Deck 10: Organizing for Readers

Question 1

Outlines are organized by notation or notation.

Answer 1

alphanumeric, decimal

Question 2

For a paragraph to be , all of its contents must expand on the topic sentence.

Answer 2

unified

Question 3

Which statement below is most accurate?

A) Information should be ordered in a logical progression.
B) An overview is required in all technical documents.
C) Questions should be avoided as headings.
D) Coherence is not important in technical documents.
E) Topic statements are never longer than one sentence.

Answer 3

Information should be ordered in a logical progression.

Question 4

All cultures consider digression harmful to a document's unity and purpose.

Question 5

Formal outlines

A) use lower case letters for the introduction, body, and conclusion.
B) use no indentation.
C) must include at least three sub-topics for each level of division.
D) must include at least two sub-topics for each level of division.
E) incorporate numbers, letters, and decimals at all levels.

Question 6

is the process of breaking information into smaller units.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is least accurate?

A) Support paragraphs must never be longer than 300 words.
B) A well-placed short paragraph can highlight a key point.
C) Short paragraphs are particularly useful for documents read on a computer screen.
D) Too many short paragraphs can make a document appear unorganized.
E) Long paragraphs can be tiring.

Question 8

Chunking is relevant only for Web-based documents.

Question 9

An overview is placed near the end of a document.

Question 10

In technical writing, the topic sentence usually appears first in the paragraph.

Question 11

Support paragraphs

A) rarely have topic sentences.
B) should never be able to stand alone in meaning.
C) typically have an introduction-body-conclusion structure.
D) are the same as concluding paragraphs.
E) are none of the these.

Question 12

A support paragraph provides transition within a document.

Question 13

In technical documents, alphanumeric notations are preferred over decimal notations.

Question 14

A storyboard is useful only during the drafting phase of a document.

Question 15

Transitions and connectors help create a coherent paragraph.

Question 16

Readers of printed pages tolerate longer passages of text than do readers of Web pages.

Question 17

A coherent paragraph will have

A) a topic sentence embedded in the middle.
B) an accessible line of reasoning.
C) few transitions.
D) no concluding sentence.
E) all of these.

Question 18

Headings take the form of

A) words.
B) phrases.
C) brief statements.
D) questions.
E) All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

Excessive headings make a document appear fragmented.

Question 20

A conclusion is a good place to

A) provide an overview.
B) announce the topic of the document.
C) present the writer's viewpoint.
D) add new information.
E) take a position, make recommendations, or suggest further research.