
In the salutation of the document
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Writers should avoid jargon because jargon ______.

A
Takes too long to use
B
Limits what ideas can be explored
C
Conveys too much information
D
Is difficult for many to understand
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The first thing you must consider in any type of communication is ______.

A
The type of communication
B
The style of communication
C
The purpose of the communication
D
The timing of the communication
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The purpose of a memo is to _____.

A
Quickly send information around the world
B
Inform company employees of important news
C
Send serious and important information to clients
D
None of the above
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When organizing your business writing, you want to make sure that ______.

A
Your name is at the top right corner
B
The main idea is at the very beginning
C
Each sentence contains many ideas
D
Each point has some fluff to make it longer

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