Exam 11: Preparing Effective Business Reports and Persuasive Business Proposals

What is one of the primary benefits of using software features like automated styles and automated headings to help format formal reports?

When a proposal is unsolicited ________.

When creating the title page for her report she should include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following is NOT true about a reference page in a formal report?

If you are writing a formal informational report, you should include an abstract.

Well-designed data graphics ________.

Appropriate documentation ________.

When she is paginating her report, Anya's title page should be ________.

Most businesses rely on a subset of ________ types of graphs.

Mahir says that the reason proposals of more than three or four pages need to be structured formally is one of perception: the longer the proposal, the more important it is, so its form should reflect that. Do you agree?

Unsolicited proposals usually take the form of a letter, memo, or email.

Dakota and his team are creating a proposal for their supervisor to recommend that the company's database be redesigned. -Dakota is deciding how to state the opportunity for capturing additional information and more efficiently processing data that this redesign will present, and how the database his team proposes will be different from their current one. He is hammering out the details as to how it will be created and rolled out, as well as how much the development, hardware and software, and training will cost. What aspect of the composing stage is Dakota engaged in?

Which of the following is an informational report?

You are working on a report that will recommend a service provider to whom your company can outsource some routine office tasks. Your report will be divided into the following sections: background information, methods, analysis of data, and recommendations. Create a heading for each of these sections.

In Italy, it is expected that oral commitments will be honoured. Signing a contract is a mere formality, reflecting the commitment between business partners.

Emerson is preparing a memo report recommending that his company use an event planner for an upcoming corporate function. He includes all the pertinent information regarding costs, services provided, and why this choice would better serve the company's needs. -He also has additional documentation he'd like to add, including descriptions of prior events this agency has planned, photographs of venues, menus, etc. Emerson should include this information ________.

To ensure proper alignment of the leaders and page numbers on a table of contents, create the leaders by inserting periods.

When you write a solicited proposal, you ultimately have to prove that your proposal is better than a competitor's. Discuss what you need to do to get your audience to respond to an unsolicited proposal.

The introduction to Anya's report ________.

A good paraphrase ________.