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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Ascender
Feasibility
Soft evidence
Primary audience
2. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Subordinate clause
X-height
Routine Internal
Widow
3. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Indirect pattern
Ethical Tech
Sales
Secondary source
4. Requests for information.
RFI
Informative
Primary audience
Inquiry Letters
5. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Semitechnical presentations
Inside address
High tech doc
Secondary source
6. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Titles
Expanded definition
Hard evidence
Pictograms
7. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Solicited
Semi tech
Negation
Letters of inquiry
8. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Informational reports
Process narrative
Formal Internal
Laboratory reports
9. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Sentence
Compound-complex sentence
Informative Abstract
User manuals
10. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Sentence
Sales
Letters of complaint
Problem Solution (Method)
11. Afive pointer speech - 1 - get attetion; 2 - establish problem; 3 - satisfy the need; 4 - visualize the need answered in future; 5 - ask action from audience.
Subordinate clause
Formal Internal
Primary source
Motivated Method
12. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Purpose and audience
Procedures
Indirect pattern
Exploded diagrams
13. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Feasibility reports
Parenthetical definition
Semi tech
Descriptive
14. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Gray spaces
Descriptive Abstract
Abstract
Tutorial
15. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Black spaces
Feasibility report structure
Feasibility reports
Job Application
16. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Line graphs
Expanded
Formal Internal
Hard evidence
17. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Grant
Chronological sequence
Nontech
18. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Gantt charts
Hard evidence
Nontech
Procedures
19. The origin of the word
Compound-complex sentence
Soft evidence
Etymology
X-height
20. Defines following this pattern: Indicate the item - what class it belongs to - and what makes it different than other in that class (if more than 4 terms) . Placed in glossary.
Sentence
Formal reports
Table of Contents
Service manuals
21. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Sequential
Negation
Conclusion
Letters of complaint
22. Steps to complete a task
Secondary audience
Table of Contents
Direct Pattern
Instructions
23. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Business letter structure
Black spaces
Gantt charts
Letters of inquiry
24. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
RFI
Primary audience
Chronological sequence
Technical brief
25. Front matter - cover letter - title page - table of contents - body: summery - intro - problem - rationale - cost - expertise - responsibility - sales pitch - request for approval - conclusion back matter: appendix - bibliography - glossary
Primary source
Questions for progress report
Long proposals
Semi tech
26. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Analytical reports
Topical Method
Primary source
Sales
27. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Titles
Motivated Method
Informative Abstract
RFI
28. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Secondary source
Process description
Indirect pattern
Unsolicited
29. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Process analysis
Topical Method
Causal Method
30. Self study guide for the users of the product
Analytical reports
RFI
Chronological sequence
Tutorial
31. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Problem Solution (Method)
Analytical reports
Technical brief
Progress reports
32. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Justification
Subordinate clause
Temporal Method
User manuals
33. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Bowl
Appendix
Executive
34. A single line carried over the top of a column
Widow
Solicited
Instructions
Formal reports
35. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Table of Contents
Descriptive
Closing
Procedures
36. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Job Application
Grant
X-height
Formal reports
37. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Subordinate clause
Grant
Questions for progress report
Ethical Tech
38. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
RFI
Letters of complaint
Conclusion
Solicited
39. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Temporal Method
Cap height
Procedures
Reliability of source
40. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Semitechnical presentations
Sentence definition
Abstract
Subordinate clause
41. Explaining how the item works
Operation
Sales
X-height
Inside address
42. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
RFI
Unsolicited
Jargon
Audience analysis
43. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Ascender
Long proposals
Emphatic
Negation
44. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Archaic terms
Routine Internal
Expanded definition
Expanded
45. Should be determined before writing
Purpose and audience
Secondary source
Technical brief
Expanded
46. Written step by step instructions
Sequential
Sentence definition
Procedures
Secondary audience
47. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Semitechnical presentations
Subordinate clause
Schematic diagrams
48. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Chronological sequence
Cap height
Informal reports
Sales
49. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
Inquiry Letters
Informal reports
Semi tech
50. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Operator's manuals
Line graphs
Widow