REI Year II: End of Semester 2 Written Assessment

Name and group number:

This test is meant as individual assessment of your progress with business correspondence in
English. This open-book test is inviting you to work individually. In case you choose to
cooperate with any of your colleagues, the points will be divided by the number of people
involved in the cheating activity, in addition to the administrative penalties.
The test carries 50 points.
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Pls manage time effectively. Given the online format of the test, no extensions can be granted.
You can submit your tests no later than 10:20. For reasons of test security please
email your tests as attachments to mihaelaarsene1102@yahoo.com by 10:30. I will
email you confirming receipt of the tests. Then pls upload your test papers on the
platform between 12:00 and 12:30 PM.
The solution to the test will be made available by 1 PM today .
Thank you!

Your test is beginning now:

Part I: Language and Concepts for Business

1. SUMMARY OF A READING TEXT

(10 points: 3 for comprehensive content, 3 for clarity of ideas, 2 for accurate
grammar, and 2 for relevant terms)

Please choose one of the two reading texts – “Voice lessons” on page 25 or “You have to
start meeting like this!” on page 39 - and summarize it in one paragraph. Make sure you
capture the main points in clear English and you use relevant vocabulary. Pls do not copy
from the book but write your own ideas and your own understanding. Short sentences are
easier to manage.
Maximum 8 lines. Pls write the text title and page number at the top. Of course 
2. YOUR REACTION TO ONE OF THE UNITS: 4, 6, 7
(14 points: 3 for relevant content and complexity, 3 for clarity of ideas, 2 for
accurate grammar, 2 for adequate terms, 4 for relevant business contexts in activity
b)

a. Pls choose the unit you like best. What do you like about the unit? In what way is it
going to help you in your professional development? Pls explain in maximum 10
lines.
b. Pick 6 key terms from the unit you focused on in activity a. List them. Then use them
in meaningful sentences of your own. Not the statements in the textbook or in
dictionaries, pls!

3. ACCURACY FOR BUSINESS

(14 points: 2 points per correct solution x 7 solutions)

Pls find and correct seven mistakes related to word order, spelling, correct words and
tenses in this article. Pls underline the problem areas in the text below and then provide
the correct solution under YOUR SOLUTION.

Section 1 “During the credit crisis that has begun in 2017, there was a risk that banks
would stop lending to small businesses money, so governments all over
Section 2 the world gave public funds to the banks to enable them to continue to offer
loans to small businesses and individuals private. Some economists did

Section 3 not liked it and believed it was better to let the market operate freely.
Meanwhile the banks had to find new products for their customers who

Section 4 would stop them taking their money out and spending them. The basic
problems was a lack of confidence in the banks, and many people felt that

Section 5 the governments and economists where not telling them the whole truth.”

YOUR SOLUTION:

Section 1(2 mistakes)

Section 2 (1 mistake)

Section 3 ( 2 mistakes)

Section 4 (1 mistake)

Section 5 (1 mistake)

4. Your Own Style of Leading Meetings (12 points: 4 for relevant content, 4 for
accurate grammar and terms, 4 for sound business reasoning)

Considering the fact that chairing a meeting involves managing both the content of the
meeting and the people attending it, please list 10 activities – in chronological order –
that a meeting chair is responsible for. (Bullet points, pls.)

Pls briefly explain the role/purpose of these activities in the economy of the meeting.

THE END