Exam 6: Short Reports, Proposals, and Technical Documents

A specifications document does NOT contain which of the following?

Open specifications are also known as "functional specifications."

Properly recorded, a project log can provide legal proof for patent dispute resolutions.

Why do specifications documents not require a summary or next steps section?

Describe the subsections that should be included in the "proposal" section of a proposal.

Trip reports describe only what an employee actually accomplished-not what the employee was sent to do.

Which of the following does NOT require a trip report?

The question "What unforeseen work were you required/asked to do?" should be answered in which section of a trip report?

Unsolicited proposals are always preceded by an RFP.

What is the best reason to fill consecutive pages in a project log and not leave blank spots on pages?

What are the differences between open specifications and closed specifications?

The questions "What was your overall impression?" and "What deficiencies did you find?" should be answered in which section of an inspection report?

A proposal attempts to ________.

A recommendation report assesses a previously proposed solution, project, or idea to see if it can be pursued.

Abstracts function much like introductions.

In a lab report, the appendix always comes before the references section.

Investigation reports often precede ________.

A next-step discussion should never appear in a transmittal document.

Which of the following is NOT a document intended to recommend future action (though it may recommend follow-up in the Next Step section)?

Inspection reports, trip reports, and incident reports describe events that ________.