Designing Documents Chapter 5 Complete Test Bank - Essentials Tech Comm 5e | Test Bank Tebeaux by Elizabeth Tebeaux. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 5: Designing Documents
Test Bank A
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 01
1) Besides the information and words you choose to include in a technical communication, what other important aspect of a technical communication must you consider in order for it to be easily read and interpreted by your target audience.
Page reference: “Designing Documents” (Chapter Title)
a. Not including too much information.
b. Citing sources.
*c. The design of the document.
d. How much time you have to create it.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 02
2) Which of the following is NOT a valuable guideline for composing and designing emails and other electronic media that is easy to read?
Page reference: “Designing Documents” (Chapter Title) (Quick Tips)
a. Use headings to identify the sections of your message.
b. Keep paragraphs short.
c. Use hyperlinks selectively and strategically.
*d. Don’t include complex information, even if your readers need the information.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 03
3) Why are subject lines important for readers?
Page reference: “Designing Documents” (Chapter Title) (Quick Tips)
a. They preview the subject or topic of the message.
b. They allow readers to sort information.
c. They allow readers to wait to read an email at a later time.
*d. All of the above.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 04
4) What are some design elements you can incorporate in a document to increase the accessibility?
Page reference: “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
a. Hyperlinks to external sources.
*b. Alternative text, captions, or titles to describe images in graphs, charts, diagrams, and other information visuals.
c. Access to the internet.
d. A document designed for mobility.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 05
5) What are headings?
Page reference: “Helping Readers Locate Information”
a. Titles that help readers know where they are in a document.
b. Short titles that you use to label each section and subsection of a document.
c. Paragraphs that introduce the topic of a technical communication.
*d. Both and b.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 06
6) What is one design method you can use to help your readers locate information in a technical communication?
Page reference: “Helping Readers Locate Information”
*a. Use frequent headings.
b. Underline all text.
c. Restate all important information frequently in a document to make sure readers read it.
d. Use white text in contrast to a black background.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 07
7) What method can you use to ensure you have appropriately and effectively designed a technical communication?
Page reference: “Testing Your Design”
a. Comments from readers after publication
b. Comments from your boss
*c. User testing
d. Proofread it thoroughly
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 08
8) What does the visual perceptual concept of contrast mean?
Page reference: “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
a. Related items must align with each other, and every item must align with some other item (or risk looking misaligned).
b. Related items are repeated to build unity.
*c. The perception that things are different because they appear visually different.
d. Dark font on a dark background is easy to read.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 09
9) What does the visual perceptual concept of repetition mean?
Page reference: “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
*a. Repeated items that are similar creates unity and builds familiarity.
b. Related items must align with each other, and every item must align with some other item (or risk looking misaligned).
c. Related items must be positioned close together.
d. Greater size implies greater importance.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 10
10) What type of font would be more accessible for people with limited vision and who rely on screen readers?
Page reference: “Designing Effective Pages and Screens”
*a. Sans serif
b. Serif
c. Decorative text
d. Text with extra flourishes on the tips of the letters
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 11
11) Changing the design of a document for arbitrary reasons can…
Page reference: “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
a. make it more engaging.
b. make it more attractive.
*c. confuse readers.
d. create active engagement.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 12
12) Which of the following statements is true of blank space in a document?
Page reference: “Designing Effective Pages and Screens”
a. It is space that is not being used well.
*b. It is a critical element of design.
c. It is distracting to readers.
d. Only needed to space out long documents.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 13
13) Headings should be…
Page reference: “Helping Readers Locate Information”
*a. descriptive
b. long
c. short
d. in long documents only
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 14
14) Multi-tasking is part of workplace writing; that means all but one of the following is true:
Page reference: “Helping Readers Locate Information”
a. Some readers may read your document while traveling.
b. Other readers may jump to a specific topic that impacts their job.
*c. Your reader is paid to read your document.
d. Everyone has more to read than they have time to.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 15
15) Document design for the screen is challenging because digital documents…
Page reference: “Designing Documents” (Chapter Title) (Quick Tips)
a. can be read by anyone.
*b. may be read on a variety of devices with different screen sizes and resolutions.
c. can be easily plagiarized using highlight and paste.
d. have a lower resolution.
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 01
1) Chapter 5 of your text lists several questions in a Document Design Checklist you can use to ensure you have effectively and appropriately designed your document. List at least three two of these questions and explain why they are important aspects of document design.
Page reference: “Testing Your Design”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 02
2) Describe three ways to maintain consistency in your document.
Page reference: “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 03
3) Describe three guidelines you can use to compose descriptive headings that enable your readers to locate information easily.
Page reference: “Helping Readers Locate Information”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 01
1) Below is a screen shot of an article on the Everyday Health website. Everyday Health is a website intended to provide health information to the general public.
<br><br><img src="https://oup-arc.com/static/5fa037212502bd0010d73e54/Tebeaux5e_TB_image/Ch 05 A (1).jpg" style="max-width:100%" alt=" Below is a screen shot of an article on the Everyday Health website. Everyday Health is a website intended to provide health information to the general public."/><br><br>
<br><br><img src="https://oup-arc.com/static/5fa037212502bd0010d73e54/Tebeaux5e_TB_image/Ch 05 A (2).jpg" style="max-width:100%" alt=" Below is a screen shot of an article on the Everyday Health website. Everyday Health is a website intended to provide health information to the general public."/><br><br>
Retrieved from https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/7-foods-fight-back-immune-system-boosters/
Knowing what you know about effective document design, write an essay reporting on the design elements that make this webpage effective and easy to read for the target audience, as well as what could be implemented to improve the design of the webpage.
Page reference: “Designing Effective Pages and Screens” and “Understanding the Basics of Document Design”
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 5 Question 02
2) Chapter 5 discusses user testing or usability testing to be a useful, valuable method to ensuring you have designed your technical communication, document, or webpage for usability by a target audience.
Imagine you composed and designed the below webpage from Everyday Health.
<br><br><img src="https://oup-arc.com/static/5fa037212502bd0010d73e54/Tebeaux5e_TB_image/Ch 05 A (3).jpg" style="max-width:100%" alt=" An example screenshot of a webpage from Everyday Health."/><br><br>
<br><br><img src="https://oup-arc.com/static/5fa037212502bd0010d73e54/Tebeaux5e_TB_image/Ch 05 A (4).jpg" style="max-width:100%" alt=" An example screenshot of a webpage from Everyday Health."/><br><br>
Retrieved from https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/7-foods-fight-back-immune-system-boosters/
Describe a scenario whereby you perform usability testing with a target group of individuals. You must describe who you will select as representative users and why. What types of questions will you ask them during the user testing, and what types of interactions will you observe? Also, be sure to note if you perform any follow-up interviews.
Page reference: “Testing Your Design”