Exam 10: Understanding and Planning Reports and Proposals

As a researcher, evaluating the sources of information carefully is vital because wrong information makes you lose credibility and taints your reputation. What points should you keep in mind while evaluating the validity of your information? If you quote information from a secondary research source, such as Wikipedia, and credit the source, would your information be considered credible? Explain your answer.

In a survey questionnaire, if we need to formulate questions to provide answers that are easy to analyze, we should ________.

Dan is aware that the information architecture of a website is similar to the outline for a paper report, but the difference is that ________.

In an informational report, ________ is the method of organizing by region, city, province or territory, country, or other geographic unit.

________ use human editors to categorize and evaluate websites.

In an informational report, ________ is the method of organizing the steps or stages in a process or procedure.

After the substantial increases in productivity seen at their Oshawa plant, Delta Automobiles implemented similar upgrades at their Tampa plant. But the productivity at Tampa did not show any improvement. So the team that designed the upgrades was asked to prepare a troubleshooting report. What is the purpose of this troubleshooting report? Would a failure analysis report help in a similar situation and how? Which category of reports do both these reports belong to?

The longer the document, the less effective the indirect approach is likely to be.

Website owners use ________ to help boost their rankings in search results, but the ranking algorithms are kept secret to prevent unfair manipulation of the results.

Explain the five suggestions for effectively conducting database searches.

________ reports provide feedback on a wide variety of an organization's functions, including sales, inventories, expenses, shipments, and so on.

Leo is evaluating his information sources, so that he can avoid embarrassing and potentially damaging mistakes. To check if his material is current and complete, he should evaluate ________.

The process of effective research involves planning, locating data, processing data, applying your findings, and efficient management of ________.

Ruth has to prepare an informational report, highlighting the disadvantages of an older approach and the advantages of a newer approach. The topical organization of her material would involve ________.

Ron needs to show regulation authorities that his company meets stipulated requirements. For this he needs to prepare a report to ________.