SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Technical Writing Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Primary source
Sales
Memo
2. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Orphan
Cap height
Informational reports
Reliability of source
3. Written for skilled and unskilled
Laboratory reports
User manuals
Abstract
Working definition
4. Describing how a mechanism works
Working definition
Functional sequence
Descriptive
Grant
5. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Analytical reports
Gantt charts
Procedures
Technical writing
6. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Formal reports
Solicited
Exploded diagrams
Informal reports
7. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Business letter structure
Informal reports
Audience analysis
Justification
8. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Ascender
Serif
Laboratory reports
Flowchart
9. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Reliability of source
Sentence definition
Grant
10. Hold graphics.
Progress reports
Memo
Sequential
Black spaces
11. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
Formal reports
Serif
Technical writing
12. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Subordinate clause
Inquiry Letters
Descender
Negation
13. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Letters of complaint
Abstract
Functional sequence
Justification
14. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Parenthetical
Descender
Serif
15. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
Topical Method
Operator's manuals
Routine Internal
Working definition
16. Clarifies information presented in the document. Sometimes more than one is needed. If so - they must be in order that they appear in the text - and each is named A - B - etc...
Routine Internal
Black spaces
Tutorial
Appendix
17. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Emphatic
Technical brief
Service manuals
X-height
18. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Tutorial
Questions for progress report
Line graphs
Semitechnical presentations
19. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Motivated Method
Expanded definition
Expanded
Sentence definition
20. Written step by step instructions
Descriptive Abstract
Indirect pattern
Titles
Sequential
21. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Letters of complaint
Abstract
Expanded definition
Analytical reports
22. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
X-height
Parenthetical definition
Soft evidence
Sales
23. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Questions for feasibility report
Executive
Cause and effect
Feasibility report structure
24. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Indirect pattern
Closing
Internal document
Instructions
25. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Causal Method
Semi tech
Informal reports
Process description
26. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Tutorial
Formal Internal
Service manuals
Gray spaces
27. 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.
Progress reports
Procedures
Motivated Method
Expanded definition
28. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Parenthetical
Executive
Appendix
Nontech
29. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Problem Solution (Method)
Etymology
Informal reports
30. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Reliability of source
Service manuals
Appendix
Inquiry Letters
31. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Semitechnical presentations
Independent clause
Flowchart
Solicited
32. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Formal Internal
Exploded diagrams
Feasibility
Bowl
33. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Indirect pattern
Parenthetical
Resume
Training manuals
34. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Analytical reports
Questions for progress report
Secondary source
RFI
35. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Schematic diagrams
Process narrative
Feasibility report structure
Motivated Method
36. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Definition by components
Line graphs
Nontech
37. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Hard evidence
Informal reports
Abstract
38. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Informal reports
Hard evidence
Cap height
Justification
39. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Topical Method
Temporal Method
Table of Contents
Purpose and audience
40. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Process description
Tutorial
Letters of inquiry
Routine Internal
41. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Training manuals
Letters of complaint
Inside address
42. Should be determined before writing
Technical writing
Inquiry Letters
Purpose and audience
Analytical reports
43. Steps to complete a task
Informative Abstract
Instructions
Informational reports
Spatial Method
44. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Direct Pattern
Unsolicited
Inside address
Progress reports
45. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Spatial sequence
Titles
Parenthetical definition
Informational reports
46. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Chronological sequence
Orphan
Letters of complaint
Cause and effect
47. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Audience analysis
Secondary source
Indirect pattern
Semi tech
48. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Pictograms
RFI
Inside address
Reliability of source
49. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Pictograms
Problem Solution (Method)
Job Application
Titles
50. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Informative
Closing
Solicited
Primary audience