Question

______1. Reports use which of these approaches:

A. the direct approach

B. the indirect approach

C. a combination of the direct and indirect approaches.

D. none of the above

______2. An analytical report                    

A. describes what occurred during a convention or conference.

B. gives a concise overview of a situation, publication, or document.

C. breaks down a problem or situation into components and recommends    

     solutions.

D. offers structured persuasion for internal or external audiences.

______3. In a particular set of figures, the number that occurs most often is called the

A. mean.

B. median.

C. mode.

D. correlation.

______4. In designing a survey, planners must remember to

                        A. use leading questions.

                        B. keep the survey short, 10-15 minutes at most.

                        C. use descriptors like “often” and “frequently.”

                        D. construct compound questions.

______5. Open-ended questions differ from closed questions in that they

                        A. lack predetermined answers.

                        B. have a fixed range of possible answers.

                        C. divide a problem into a series of smaller questions to identify cause and    

                             effect.

                        D. depend upon the results expected from a survey.

Answer 1

1. B. The Indirect Approach

The report don’t use a direct approach to convey a specific audience or individual but it’s a findings paper which uses the indirect approach in its documentation.

2. C. Breaks down a problem or situation into components and recommends solutions.

The report analyzes every aspect and thus concludes with recommendations based on the analysis performed.

3. D. Correlation

The reoccurrence of the numbers again and again coming in the series of a set of numbers are in correlation.

4. B. Keeps the survey short, 10-15 minutes at most.                  

The survey audience wont have the patience to be questioned for long and it would not of of any help if the time limits are crossed cause it would be a subject of impatience resulting in a bad survey outcome.

5. A. Lack predetermined answers.

The open ended questions are made to get answers which are to be received without any predomination of answer or perspective to be called open ended questions.