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1. Com 285 Final Exams
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1) Susan Rojas is applying for a position in the marketing department of a local corporation.
Although Greg Ellis is the director of this department, Susan has been instructed to send her
resume and other documents to Jeff Cohen, manager of the human resources department. Jeff
screens all applications before sending those of qualified candidates on to appropriate department
heads. Jeff is
2) An oral message is preferable to a written one when you want to:
3) A written business request is answered positively and promptly on the first try. This is an
example of a high level of
4) For which of the following business messages would it be appropriate to approach the subject
indirectly by leading up to the main point rather than presenting it first?
5) A subordinate comes to you because he is upset with the way he is treated by coworkers. A
good first response would be to
6) Which of the following would be the BEST way to refuse a customer's request?
7) Crystal agreed to serve on a company’s advisory board and now has to contact them to say she
cannot attend a scheduled meeting where she was to be one of several key speakers. What should
she do?
8) When you are writing subject lines for negative messages to peers and subordinates,
9) Which of the following is a negative subject line?
10) You are a technical writer in a large company who is working on a training manual to help
new users learn the company's computer system. Employees will use your manual in training
seminars taught by your company's trainers. The manual will also serve as an on-the-job
reference later. Both of the system analysts who designed the computer system and the trainers
will comment on your draft. The trainers would be classified as what kind of audience for your
manual?
11) Which audience has political, social, or economic power; pays close attention to the
transaction between you and the primary audience; and may base future actions on its evaluation
of your message?
12) Which of the following groups would be considered an internal audience for a company?
13) If you are speaking with someone who nods while you are speaking and then brings up
points of disagreement when you are finished, it is likely that your listener
14) Which of the following audiences would receive an internal document?
15) Business communication practices in the United States place importance on the written word,
and this indicates that our culture
16) It can be helpful for managers working overseas to have a basic understanding of the religion
observed by workers in that company because
17) The informational dimension of group interaction looks at
18) The interpersonal dimension of group interaction focuses on:
19) Positive roles and actions of individuals that help the group achieve its task goals include
20) Which of the following will help make your business writing easy to read?
21) Which of the following sentences that begin a letter is appropriate for contemporary business

2. communication?
22) Lauren has confirmed flight information, printed directions from the Internet, and spoken
with the human resources department to clarify specific details. She will include this information
in a letter to a job candidate she is inviting for an interview. What part of the writing process
does this activity represent?
23) Ben chooses a pattern of organization before he begins a letter. What part of the writing
process does this activity represent?
24) A sales brochure includes photos and clipart that is strategically placed within the marketing
piece. This is an example of which level of communications professor Charles Kostelnick’s
levels of communication design?
25) Which of the following would be the BEST place to put your most important visual in a
newsletter?
26) Which of the following would be considered illegal if done by an employer?
27) In a bad-news message to subordinates, why is it a good idea to ask readers to suggest
solutions to the problem?
28) In a bad-news message to a superior, you should describe what led to the problem
29) You must explain to a group of employees the different pension funds they can now choose.
You expect the group to have many questions because many of them will be retiring within 10
years and want to maximize their retirement income. You should probably
30) Which of the following purposes of an oral presentation is specific in its purpose?
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