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Technical Communication With 2016 MLA Update 11th Edition Markel Test Bank 1
Technical Communication With 2016 MLA Update 11th Edition Markel Test Bank 1
1. Which of the following mistakes did McDonald's make when it printed takeout bags
decorated with flags from around the world?
A) The bags showed a pair of hands holding a flag in a way that customers in some
cultures would interpret as an obscene gesture.
B) The bags showed a Saudi flag, which depicts holy scripture from the Koran. The
Saudis were offended because these bags would be thrown out.
C) The writing on the bags was in English, which offended numerous nonnative
speakers.
D) All responses are correct.
2. According to Chapter 5, what should you do once you have analyzed your audience and
purpose?
A) Begin drafting.
B) Conduct research.
C) Get management's approval.
D) Outline the document.
E) Complete an audience profile.
3. Which terms below are used in Chapter 5 to describe types of audiences? (Select both
answers.)
A) supplemental
B) primary
C) secondary
D) fundamental
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4. Chapter 5 identifies seven categories of cultural variables "on the surface." One category
is political. Which of these is NOT a category of surface cultural variables?
A) economic
B) social
C) religious
D) philosophical
E) technological
5. Chapter 5 suggests that you consider five other individual characteristics of readers in
addition to education. Which two of the following characteristics does the chapter
suggest you consider? (Select both answers.)
A) the reader's professional experience
B) the reader's gender
C) the reader's temperament
D) the reader's job responsibility
E) None of the above responses are correct.
6. Why should you use an audience profile sheet for a writing project?
A) It prompts you to ask questions about your target audience.
B) It helps you remember what you've learned about your target audience.
C) It helps you realize when you need to learn more about your target audience.
D) All responses are correct.
7. Which of these is a cultural variable "on the surface" that is easily observed?
A) tolerance of uncertainty
B) distance between ranks
C) distance between business and private life
D) prevalence of religion
8. Which of these is NOT a variable "beneath the surface" of daily life in a culture?
A) distance between ranks
B) need to spell out details
C) prevalence of technology
D) distance between business and private life
9. According to Chapter 5, which approach is best when writing for multiple audiences?
A) a linear approach
B) an experiential approach
C) a modular approach
D) an attitudinal approach
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10. Your supervisor might have several purposes in mind as he or she reads your
documents. Which of the following describes one possible purpose?
A) to determine whether you should be assigned to this kind of project in the future
B) to determine the current status of the project you are describing
C) to evaluate part of your job performance
D) All responses are correct.
11. Which of the factors listed below did the writer of the following memo fail to take into
account?
TO: University Faculty Advisers
FROM: David Gates, Ph.D., Department of Psychology
SUBJECT: New course offered—PSYC 499, Self-Fulfillment in a Global Society
Enclosed is a flyer briefly describing PSYC 499. After you read through the flyer, post
it in a conspicuous place, e.g., on your door. Or, better yet, make copies and hand it out
in your class. The course will explore how our society can maintain a sense of self in
these increasingly uncertain times. So tell students in your courses and your advisees
about this new timely course.
A) reader's attitude toward the writer
B) reader's attitude toward the subject
C) reader's expectations about the subject
D) reader's expectations about the document
E) All responses are correct.
12. Your company has completed an audience analysis for the manual you are writing for
users of a new accounting system. The manual will be given to the 750 employees in the
company's accounting department. Some members of the audience are experienced
accountants and others are not; some have MBA degrees and others have bachelor's or
associate's degrees; some were recently hired and some are long-term employees; some
are managers and some are bookkeepers. How might you best accommodate your
audiences?
A) Include different sections for the different audiences.
B) Write the manual to the lowest level of the audience.
C) Write the manual to the highest level of the audience.
D) Prepare an audience profile sheet.
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13. You are writing a report advocating that your company increase its use of social media.
Your manager has said several times that she does not like to mix social media and
business. She has pointed out several social-media problems that other companies have
created for themselves. Which purpose statement would be best for a report to your
manager?
A) The purpose of this report is to show how the coolest social-media apps can deliver
content to a hip, urban audience.
B) The purpose of this report is to prove that social-media disasters rarely happen and
that social media are the wave of the future.
C) The purpose of this report is to demonstrate how the speed and flexibility of social
media can help our company reach a growing audience of young adults with
controlled, targeted messaging.
D) The purpose of this report is to show how our company can get on the social-media
bandwagon before it is too late.
14. You are writing a proposal to restructure your department's organizational chart. Your
manager was a member of the committee that originally set up the department's current
structure. Which purpose statement would be best for a proposal to your manager?
A) The purpose of this proposal is to show how we can reorganize our department to
improve our efficiency while keeping intact the values that have allowed us to
succeed to this point.
B) The purpose of this proposal is to show how to solve all of our productivity
problems and remove all the barriers to effective communication.
C) The purpose of this proposal is to show why it's time for "out with the old and in
with the new."
D) The purpose of this proposal is to explain why we have no choice but to scrap our
ineffective organizational structure.
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17. You are writing a report about new regulations that affect your company. Your primary
audience of company executives is very busy and will read your report quickly, but
secondary- and tertiary-audience members are likely to read more slowly and carefully.
Which of the following options is most appropriate for your situation?
A) Include detailed footnotes on each page.
B) To save time, omit the executive summary and put more details in the body of your
report.
C) Follow the patterns of writing that were successful for you in college English and
history classes.
D) Break your report into modules and put highly detailed information in an appendix.
18. Chapter 5 discusses certain variables that lead to differences among cultures. Which of
these statements about cultural variables is true?
A) Different organizations within the same culture can vary greatly.
B) Cultural variables line up in clear, predictable patterns.
C) Each variable represents a small number of attitudes.
D) An organization's cultural attitudes tend to be static over time.
19. One way to learn about the primary reader of your document is to interview people who
know him or her. Which of these questions is NOT likely to help you learn useful
information about your primary reader?
A) Does this person prefer to read hard-copy documents or electronic documents?
B) Does this person prefer to read detailed information or a summary that provides a
big picture?
C) Does this person tend to review the sources listed in a bibliography after reading a
report?
D) Does this person attend chapter meetings of professional associations?
20. You work for a semiconductor manufacturer. You are writing a quarterly report on the
activities within your section of the company. One of the people who will read your
report is Lila Waltman, divisional vice president. You search online for information
about her. Which piece of information is most likely to help you as you write the report?
A) Lila is an active member of the local chapter of IEEE, a professional society for the
electronics industry.
B) Lila is an active member of the local chapter of her university's alumni association.
C) Lila is an active member of the community board for a local animal shelter.
D) Lila is an active member of a distance-running group.
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fugitive to rest his weary feet. But, in justice to my late employer, the
Hon. Josiah Sturgis, who I found to be my best friend, I would state, that
he is a man possessed of a noble and generous heart; and that he is ever
ready to assist the destitute who apply to him.
Once more I set sail for the land of freemen; and, when I touched the
soil of Britain, I felt that I was safe,—that I then was, in reality, free. On
my passage out, there was a gentleman by the name of Hodges on board,
who, having found that I was going to leave the ship, he hired me to
travel with him. I accordingly entered into his service, and travelled over
a large portion of England with him; and wherever I went, I was treated
like a man. They looked not at the color of my skin, but judged me from
my internal qualifications.
But, as I have been more lengthy in this little Narrative than I
intended, I will bring it to a close; sincerely hoping that it will interest
my readers, and tend to ameliorate the condition of my three millions of
brothers and sisters in bondage, as well as throw some light upon the
condition of the slaves in Mississippi; the narratives of other fugitives
having for their scenes other States. After remaining a few months in
England, I judged it best for me to return to America, which I
accordingly did.
This Narrative by no means covers the whole ground of my
experience under slavery's iron protection; for I could easily fill a much
larger space than this with accounts of what I have seen and felt of the
kindly influences of that patriarchal institution, standing as it does (as
McDuffie has well said) "at the corner stone of our republican edifice."
Perhaps, hereafter, I may furnish some more facts respecting its heavenly
character.
Before closing this little Narrative, by the request of a number of
friends, I will state some facts in relation to the escape of my wife.
She was a slave, in Maryland; was born about one hundred miles from
Baltimore. Her mother was liberated at the death of her master, and left
five children in slavery, including my wife. Her mother removed to the
North, where she had six other children. She is now dead, and the family
are scattered. My wife remained at her birth-place until she was old
enough to be hired out, then was taken to Baltimore and put to work.
There she remained until she made her escape. The circumstances
connected with her escape I will not repeat, lest I should block up the
way, or affect the business of the under-ground railroad.
As she lived in a State where slavery subsisted in its mildest form, her
experience in it was far different from many. She knew nothing
comparatively of the grossest form of it; but notwithstanding this she
cordially detests slavery, and is an earnest anti-slavery worker.
When toil-worn and care-worn, when well-nigh disheartened from all
this care and toil, I have invariably been sustained by the sympathy and
kind words of my wife. Truly, in the language of Scripture, she is "an
ever present help in time of need." When, saddened in spirit by a
reflection that my brethren are still groaning in bondage, I have found—
from her former situation as a slave, being equally a sufferer with myself
—she could enter into my feelings and cheer me with hopes of the
approaching time of their liberation.
By the advice of my wife I destroyed the advertisement of my master,
thinking my safety was endangered by it. Had it been in my possession
now, I would have given the form without the name in connection with
it.
APPENDIX.
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FUGITIVE'S TRIUMPH.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Blank pages have been removed.
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NARRATIVE
OF HENRY WATSON, A FUGITIVE SLAVE ***
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