8. Before writing a recommendation report to the CEO, Dee and Carlos distribute a survey to everyone in their company to determine which new benefits employees are most interested in. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Writing
Planning
Revising
Editing
9. Matthew interviews the director of computing services to get information for the company newsletter. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Writing
Editing
Revising
Planning
10. Ben chooses a pattern of organization before he begins a letter. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Planning
Writing
Revising
Editing
11. Terry realizes that the draft of her memo announcing a new suggestion system mentions who will be evaluating the suggestions on both the first and second pages, so she deletes the second reference and adds a little more to the first. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Planning
Writing
Revising
Editing
12. Which of the following is NOT something to check during a thorough revision?
Style and tone
Organization
Punctuation and spelling
Content and clarity
13. You ask for feedback on a proposal and are told I don t believe your claims. Your facts must be wrong. You are confident that your facts are indeed correct. You should:
write a memo to the proofreader s supervisor before sending the final proposal.
make your claims more moderate because you must adapt your message to the audience.
document the source of your facts and give more information to back up your claims. delay sending the proposal until the reader s reaction changes.
14. If you were to revise a document three times, which of the following is something you would NOT be looking for in the final revision?
You attitude
Positive emphasis
Style and tone
Layout
15. If you have time to do only a light revision, you should ask yourself all of the following questions, EXCEPT:
Are the first and last paragraphs effective?
Are numbers correct?
Does the design of the document make it easy for readers to get the information they need?
Is the logic clear?
16. When Joshua realizes that his persuasive memo doesn t counteract the most obvious probable objections, he adds two additional paragraphs. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Planning
Gathering
Revising
Editing
17. During a group meeting when they are each reading a draft of their formal report, Madiha and Anne realize that sometimes they have used the word there correctly and sometimes the word should be their. They use their word processor s find feature to help them locate all the places they used there so they can determine if it is correct or not. Which part of the writing process does this activity represent?
Planning
Gathering
Revising
Editing
18. Which of the following would NOT be part of the editing process?
Checking for subject verb agreement in sentences throughout a document
Ensuring that the document conveys a positive tone and friendly style
Running the spell checker to uncover possible spelling errors
Verifying that numbers presented in tables have been typed in correctly
19. Which of the following would a spell checker catch as an error?
Typing it s instead of its
Typing received instead of received
Typing accept instead of except
Typing to instead of too
20. In which part of the writing process is it most important to know the rules of grammar and punctuation?
Editing
Revising
Planning
Gathering
Someone here will be happy to check your answers for you.
8. This activity represents the Planning phase of the writing process. Dee and Carlos are gathering information by conducting a survey to determine the new benefits employees are most interested in. This step helps them plan and gather relevant information before writing the recommendation report.
9. This activity represents the Gathering phase of the writing process. Matthew is conducting an interview with the director of computing services to gather information for the company newsletter. This step involves collecting information and conducting research before writing.
10. This activity represents the Planning phase of the writing process. Ben chooses a pattern of organization before starting to write a letter. This step involves planning the structure and organization of the document before actually writing it.
11. This activity represents the Editing phase of the writing process. Terry is reviewing her draft and making changes to improve clarity and eliminate repetition. Editing involves reviewing and refining the content of the document.
12. Punctuation and spelling is NOT something to check during a thorough revision. During revision, you should check for style and tone, organization, and content and clarity, but checking punctuation and spelling is typically done during the editing phase.
13. In this scenario, you should document the source of your facts and provide more information to back up your claims. It is important to address the reader's concerns by providing evidence and reinforcing the accuracy of your facts.
14. Layout is something you would NOT be looking for in the final revision. When revising a document, you would focus on elements such as attitude, positive emphasis, style and tone, but layout is typically considered during the design and formatting stage.
15. When doing a light revision, you should ask yourself all of the following questions EXCEPT "Are numbers correct?" Checking the accuracy of numbers is important, but it is not specifically related to the revision process.
16. This activity represents the Revising phase of the writing process. Joshua realizes a flaw in his persuasive memo and adds two additional paragraphs to counteract the probable objections. This step involves reviewing and making changes to improve the content and effectiveness of the document.
17. This activity represents the Editing phase of the writing process. Madiha and Anne are using the find feature of their word processor to locate and determine whether they have used the correct word (there vs. their). Editing involves reviewing and correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
18. Ensuring that the document conveys a positive tone and friendly style would NOT be part of the editing process. This aspect is generally considered during the revision phase when focusing on content, clarity, and overall tone. Editing primarily involves reviewing and correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
19. Typing it's instead of its would be caught as an error by a spell checker. Spell checkers typically detect apostrophe errors and can identify when "it's" should be "its", as well as other common spelling errors.
20. Knowing the rules of grammar and punctuation is most important during the Editing phase of the writing process. Editing involves reviewing and correcting grammar and punctuation errors to ensure clarity and accuracy in the final document.