The Word Choice Challenge!

Spellcheckers are great tools, but they can’t catch word choice errors. And incorrect word choices can make or break your sentence’s meaning. 

This quiz has two sections. Please read the instructions carefully.  

Enter Your Name
Enter Your Employee ID
Section 1
You have 15 seconds for each question. 
 
Is the word usage in this sentence correct?

This tab has assumptions that you need to validate at discreet phases of the project.

Yes
No
The meeting helped us put it altogether in a format that makes sense.
Yes
No
Most executive teams focus their risk mitigation strategies on more conventional areas of concern such as emerging regions and regulatory landscapes.
Yes
No
With this new feature, job applicants have access to more information about potential employers than ever before.
Yes
No

Mike’s technical background gives him an interesting prospective on tax reforms.

Yes
No

IT organizations are now permitting the use of Agile methodologies, which already exist in development environments.

Yes
No

Who do you think we should support?

Yes
No

It’s impractical to believe we can cut our budget by 95% and still complete the work.

Yes
No

The State Department should appoint a liaison to prosecute intellectual property theft.

Yes
No
Jenny has been giving Max expert investment advice since 15 years.
Yes
No
Section 2
You have 20 seconds to answer each question.
 
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Budget cutbacks ______ employee morale. The _____ can be seen in employee productivity.

Affect, affect
Affect, effect
Effect, affect
Effect, effect

The company plans to _______ $55 million to train its employees. Considering the dearth of skilled labor, this figure is not _______.

A lot, allot
A lot, a lot
Allot, a lot
Allot, allot

The bargaining committee _______ all the terms and conditions, _______ the last one.

Excepted, except
Accepted, accept
Accepted, except
Excepted, accept

Nancy’s white paper on “The Impact of Digitization” is _____ and might even win her an award this year.

Credible
Creditable
Credulous

The _____ security incident damaged the brand for years.

One time
Onetime
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