MCM301 Final Term MCQs 2026 by Ali Khan

Q1. Which one of the following information is true about bar charts, simple column charts and multi-column charts?

1. Are usually illegal for visual aids
2. Can be used to illustrate varied values
3. All can be used effectively for the same purpose
4. Are usually not good visual aids

Correct answer: Can be used to illustrate varied values

Q2. Which of the following method is generally preferred when presenting positive or good-news information?

1. Indirect method
2. Direct method
3. Sustaining method
4. Supporting method

Correct answer: Direct method

Q3. In written communication active verbs help make sentences more:

1. Empathetic
2. Specific
3. All of the given options
4. Concise

Correct answer: Concise

Q4. All of the following are the elements of effective written communication, EXCEPT:

1. Courtesy
2. Conciseness
3. Correctness
4. Cleanliness

Correct answer: Cleanliness

Q5. The purpose of your message will determine:

1. How much you need to know about the background of your letter.
2. How much you need to know about your idea.
3. All of the given options
4. How much you need to know about your reader.

Correct answer: How much you need to know about your reader.

Q6. Visual aids perform which of the following functions?

1. Emphasizing important points
2. All of the given options
3. Illustrating how things work
4. Illustrating how things related to one another

Correct answer: All of the given options

Q7. Effective writers visualize the ___________ before starting to write.

1. Colours
2. Reader
3. Publisher
4. Story

Correct answer: Reader

Q8. Which of the following can help the presenter to avoid a computer catastrophe?

1. Have a contingency plan
2. Use the Internet in real-time
3. Have a contingency plan and back-up technical support available
4. Have back-up technical support available

Correct answer: Have a contingency plan and back-up technical support available

Q9. Which one of the following should not be interpreted to mean brevity, which will result in an incomplete message?

1. Courtesy
2. Conciseness
3. Correctness
4. Consideration

Correct answer: Courtesy

Q10. All of the following are considered as some basic truths about human nature that help us humanize our business messages, EXCEPT:

1. People expect courtesy
2. People are perfect
3. People are self-centered
4. People are defensive

Correct answer: People are perfect

Q1. The direct method is adopted at organising stage of effective business writing for which of the following purposes?

1. Presenting a general statement
2. Presenting an evidence
3. Conveying facts
4. Communicating a negative message or bad-news

Correct answer: Communicating a negative message or bad-news

Q2. Which of the following method is generally preferred when presenting positive or good-news information?

1. Direct method
2. Sustaining method
3. Supporting method
4. Indirect method

Correct answer: Direct method

Q3. All of the following guidelines play an important part to make your writing concrete, EXCEPT:

1. Include as much specific information as possible.
2. Use active rather than passive verbs.
3. Use vivid, image-building words.
4. Use passive verbs.

Correct answer: Use passive verbs.

Q4. Which of the following method of outlining speech is generally preferred for negative news messages?

1. Indirect method
2. Sustaining method
3. Direct method
4. Supporting method

Correct answer: Indirect method

Q5. All of the following steps are found in the planning stage of business writing; Except

1. Determine your purpose
2. Proofreading
3. Choose your idea
4. Consider your reader

Correct answer: Proofreading

Q6. Diagrams are excellent for conveying all of the following; Except

1. Information about shape
2. Information about size
3. Information about audience
4. Information about structure

Correct answer: Information about audience