Exam 8: Intercultural Communication, Collaborative Writing, and Document Control

Large documentation projects often require teams of writers because of ________.

Google Docs offers online storage of files with access to an entire workgroup and allows multiple people to work on a file simultaneously.

The file name DOC 1287 Rev 1 Draft 1.docx can be read as ________.

To write as simply as possible is a good first step to helping non-native speakers of English understand your writing.

Writers are often so close to their work right after having written it that they see their errors quicker than any outside reader.

What does it mean to write simply? Why is writing simply important in writing for translatability?

What are idioms? Give one example and explain its meaning. Why are idioms not advised in writing for an international audience?

The order of the first four steps of a group writing process is the following: ________.

Google Docs can be formatted as fully as Word documents and look equally professional when printed or sent to a client as a PDF.

Canadians and Americans are generally informal and direct, an attitude which can be understood by clients or colleagues from abroad as ________.

Writing simply means ________.

Before writing the first drafts, the team should decide and agree on ________.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why English has become the international language of business and science?

What are the actions you can take to make sure your email exchange with a client or colleague from abroad runs smoothly?

You're presenting a new design of your company's website to stakeholders from overseas branches whom you're meeting for the first time. Someone says, "Whoa! That red in the header is way too bright!" The best reaction to this remark would be ________.

Often groups see a performance contract as a sign of distrust, perhaps even as an insult to their professionalism and good will.

The best phrase to end a presentation for international clients or colleagues would be ________.

Describe a situation-at school, at work, or at home-in which you interacted with a person from a different culture. If you think you handled it well, why was that? If you think you could have handled it better, what could have you done differently?

An idiom is ________.

Organizations rarely use report templates, so you have to plan formatting of each team project from scratch.