MCM301 Quiz 3

Q1. The purpose of your message will determine:

1. How much you need to know about your idea.
2. How much you need to know about the background of your letter.
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.

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

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

Correct answer: Direct method

Q3. All of the following are the characteristics of concrete writing EXCEPT:

1. Specific
2. Vivid
3. Definite
4. Vague

Correct answer: Vague

Q4. _______________ is the language of business correspondence written for a general readership.

1. Informal English
2. African English
3. Formal English
4. Common English

Correct answer: Formal English

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

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

Correct answer: Choose your idea

Q6. Ali has to write a research paper. He has finalized the topic and collected the initial data. Now he is going to write the first paragraph. Which stage of effecting writing it depicts?

1. Editing
2. Planning
3. Drafting
4. Organizing

Correct answer: Drafting

Q7. Visual aids perform which of the following functions?

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

Correct answer: All of the given options

Q8. Diagrams are excellent for conveying all of the following, except :

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

Correct answer: Information about audience

Q9. Diversity is important to the success of groups. What does it mean?

1. Group members should tolerate diversity
2. Group members should encourage and support diversity
3. Group members should be honest in their personal views toward diversity
4. Co-cultures can contribute to group dysfunction if differences dominate group goals

Correct answer: Group members should encourage and support diversity

Q10. To keep a sentence effective, the suggested average sentence length is:

1. 30 to 40 words
2. 17 to 20 words
3. More than 40 words
4. 20 to 30 words

Correct answer: 17 to 20 words