Exam 9: Proposals and Formal Reports

NAR: Bennett-Renault Law Firm Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Which of the following should Juliette include in the budget section of her informal proposal?

The major advantage of using vertical bar charts is that it helps readers to visualize a whole and the proportion of its components.

NAR: Bennett-Renault Law Firm Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Which of the following statements best explains why Juliette is very careful to cite her sources completely and correctly?

One of the challenges for researchers when searching for information online is the enormous and rapidly expanding number of Web sites on the Internet.

Informal proposals are often presented in letter format containing six principal parts.

Most proposals begin by discussing proposed methods for solving the problem.

Surveys, questionnaires, and interviews are examples of __________________ data.

Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Juliette is now preparing to write the formal report that her boss, Sylvia, requested. According to the text, what should Juliette do first?

Companies use ___________________ to solicit competitive bids on projects.

NAR: Bennett-Renault Law Firm Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Juliette decides to include primary data to make her report as convincing as she can. How would Juliette be most likely to generate primary data?

Most researchers begin by analyzing primary data because it is easier to gather.

One valuable Web search technique is to enclose every search term in quotation marks.

Second-level headings start at the left margin.

A report describing the various stages of planning for a local charity concert should be organized spatially.

NAR: Bennett-Renault Law Firm Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Where should Juliette place her recommendations if the readers do not have sufficient background knowledge on the report topic?

The main points in the outline of a report often become its main headings.

A(n) ____________________ contains supplementary information needed to clarify the report.

Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Which part of Juliette's report should "hand over" the report to the reader and briefly describe the project?

It is not necessary to locate a visual aid close to its reference in the text because it will have a title that will allow the reader to find it easily.

Bennett-Renault Law Firm Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett-Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett-Renault's services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette's boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett-Renault's directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively. -Juliette wants to create an effective graphic to illustrate Bennett-Renault's revenue trends over the past year. How could she best display this information?