WorksheetsBASIC OFFICE SYSTEMS\ PROCEDURES 2021
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
An endorsement on a passport granting permission to enter a foreign country for a certain purpose and length of time is called a _____
VISA
RESERVATION
STAMP
TIMETABLE
A sum of money available to make small purchases is called _____.
A CHECKING ACCOUNT
A JOINT ACCOUNT
A PETTY CASH FUND
A SOCIAL FUND
The two-letter mailing abbreviation for Washington, D.C, is _____.
DC
DW
WA
WC
Seth earns a salary of $547 per week at his new job as an administrative assistant for Digital Solutions. What is Seth’s annual gross salary?
$26,900
$27,976
$28,444
$32,280
To prevent eyestrain while using the computer, you should _____.
adjust your monitor so it sits slightly above your eye level
increase the level of lighting in your office
position your monitor 28-30 inches from your eyes
take 15-minute break every two hours from computer work
When filing simple personal names, the first indexing unit is the _____.
first name
middle initial
surname
none of the above
Which of the following names would be filed first?
Sanderson, T
Sanderson, A.
Sanders
Sanderson, Thomas
For information to be valuable, it must be _____.
current and accurate
outdated or incorrect
subjective
none of the above
The proofreader symbol for inserting a space is _____.
/
#
()
either a or b
Which of the following is not a time waster?
checking personal email
talking with personal visitors
prioritizing tasks for the day
sending text messages
An apostrophe is not used to _____.
form possessives of common nouns
form possessives of compound nouns
form possessives of personal pronouns
form possessives of plural common nouns ending with the s or z sound
The purpose of recording the minutes of a business meeting is _____.
to keep the meeting focused
to organize the meeting
to record events and actions
to be a verbatim transcript of the meeting
What is an appropriate salutation for a letter to an organization composed of men and women?
Gentlemen
Ladies
Ladies and Gentlemen
To the Staff
A ream of paper contains how many sheets?
100
250
500
1,000
Deciding the order in which tasks should be performed is _____.
controlling
managing
prioritizing
organizing
The difference in punctuation styles lies in the punctuation _______.
after the salutation and complimentary closing
after the salutation and the reference initials
in the attention line and the complimentary closing
in the inside address
An hourly employee is paid $8.55 per hour; the overtime rate for this employee would be _____.
$8.55
$10.55
$12.82
$12.83
The proofreader’s mark that uses a single line drawn through a capital letter means that the _______.
letter should be capitalized
letter should be made lowercase
letter should be deleted
letter should be changed
The amount left over after expenses have been paid is called _____.
capital
gross profit
net profit
owner’s equity
The purpose of a postscript in a business letter is _____.
to express an afterthought
to effectively express an idea withheld from the letter
to emphasize a major point in the letter
all of the above
