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This activity contains 10 questions.

Inefficient style:

	A. Can be unethical by confusing or misleading the audience.
	B. Helps the audience spend less time reading.
	C. Is likable even though it is unclear and wordy.
	D. Results in more informative and more persuasive writing.
	E. Relates only to mechanical correctness.

When editing for clarity, you should:

	A. Use a dangling modifier to add detail.
	B. Use pronouns with no specific referents.
	C. Eliminate function words.
	D. Avoid ambiguous punctuation.
	E. Create writing with more than one meaning and more than one interpretation.

Coherence refers to a:

	A. Separate sentence that stands alone.
	B. Sentence with stacked modifiers.
	C. Sentence that builds on the preceding sentence.
	D. A key word placed at random within a sentence.
	E. A sentence with unfamiliar-to-familiar structure.

Which of the following sentences does NOT use passive voice?

	A. During the meeting, project members spoke and presentations were given.
	B. Labor costs for this project were underestimated.
	C. An offer will be made by us next week.
	D. A mistake was made in your shipment.
	E. Wear hard hats at all times.

Which of the following is NOT a redundant expression?

	A. The month of June.
	B. Mutual cooperation.
	C. Trauma victims.
	D. End result.
	E. Fellow colleagues.

Which of the following will NOT increase fluency?

	A. Making negatives positive.
	B. Combining related ideas.
	C. Varying sentence construction.
	D. Using short sentences for special emphasis.
	E. Varying sentence length.

People hide behind camouflaging language for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

	A. They fear the consequences of giving bad news.
	B. They worry about being wrong.
	C. They pretend to know more than they do.
	D. They are speaking for their company but not for themselves.
	E. They agree with company policy.

Because technical communication is a global process, consider all of the following EXCEPT:

	A. Some cultures value expressions of respect and politeness over clarity or directness.
	B. Some cultures prefer long sentences and technical language to convey complexity.
	C. English idioms have logical meaning for other cultures.
	D. Our "plain English" might have connotations of incompetence and disrespect.
	E. Inappropriate humor can alienate audiences, both toward you and your culture.

Word choice has ethical or legal consequences in situations where words:

	A. Assess risk.
	B. Compare your products with competing products.
	C. Give instructions.
	D. Evaluate an employee.
	E. All of the above.

Readable style:

	A. Does not rely on strategies for making your tone appropriate.
	B. Emphasizes personal bias.
	C. Relies totally on editing aids.
	D. Is clear, concise, and fluent.
	E. Is not sensitive to meaning or emphasis.

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