Chapter 04 Aplia Assignment

A  badly written

B  badly-written

A  full time

B  full-time

A  sufficient

B  sufficiently

A  real

B  really

A  careless

B  carelessly

A  slowly

B  slower

A  slightly

B  slight

A  gradually

B  gradual

A  step by step

B  step-by-step

A  good

B  well

A  As a way to incorporate simple, trite phrases

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

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

D  As a way to identify weaknesses in your writing

A  Superiority, Ability to limit words with use of technology

B  Ability to limit words with use of technology, Bluntness

C  Bluntness, Superiority

D  Clarity, Purpose

A  personal feedback

B  personal appearance

A  Wordy noun phrase

B  Trite expression

C  Redundancy

A  This selection is correct without any revisions.

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

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

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

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

C  Skim over grammatical errors.
Revise only once.

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

A  Using only one or two headings within a document

B  Use of headings in documents

A  Eliminating redundancies

B  Developing parallelism

C  Reducing wordy noun phrases

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

B  Headings interfere with the flow of a document.

C  Headings should always be in boldface.

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 headings, Using justified alignment

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 justified alignment, Breaking paragraphs into shorter chunks

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

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

C  The new conference system would allow them to conduct a remote discussion of the budget 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  explore

B  make

C  calculate

A  Enclosed is, Separately, About

B  Enclosed is, Separately, Under separate cover

C  With reference to, Separately, About

D  Enclosed please find, Separately, About

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

B  Keep it short and simple.

C  Make it long and complex.

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

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

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

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

C  The user should contact the help center.

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

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

A  This message serves as a reminder to please remember to

B  Please remember to

A  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.

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

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

D  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.