Deck 10: Organizing for Readers

Question 1

Descriptive Abstracts could appear in one of the following locations, except for

A)on a report's title page.
B)in a special printed compilation that contains only descriptive abstracts.
C)just after a report's title page.
D)in an electronic database of abstracts.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A Descriptive Abstract

A)tells the reader essentially what the originating document says, in a condensed form.
B)reviews a report's main conclusions and recommendations.
C)conveys only the nature, purpose, and extent of a document.
D)takes the place of an Introduction in short reports.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Many report readers read a report's Summary because

A)they like to see a capsule version of the report before reading the complete report.
B)people are basically lazy.
C)summaries use less technical jargon.
D)the summary is part of the report.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Usually, a report's informative abstract (Summary)appears

A)just after the title page.
B)as a separate document that's bundled with the transmittal document.
C)just after the Introduction, as part of the Background section.
D)as an appendix, after the Sources Cited section.

Question 5

The first step in the summary writing process is to

A)underline all of the key facts in the original.
B)copy all of the topic sentences in the original.
C)write a purpose statement.
D)read the entire original document.

Question 6

A summary's length

A)should always be 10 percent of the original's length.
B)should never exceed 10 percent.
C)may vary from 5 percent of the original to as much as 30 percent of the original.
D)may vary from 5 percent to 30 percent of the original, but most summaries are about 10 percent of the original.

Question 7

The closing summary in a report

A)has essentially the same function as the Summary that precedes a report.
B)uses exactly the same phrasing as a descriptive abstract that discusses the report.
C)condenses the report's data and conclusions, just like the Summary that precedes the Table of Contents and the Introduction.
D)has a much different function than the Summary that precedes a report.

Question 8

Informative Abstracts could be known by any one of the following names, except

A)Summary.
B)Executive Summary.
C)Abstract.
D)Synopsis.