ENGL 301 Blended Answers

Technical, Scientific and Business English

Which of the following denotes short reports?

Select one:
a. Research Report
b. None of the Choices
c. Formal Report
d. Informal Report

____________________ explain unfamiliar terms used in the formal definition.

Select one:
a. Informal Definitions
b. Differentia
c. Specie
d. Further Definition

__________________ are used for both internal and external communications.

Select one:

a. A Letter Report

b. Bulletins

c. A Short Report

d. Descriptive Abstract

This is the polishing stage of your writing.

Select one:
a. Revision
b. Re-Writing
c. Pre-Writing
d. Writing Stage

______________ are collections of sentences that are unified, cohesive and coherent.

Select one:
a. Exposition

b. Writing Stage

c. Paragraphs

d. Narratives

IDENTIFICATION:

_____________ is a communication, which is written for and addressed to specific entities or individuals
to attain desired objectives. It is a communication in the field of business, industry, trade, science,
technology, engineering, and government.

Select one:

a. Technical Writing

b. Printed Memo

c. Technical Report

d. Style

This is type of paragraph used to explain and inform the readers about anything.

Select one:

a. Spatial

b. Cause and Effect

c. Exposition

d. Description

A _______________ is a record containing a date, time, the entry or the record. Apart from the facts, it
also includes additional insights like your reactions, opinions and thoughts on the events.

Select one:

a. Cohesion

b. None of the choices

c. Diary

d. Journal

IDENTIFICATION:
 ___________________ refers to a written offer to solve a technical problem in a particular way, under
specified plan of management for a certain sum of money.

Select one:

a. Informal Abstract

b. Oral Reports

c. A proposal

d. Conferences

IDENTIFICATION:

A ____________ is a document that includes suggestions for actions, usually involving change or
performance. It may indicate solutions to problems, suggest a new project site, revise a policy or initiate
a researcher report project or terminate a project.

Select one:

a. Proposal

b. Technical Paper

c. Printed Memo

d. Style

This is a technique to start your gear into a race, to stimulate your mind. Here, you are allowed to put
into paper anything that appears in your mind whether it is connected to the topic or not.

Select one:

a. Journal Writing

b. Free Writing

c. Brainstorming

d. Clustering

Which of the following has the physical properties of a typical business letter?

Select one:

a. Descriptive Abstract
b. A Short Report

c. Bulletins

d. A Letter Report

This tells us what things are taken up in the report itself but not mentioning what the reports say about
these things.

Select one:

a. A Proposal

b. Conferences

c. Informal Abstract

d. Oral Reports

_____________________ is one of the main purposes in almost every technical forms of

communication.

Select one:

a. Persuasion

b. Planning

c. Pre-Clustering

d. Free Writing

These may vary from nothing more than informal conversations to highly formal group proceedings.

Select one:

a. A Proposal

b. Conferences

c. Informal Abstract

d. Oral Reports

A _____________________ is the part of the statement in which the particular specie’s distinguishing
traits and qualities are pointed out so that it is set apart from the other specie which comprises the
genus.

Select one:
a. Further Definition

b. Differentia

c. Specie

d. Informal Definition

IDENTIFICATION:

___________________ is the conventional “full address” report which contains all or nearly all the
parts.

Select one:

a. Informal Report

b. Research Report

c. None of the Choices

d. Formal Report

A _____________________ is an amplified or extended definition.

Select one:

a. Informal Definition

b. Differentia

c. Further Definition

d. Specie

IDENTIFICATION:

A ______________ is prepared a form that requires only a check mark in an appropriate square to
indicate its message.

Select one:

a. Proposal

b. Printed Memo
c. Style

d. Technical Paper

_____________________ can be no better than the data on which it is based.

Select one:

a. Physical Description

b. Word Deviation

c. Location

d. An Interpretation

_____________________ is one of the most important elements in technical writing.

Select one:

a. Persuasion

b. Interpretation

c. Free Writing

d. Pre-Clustering

This gives the essence of the report, the most significant material in the paper. It provides more
information than the informal abstract.

Select one:

a. Descriptive Abstract

b. Bulletins

c. A Letter Report

d. A Short Report

The _______________ brings a piece of writing to a definite, satisfying end.

Select one:

a. Body

b. None of the choices

c. Introduction

d. Conclusion

This type of finding a topic is almost the same as making an outline. Clustered ideascould be selected,
picked up and filled in the outline before the actual writing.

Select one:

a. Journal Writing

b. Free Writing

c. Clustering

d. Brainstorming

_____________________ offers the information on where to find something (e.i in books and other
literatures).

Select one:

a. Physical Description

b. Word Deviation

c. An Interpretation

d. Location

Parts of this preparation are: finding a topic, narrowing the topic and determining the audience.

Select one:

a. Post-writing

b. None of the choices

c. Writing

d. Pre-writing

______________ tries to make use of adjectives to describe a person, place or thing. An effective way of
doing this is to use the “show-don’t-tell” technique.
Select one:

a. Description

b. Spatial

c. Exposition

d. Cause and Effect

IDENTIFICATION:

______________ is the writer’s way of writing, a manner in which he expresses his thoughts and feelings
in a language.

Select one:

a. Style

b. Technical Report

c. Printed Memo

d. Proposal

_____________________ is the process where the origin of a word may help in giving itself a meaning.

Select one:

a. Location

b. Physical Description

c. An Interpretation

d. Word Deviation

___________________ deals with the topic which is limited in scope.

Select one:

a. A Short Report

b. Descriptive Abstract

c. Bulletins

d. A Letter Report
This pertains to a simple introduction to a broad and important subject.

Select one:

a. Conferences

b. Oral Reports

c. Informal Abstract

d. A Proposal

_____________________ tells the readers what the terms defined “look like.”

Select one:

a. Location

b. Word Deviation

c. An Interpretation

d. Physical Description

IDENTIFICATION:

A _____________ provides useful information about a complete program of work, for reference and
permanent record.

Select one:

a. Proposal

b. Printed Memo

c. Technical Report

d. Style

This is the phase when all you have prepared are put into actual writing.

Select one:

a. Revision
 b. Pre-Writing

c. Re-Writing

d. Writing Stage

A _____________________ is the subject of the definition.

Select one:

a. Differentia

b. Further Definition

c. Informal Definition

d. Specie

This is type of paragraph used to explain and inform the readers about anything.

Select one:

a. Exposition

b. Spatial

c. Cause and Effect

d. Description

This is typed two spaces below the last line of the body. Only the first word is capitalized.
Select one:
a. Signature Block
b. References
c. Attention Line
d. Complimentary Close

This notation may be indicated flush with left-hand margin two spaces after the enclosure line or any
other notation that comes before it.
Select one:
a. CC Notation
b. Subject Line
c. BCC Notation
d. PS Notation

Designs an alternative word or words in lieu of the harsh and unrefined words.
Select one:
a. Politically Correct Language
b. Slang
c. Complex Sentence
d. Cliches

The date that forms part of the heading.

Select one:
a. Subject Line
b. Heading
c. Dateline
d. Letterhead

This is considered an old kind of expression.

Select one:
a. Unity
b. Parallelism
c. Complex Sentence
d. Clichés

This machine is linked to the telephone system.

Select one:
a. The Photocopier
b. Dell
c. The Fax Machine
d. Microsoft

This serves as a greeting for the addressee. It should agree with the inside address in both number and
gender.
Select one:
a. Body
b. Inside Address
c. Salutation
d. Complimentary Close

This contains the message of the letter.

Select one:
a. Salutation
b. Inside Address
c. Body
d. Complimentary Close
It is a collection of files, called web sites or web pages,that includes textual, graphic, sound and video
information, as well as links to other files.
Select one:
a. The Photocopier
b. The Internet
c. Hypertexts
d. The World Wide Web

Research is an orderly process of inquiry that involves purposeful and chaotic collection, analysis and
interpretation of data (units of information) to gain new knowledge or to verify already existing
knowledge.
Select one:
a. False
b. True

This is arrangement of ideas through time.

Select one:

a. Cause and Effect

b. Situation, Task, Action and Result

c. Narratives

d. Chronology

It is a system of mobile radio telephone transmission with an area divided into “cells” each served by its
own smaller transmitter.

Select one:

a. The Two Way Radio

b. The Cellular Phone or Cell Phone

c. The Comsats

d. The Email Technology

is an area of research which focuses on the assurance of efficient and effective implementation of
system.

Administration
In a research, one has to provide product information that is distinct from the rest and the available
products for the same indications or uses.

market research

This was invented in 1938 by Chester F. Carlson, an American. Unlike the earlier methods which require
liquid chemicals, these photocopiers are completely dry.

Select one:

a. The Fax Machine

b. The E-mail

c. None of the choices

d. Electrostatic Photocopying

Which of the following is also known as “street talk”?

Select one:

a. Unity

b. Parallelism

c. Complex Sentence

d. Slang

The purpose of Basic or Pure Research is to give an immediate solution to problems.

Select one:

a. False

b. True

This is written for the purpose of securing information or any other thing from the addressee

Select one:

a. Letter of Inquiry

b. Letter of Application

c. Letter of Order
d. Congratulatory Letter

It is a process joining words or group of words of equal importance, and presenting it through the same
structure and form.

Select one:

a. Unity

b. Parallelism

c. Complex Sentence

d. Slang

This gives the essence of the report, the most significant material in the paper. It provides more
information than the informal abstract.

Select one:

a. A Short Report

b. Descriptive Abstract

c. Bulletins

d. A Letter Report

Which of the following explains one's point through a story?

Select one:

a. Chronology

b. Narratives

c. Cause and Effect

d. Situation, Task, Action and Result

It is formed by joining one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Select one:

a. Unity

b. Parallelism
c. Complex Sentence

d. Slang

In an interrogative form – a minor question that governs the entire study. Use information questions
because they will provide specific and precise answers, and will even determine the difference or
relationship, or implication of the variables under study.

Select one:

a. True

b. False

This is the most important characteristic to be considered in a good paragraph.

Select one:

a. Unity

b. Complex Sentence

c. Parallelism

d. Slang

This is called a mind map, a concept map or simple traditional writer’s guide to organize thought.

Select one:

a. Methods

b. Conceptualization Map

c. Outline

d. Framework

This machine started its development in the early 1800’s.

Select one:

a. The Satellites

b. The Fax Machine

c. The Photocopier
d. The E-mail

This contains the name of the firm, a statement of its business (if this is necessary), its address and other
essential parts such as telephone number, fax number, cellphone number and web site.

Select one:

a. Dateline

b. Heading

c. Letterhead

d. Subject Line

This tells to whom the letter is written whether it is a person, a firm or an organization.

Select one:

a. Complimentary Close

b. Body

c. Salutation

d. Inside Address

This part tells the address of the writer which includes the street address, town, province, country and
zip code which are typed on the top lines.

Select one:

a. Subject Line

b. Heading

c. Dateline

d. Letterhead

This letter may be written to one who has had a promotion, who has just been married,who has put
through successfully an important business deal, who may have achieved in his favorite sport, or who
has received some other good fortune for which his friend should congratulate him.

Select one:

a. Letter of Inquiry
b. Letter of Application

c. Letter of Order

d. Congratulatory Letter

It is a word or phrase written or spoken without a literal meaning.

Select one:

a. Idioms

b. Slang

c. Cliches

d. Complex Sentence