All of these adjectives refer to technical writing EXCEPT for:
Laconic
Ambiguous
Honest
Graphic
All of these are technical writing criteria EXCEPT for:
Coherence
Cohesion
Validity
Complexity
Which of these is preferable in technical writing?
Using personal pronouns
Using mostly the present tense
Plagiarising
Writing complicated sentences
Which of these is the least formal:
Consider, begin
Judge, initiate
Think, start
Deem, launch
Which of these are informal:
A little, many, plenty of
Slightly, several, abundant
Somewhat, many, numerous
A bit, lots of, plenty of
All of these are formal words EXCEPT for:
Therefore, in addition
Thus, likewise
Hence, furthermore
So, besides
Which of these is NOT an abbreviation:
IITU
NATO
HTML
BBC
Choose the informal word:
Solve
Work out
Resolve
Devise
In technical writing ______ lists are preferable to denote like items.
Bulleted
Numeric
Letter
Alphabetical
A lead-in to the list, indicating the meaning or purpose of the list, is punctuated with a/an ______
Colon (:)
Comma (,)
Period (.)
Semi-colon (;)
In technical writing ______ lists are preferable to denote sequential items.
Bulleted
Numeric
Letter
Alphabetical
Which of these rules applies to correcting the mistake in the following list: There are three types of lists: • numeric; • bulleted; • letter;
A lead-in to the list should be followed by a period (.)
The list items should be punctuated with commas (,) if they are complete sentences (,)
The list items should be punctuated with commas (,) if they are not complete sentences
Only the last item in the list should be punctuated with a semi-colon (;)
Choose the wrong statement:
Abbreviations and acronyms are never spelt out in full
Abbreviations and acronyms are always spelt out in full
Abbreviations and acronyms are spelt out in full the first time they’re used
Abbreviations and acronyms are spelt out in full in the footnote.
Choose the wrong statement:
In abbreviations units of measurement named after a person have an upper-case first letter
Abbreviated units of measurement are followed by a period
There should always be one blank space between a number and a unit of measurement
The same abbreviation is used for the singular and plural form of a unit of measurement.
Which of these is NOT an acronym?
Aids
PIN
Laser
UN
Choose the correct abbreviations of the words “approximately, figure, page”.
Approx., fig., p.
App., fig., p.
Appr., F., p.p.
Approx., F., p.
Choose the sentence in which the abbreviations are used correctly:
The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4 ¾ cm deep, and 15 cm long.
The space is 6 ½ ft wide, 4,75 cm deep, and 15 cm long.
The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4,75 cm deep, and 15 cm long.
The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4,75 ft deep, and 15 cm long.
Choose the correct abbreviation:
Sec – second
Hz – Hertz
Kb – kilobyte
Bps – bits per second
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