Week 2 Review Summer 421

According to Last's chapter, "Technical Descriptions and Definitions," which type of description is this?

"Product descriptions for sales or manufacturing, documentation of design specifications, info-graphics, etc."

• Mechanism Description

• Process Description

• Definition

According to Last's chapter, "Technical Descriptions and Definitions," which type of description is this?

"Detailed series of events (natural/biological/ecological, mechanical, social, or psychological phenomenon) that happen in a particular sequence in order to achieve a specific outcome."

• Mechanism Description

• Process Description

• Definition

According to Suzan Last, a Mechanism Description can include a variety of details such as:

• color, materials, texture

• smell, taste, shape

• component parts, finish, size

• all of these answers are correct

• properties, patterns, designs

In Suzan Last's chapter, she suggests that technical writers provide a/an _____________ to users in order to "describe an unfamiliar thing in terms of a familiar thing."

• analogy

• variation

• contrast

According to her chapter, Suzan Last uses the following component parts to describe what object?

• Neck and head – like a mast coming out of the centre of the chassis.

• Six legs – “rocker bogie” design – wide apart, allows all wheels to remain on uneven terrain.

• Arm – roughly 7 ’ long, with a “hand” at the end, extends out of the front of the chassis.

• NASA Space Shuttle

• Mars Rover

• Moon Buggy

• Terrain Electronic Vehicle

In Suzan Last's chapter, she says, "Before you begin to draft your description, you must consider your ________ and _________."

• steps and language

• purpose and audience

• organization and layout

Which one of these gentlemen is John Purdue who founded Purdue University in 1869?

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Which of the following samples of possessive apostrophe is correct?

• The 3 girl's phones were stolen.

• The 3 girls phones were stolen.

• The 3 girls' phones were stolen.

• The 3 girls phones were stolen.

What's the issue with the following statement?

"Which means I was late for my best friend's wedding."

• There's no error.

• It's missing a capital letter.

• It uses an incorrect verb tense.

• It's a fragment.

Which one of these Purdue Pete's is most frightening?

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• All of these are terrifying.