Technical Scientific and Business English

This letter may be written to one who has had a promotion, who has just been married,who has put through successfully an important business deal, who may have achieved in his favorite sport, or who has received some other good fortune for which his friend should congratulate him.

• Letter of Application
• Letter of Order
• Letter of Inquiry
• Congratulatory Letter

_____________________ is one of the main purposes in almost every technical forms of communication.

• Free Writing
• Persuasion
• Planning
• Pre-Clustering

A _____________ provides useful information about a complete program of work, for reference and permanent record.

• Printed Memo
• Style
• Proposal
• Technical Report

It is a system of mobile radio telephone transmission with an area divided into “cells” each served by its own smaller transmitter.

• The Two Way Radio
• The Comsats
• The Cellular Phone or Cell Phone
• The Email Technology

_______________ tries to make use of adjectives to describe a person, place or thing. An effective way of doing this is to use the “show-don’t-tell” technique.

• Cause and Effect
• Exposition
• Spatial
• Description

This is considered an old kind of expression.

• Clichés
• Unity
• Parallelism
• Complex Sentence

This is the polishing stage of your writing.

• Writing Stage
• Re-Writing
• Revision
• Pre-Writing

___________________ refers to a written offer to solve a technical problem in a particular way, under specified plan of management for a certain sum of money.

• Informal Abstract
• Conferences
• A proposal
• Oral Reports

The _______________ brings a piece of writing to a definite, satisfying end.

• Conclusion
• Body
• None of the choices
• Introduction

______________ is the writer’s way of writing, a manner in which he expresses his thoughts and feelings in a language.

• Technical Report
• Style
• Proposal
• Printed Memo

_____________ is a communication, which is written for and addressed to specific entities or individuals to attain desired objectives. It is a communication in the field of business, industry, trade, science, technology, engineering, and government.

• Technical Writing
• Printed Memo
• Style
• Technical Report

Which of the following is also known as “street talk”?

• Complex Sentence
• Parallelism
• Unity
• Slang

The purpose of Basic or Pure Research is to give an immediate solution to problems.

• False
• True

This is type of paragraph used to explain and inform the readers about anything.

• Spatial
• Description
• Cause and Effect
• Exposition

One of the basic problems in narrowing down the topic.

• Generalization

This is a technique to start your gear into a race, to stimulate your mind. Here, you are allowed to put into paper anything that appears in your mind whether it is connected to the topic or not.

• Journal Writing
• Brainstorming
• Free Writing
• Clustering

It is a communication tool that consists of a network of wires and electronic signals.

• Chat
• The Fax Machine
• IRC
• The Electronic Mail

This serves as a greeting for the addressee. It should agree with the inside address in both number and gender.

• Inside Address
• Complimentary Close
• Body
• Salutation

This is called a mind map, a concept map or simple traditional writer’s guide to organize thought.

• Conceptualization Map
• Outline
• Framework
• Methods

This is the phase when all you have prepared are put into actual writing.

• Pre-Writing
• Writing Stage
• Re-Writing
• Revision

A ______________ is prepared a form that requires only a check mark in an appropriate square to indicate its message.

• Style
• Printed Memo
• Technical Paper
• Proposal

Research is an orderly process of inquiry that involves purposeful and chaotic collection, analysis and interpretation of data (units of information) to gain new knowledge or to verify already existing knowledge.

• False
• True

It is a collection of files, called web sites or web pages,that includes textual, graphic, sound and video information, as well as links to other files.

• Hypertexts
• The World Wide Web
• The Photocopier
• The Internet

This machine is linked to the telephone system.

• The Fax Machine
• Dell
• The Photocopier
• Microsoft

In a __ research, one has to provide product information that is distinct from the rest and the available products for the same indications or uses.

• MARKET

_____________________ explain unfamiliar terms used in the formal definition.

• Further Definition
• Informal Definitions
• Differentia
• Specie

A _______________ is a record containing a date, time, the entry or the record. Apart from the facts, it also includes additional insights like your reactions, opinions and thoughts on the events.

• None of the choices
• Cohesion
• Journal
• Diary

In a declarative form – a general statement that guides theentire study. Use declarative statement to indicate that theresearch report will discuss information or data which are

• False
• True

This pertains to a simple introduction to a broad and important subject.

• Oral Reports
• A Proposal
• Conferences
• Informal Abstract

__ is an area of research which focuses on the assurance of efficient and effective implementation of system.

• ADMINISTRATION

In an objective form – the research problem also refers to the goal of the study. The statement of the general objectives of

• False
• True

Which of the following has the physical properties of a typical business letter?

• A Short Report
• Bulletins
• Descriptive Abstract
• A Letter Report

This tells to whom the letter is written whether it is a person, a firm or an organization.

• Complimentary Close
• Salutation
• Body
• Inside Address

_____________________ offers the information on where to find something (e.i in books and other literatures).

• Word Deviation
• Location
• An Interpretation
• Physical Description

It is formed by joining one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

• Slang
• Parallelism
• Unity
• Complex Sentence

Which of the following denotes short reports?

• Research Report
• None of the Choices
• Informal Report
• Formal Report

_______________ are collections of sentences that are unified, cohesive and coherent.

• Paragraphs
• Narratives
• Exposition
• Writing Stage

This is written for the purpose of securing information or any other thing from the addressee

• Congratulatory Letter
• Letter of Inquiry
• Letter of Application
• Letter of Order

_____________________ is the process where the origin of a word may help in giving itself a meaning.

• An Interpretation
• Physical Description
• Location
• Word Deviation

It is a word or phrase written or spoken without a literal meaning.

• Slang
• Cliches
• Complex Sentence
• Idioms

These are connections that are made through various communication paths, including telephone lines, optical fibers, and radio links.

• The Email
• The Satellites
• Gateway Interconnections
• The Fax Machines

This notation may be indicated flush with left-hand margin two spaces after the enclosure line or any other notation that comes before it.

• BCC Notation
• PS Notation
• CC Notation
• Subject Line

The date that forms part of the heading.

• Letterhead
• Dateline
• Subject Line
• Heading

Dependent variables are factors or stimuli that directly cause changes to the independent variables.

• False
• True

Designs an alternative word or words in lieu of the harsh and unrefined words.

• Cliches
• Slang
• Complex Sentence
• Politically Correct Language

This part tells the address of the writer which includes the street address, town, province, country and zip code which are typed on the top lines.

• Dateline
• Heading
• Subject Line
• Letterhead

This is an easy and fun way to communicate online where senders and recievers can send and receive messages real time. Facebook has this kind of functionality.

• The Email
• The Fax Machines
• IRC
• Chats

A _____________________ is the part of the statement in which the particular specie’s distinguishing traits and qualities are pointed out so that it is set apart from the other specie which comprises the genus.

• Further Definition
• Differentia
• Informal Definition
• Specie

These may vary from nothing more than informal conversations to highly formal group proceedings.

• Informal Abstract
• Oral Reports
• A Proposal
• Conferences

This is the most important characteristic to be considered in a good paragraph.

• Unity
• Parallelism
• Slang
• Complex Sentence

This contains the name of the firm, a statement of its business (if this is necessary), its address and other essential parts such as telephone number, fax number, cellphone number and web site.

• Subject Line
• Heading
• Letterhead
• Dateline

This contains the message of the letter.

• Salutation
• Inside Address
• Complimentary Close
• Body

___________________ is the conventional “full address” report which contains all or nearly all the parts.

• Formal Report
• None of the Choices
• Informal Report
• Research Report

A ____________ is a document that includes suggestions for actions, usually involving change or performance. It may indicate solutions to problems, suggest a new project site, revise a policy or initiate a researcher report project or terminate a project.

• Printed Memo
• Technical Paper
• Style
• Proposal

This type of finding a topic is almost the same as making an outline. Clustered ideascould be selected, picked up and filled in the outline before the actual writing.

• Brainstorming
• Clustering
• Free Writing
• Journal Writing

A _____________________ is the subject of the definition.

• Further Definition
• Specie
• Informal Definition
• Differentia

___________________ deals with the topic which is limited in scope.

• Descriptive Abstract
• Bulletins
• A Short Report
• A Letter Report

_____________________ can be no better than the data on which it is based.

• Physical Description
• Location
• An Interpretation
• Word Deviation

This is the interconnection of computer networks that enables connected machines to communicate directly.

• Internet
• Hypertexts
• None of the Choices
• Intranet

This gives the essence of the report, the most significant material in the paper. It provides more information than the informal abstract.

• Bulletins
• A Short Report
• Descriptive Abstract
• A Letter Report

It is a process joining words or group of words of equal importance, and presenting it through the same structure and form.

• Unity
• Complex Sentence
• Parallelism
• Slang

In an interrogative form – a minor question that governs the entire study. Use information questions because they will provide specific and precise answers, and will even determine the difference or relationship, or implication of the variables under study.

• False
• True

This was invented in 1938 by Chester F. Carlson, an American. Unlike the earlier methods which require liquid chemicals, these photocopiers are completely dry.

• None of the choices
• The Fax Machine
• Electrostatic Photocopying
• The E-mail

This tells us what things are taken up in the report itself but not mentioning what the reports say about these things.

• Informal Abstract
• Conferences
• A Proposal
• Oral Reports

A _____________________ is an amplified or extended definition.

• Further Definition
• Specie
• Differentia
• Informal Definition

_____________________ is one of the most important elements in technical writing.

• Interpretation
• Pre-Clustering
• Persuasion
• Free Writing

_____________________ tells the readers what the terms defined “look like.”

• An Interpretation
• Physical Description
• Word Deviation
• Location

This is arrangement of ideas through time.

• Narratives
• Cause and Effect
• Situation, Task, Action and Result
• Chronology

Parts of this preparation are: finding a topic, narrowing the topic and determining the audience.

• Pre-writing
• Writing
• None of the choices
• Post-writing

Which of the following explains one's point through a story?

• Chronology
• Situation, Task, Action and Result
• Narratives
• Cause and Effect

This is typed two spaces below the last line of the body. Only the first word is capitalized.

• Complimentary Close
• References
• Attention Line
• Signature Block

___________________ are used for both internal and external communications.

• Descriptive Abstract
• A Short Report
• A Letter Report
• Bulletins