Chapter 04 Aplia Assignment

A  badly written

B  badly-written

A  full-time

B  full time

A  sufficiently

B  sufficient

A  really

B  real

A  carelessly

B  careless

A  slower

B  slowly

A  slightly

B  slight

A  gradual

B  gradually

A  step-by-step

B  step by step

A  good

B  well

A  As a way to identify areas where you can replace written words with visual aids

B  As a way to incorporate simple, trite phrases

C  As a way to identify weaknesses in your writing

D  As a way to identify areas where your audience lacks understanding

A  Ability to limit words with use of technology, Bluntness

B  Superiority, Ability to limit words with use of technology

C  Bluntness, Superiority

D  Clarity, Purpose

A  personal appearance

B  personal feedback

A  Wordy noun phrase

B  Redundancy

C  Trite expression

A  This selection is correct without any revisions.

B  This selection contains one spelling error and two comma errors.

C  This selection contains one spelling error and one comma error.

A  Skim over grammatical errors.
Revise only once.

B  Skim over grammatical errors.
Print a copy of the document.

C  Check for typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
Print a copy of the document.

D  Revise only once.
Check for typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors.

A  Use of headings in documents

B  Using only one or two headings within a document

A  Reducing wordy noun phrases

B  Developing parallelism

C  Eliminating redundancies

A  Headings should always be in boldface.

B  Headings interfere with the flow of a document.

C  Documents may contain main headings, subheadings, and category headings.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  0.5 to 0.75 inches, ragged

B  0.5 to 0.75 inches, aligned

C  1 to 1.5 inches, aligned

D  1 to 1.5 inches, ragged

A  Using bulleted and numbered lists, Using justified alignment, Breaking paragraphs into shorter chunks

B  Using bulleted and numbered lists, Using headings, Breaking paragraphs into shorter chunks

C  Using justified alignment, Using headings, Breaking paragraphs into shorter chunks

D  Using bulleted and numbered lists, Using headings, Using justified alignment

A  It would allow them to discuss the budget with the whole group.

B  The new conference system would allow them to conduct a remote discussion of the budget with colleagues in Chicago.

C  The new conference system would allow them to discuss the budget remotely with colleagues in Chicago.

A  Our team, it

B  Our company softball team, the game

C  We, the game

A  The bank executive was quite pleased to be so definitely employed by a stable corporation.

B  The bank executive was pleased to be employed by a stable corporation.

A  Please take action on the recommendations in the customer satisfaction report.,
I’ll make an assumption that Lisa received the e-mail., and
The entire team engaged in the preparation of the proposal Paul submitted on Wednesday.

B  Consider the economic climate.

A  The faculty agrees with the school board and accepts the proposed initiative.

B  Most of the faculty unanimously and strongly agreed to move forward with the initiative so as to serve the community and all of its members that are on the school board.

A  make

B  calculate

C  explore

A  Enclosed is, Separately, Under separate cover

B  Enclosed is, Separately, About

C  Enclosed please find, Separately, About

D  With reference to, Separately, About

A  Make it long and complex.

B  Keep it short and simple.

C  Trust your writing skills to hide your lack of knowledge.

A  Addition of additional

B  Plans include

A  I have corrected the discrepancy in the Taylor account.

B  As per your suggestion, I have corrected the discrepancy in the Taylor account.

A  I am sending you this letter to inform you that we have a problem with our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we have a solution.

B  We have experienced an unexpected surprise with our expense sheet, but we are midway to an end result.

C  We have identified a problem with our expense sheet, but we will solve it.

A  The user should contact the help center.

B  The user should contact the help center as to whether or not they have a problem.

C  It is the user who should contact the help center if there is a problem.

A  When he leaves, his large office will be available.

B  Upon his impending departure, his large office will be unoccupied and available.

A  Please remember to

B  This message serves as a reminder to please remember to

A  Jorge can give you access to the beta version.
Alessia will probably be promoted.

B  Alessia will probably be promoted.
He seldom returns text messages.

C  Feel free to help yourself to the delectable desserts in the break room until such time as they are all consumed.
In the event that Marie calls, please inform her that we will be proceeding along the normal course of events.

D  He seldom returns text messages.
Feel free to help yourself to the delectable desserts in the break room until such time as they are all consumed.