Written Communication Final Exam

Which of the following involves recognizing patterns, clusters or trends of the information given?

• Writing

• Researching

• Organizing

• Evaluating

Sarah is creating a project on smartphone use. She wants to apply studies on the effects of computer use to hypothesize about the effects of smartphone use. What method will she be using?

• Deductive

• Rational

• Intelligent

• Priority

Marcus has a long list of things which need to be done today. He writes a memo to assign the list to his employees. Instead of listing the tasks randomly, he rearranges the list to begin with the most important to the least important task. This is an example of which of the following?

• Priority sequence

• Numerical sequence

• Deductive sequence

• Event sequence

Which of the following types of punctuation is used to set off the title of a short work or chapter?

• Exclamation marks

• Quotation marks

• Question marks

• Editor’s marks

Sasha received a paper from her instructor with marks to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Which of the following describes the marks her instructor used to correct Sasha’s paper?

• Quotation marks

• Apostrophe marks

• Editor’s marks

• Question marks

Which of the following would be used after an interjection or command?

• Slash

• Exclamation mark

• Dash

• Question Mark

Travis, Brandon’s brother, is leaving for college this weekend. Which of the following is used to set off the nonessential clause in this sentence?

• Comma

• Question mark

• Dash

• Period

A presentation of information through a layout or summary of a writing project is known as which of the following?

• Sequence

• Diagram

• Chart

• Outline

Which of the following is commonly used in a persuasive paper to build up the strength of an argument?

• Deductive reasoning

• Priority sequence

• Inductive reasoning

• Inverted pyramid

Which of the following represents the inscription of information?

• Oral communication

• Verbal communication

• Nonverbal communication

• Written communication