Exam 11: Report and Research Basics

Short (eight or fewer pages)informal reports addressed to an internal audience are usually presented in _________.

The organizational strategy is indirect when the conclusions and recommendations,if requested,appear at the end of the report.

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)and Lexis Nexis Academic are examples of research ________.

Web search tools that specialize in metasearching by combining several powerful search engines into one are called ________.

To help you understand the problem or assignment clearly when writing a complex report,prepare a written ________ to clarify the task.

Courts of law use four factors as a test in deciding disputes over fair use of copyrighted material.Which of the following is not one of those factors?

Businessreports can range from informal to formal,depending on their purpose,setting,and ________.

You must write a business report for a client and want to use a formal writing style.Which of the following should you do?

Benjamin needs to illustrate the percentage each expense represents of total company expenses.His best choice is a(n)________.

_________ data come from reading what others have experienced or observed and written down and can be collected through books,periodicals,indexes,research databases,and Web resources.

Which of the following is an effective question to use in a survey?

To determine the best location for a new day spa is an example of a simple statement of ________.

Which of the following situations would most likely require observation or scientific experimentation?

In planning his report,Byron breaks the major investigative problem into subproblems.This process is sometimes called ________.

Preparing a work plan for your report helps you ________.