Deck 11: Definitions

Question 1

Which of the following is not a method of expansion?

A) explaining required conditions
B) determining the audience
C) comparing and contrasting
D) analyzing parts
E) identifying the operating principle

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Definitions make a document usable for the audience by explaining what something is or what it entails.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To determine the best expansion approach, ask which of the following questions?

A) What does it look like?
B) What are its parts?
C) How did its name originate?
D) What does it not mean?
E) All of these answers are correct.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

The history of a procedure should always be left out when creating definitions.

Question 5

Use as many expansion methods as necessary for a definition.

Question 6

A sentence definition should be placed

A) at the beginning of a long document.
B) in an appendix.
C)) either at the beginning of a long document or in an appendix, depending upon the purpose.
D) as part of the running text
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 7

Which of the following is an appropriate use of a parenthetical definition?

A) placing a familiar synonym in parenthesis immediately before the word.
B) linking to an item in a glossary in an online help system.
C) linking to an item in a glossary in a PDF document.
D) a and b.
E) b and c.

Question 8

Definitions should not be longer than one sentence.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A) Definitions have legal, safety, and societal implications.
B) Definitions have only legal and safety implications.
C) Definitions have neither societal nor safety implications.
D) Definitions have only legal implications.
E) None of these answers are correct.

Question 10

When using visuals for defining concepts, you should

A) include a label for the visual.
B) explain the visual.
C) avoid explanations - a clear label is sufficient.
D) place the visual at the end of a document.
E) a and b.

Question 11

On a Web page, a parenthetical definition can be linked to a main word or phrase.

Question 12

Definitions can have societal implications.

Question 13

In printed documents, definitions should never be placed in the margin of a text.

Question 14

The term for a word's origin is___________ .

Question 15

Sound strategies for definitions include

A) using circular definitions.
B) avoiding visuals.
C) narrowing the class precisely.
D) making distinguishing features broad.
E) a and b.

Question 16

The three parts of a sentence definition are term, class, and ____________.

Question 17

Visuals used with definitions do not need to be labeled.

Question 18

The three categories of definition are______ ,______, and ________.

Question 19

Use sentence definitions to establish a working definition of a term.

Question 20

Definitions are rarely field-specific.