Chapter 8 Exam Questions Technical Reports - Essentials Tech Comm 5e | Test Bank Tebeaux by Elizabeth Tebeaux. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 8: Technical Reports
Test Bank B
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 01
1) Readers who do not have time to read your entire report will typically read only the…
Page reference: “Technical Reports” (Chapter Title) (Quick Tips)
a. Introduction
b. Significance
*c. Summary
d. Results
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 02
2) What does a recommendation report focus on?
Page reference: “Kinds of Reports”
a. Creativity
b. Providing statistics.
*c. Providing recommendations.
d. Providing information for instructions.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 03
3) A report that describes and evaluates work being done on a project, money expended, and other information associated with the project is what type of report?
Page reference: “Kinds of Reports”
a. Evaluation report
b. Status report
c. Progress report
*d. Both b and c are correct.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 04
4) A report that analyzes a problem and presents possible solutions to the problem, criteria for determining the best solution, and expresses the best solutions based on the criteria determined is what type of report?
Page reference: “Kinds of Reports”
a. Conciseness
b. Readability
c. Images
*d. Both a and b are correct.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 05
5) If you recently travelled for a work event and was asked to report on what you discovered at the event, what type of report would you be writing?
Page reference: “Kinds of Reports”
a. Evaluation report
*b. Trip report
c. Recommendation report
d. Feasibility report
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 06
6) A report that analyzes a problem and presents possible solutions to the problem, criteria for determining the best solution, and expresses the best solutions based on the criteria determined is what type of report?
Page reference: “Kinds of Reports”
a. Conciseness
b. Readability
c. Images
*d. Both a and b are correct.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 07
7) What category of reports do internal communications fall under?
Page reference: “Report Categories – Informal and Formal”
a. Formal
b. Professional
c. Category report
*d. Informal
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 08
8) What element of a memo heading refers to a previously written report, company policies, or to items such as engineering specifications and legal issues?
Page reference: “Informal Report Headings”
a. Refers To
b. Action Items
c. Required Reading
*d. References
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 09
9) What memo heading displays what you need your readers to do after reading the memo?
Page reference: “Informal Report Headings”
a. To Do Task
b. What Is Required?
c. Subject
*d. Action Required
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 10
10) What is a common section of an informal technical report?
Page reference: “Parts of an Informal Technical Report”
a. Subject
b. Summary
c. Discussion
*d. All of the above.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 11
11) In what section of a technical report do you support each point you stated in the introduction?
Page reference: “Parts of an Informal Technical Report”
a. References
b. Conclusion
*c. Discussion
d. Introduction
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 12
12) What do the prefatory elements of formal report allow your reader to do?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
a. Skip reading your report entirely.
b. Get redirected to the online version of the report.
*c. Understand the topic of your report and the rhetorical purpose of the report.
d. Obtain the complete results of your study.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 13
13) Who should you address the letter of transmittal to?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
a. Always the CEO
b. Every individual who will ultimately receive the report.
*c. The individual who will initially receive the report.
d. All of the above.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 14
14) What two pieces of informaiton should a letter of transmittal ALWAYS contain?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
*a. Statement of transmittal and Reason for the report
b. Subject and Topic
c. Recipient’s name and Title
d. Subject and purpose of the report and Letter of Transmittal
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 15
15) What is the most important prefatory element in a formal report?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
a. Title page
b. Table of Contents
*c. Abstract and Summary
d. Letter of Transmittal
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 01
1) In a formal report, what are you trying to persuade your readers?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 02
2) Although you can arrange your main body of a formal report by topic or in a chronological order, but each paragraph in your discussion follows clear structure. Briefly explain how effective paragraphs should be written in a formal report.
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 03
3) Briefly explain the two ways the body of a report can be organized.
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 01
1) If you were asked to lead a team writing a formal report, what tasks would you set for yourself during the all-important planning stage?
Page reference: “Elements of Formal Reports” (Report Checklist)
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 8 Question 02
2) What items are usually found in the heading of Informal Reports and what are their functions? Answer this question as an Informal Report.
Page reference: “Informal Report Headings”