Unit 1 Review

 Pete's parents think he is spending too much of his income from his part-time job on video games. Pete wants to show them that,considering the total of all his pay for last few months, he is spending more on his saving plan, his car, his clothing, and his school supplies. What type of graphic aid should Pete use when talking to
his parents?

• Pie chart
•  Table
• Bar graph
• Line graph

Clarice has to create a presentation that shows small changes in sales each month from January through August. Which would be the BEST graphic aid to illustrate the information?

• Bar graph
• Pie char
• Scatter diagram
• Line graph

Maurice wrote a report to convince management to fund an employee fitness program. He decided to begin with the advantages of a fitness program. After describing the benefits, he concluded the report by stating that the company's sponsoring of an employee fitness program is a wise investment. How did he organize his report?

• Inductive (indirect) order
• Deductive (direct) order
• Chronological order
•  No particular order

Ashley was asked by her principal to create a program for the
commencement exercise held in June. How should she organize the information in the program?

• Chronological order
• Deductive order
• Alphabetical order.
• Inductive order

Common errors in note-taking include; trying to record every
sentence, failing to deduce the teacher’s intentions, showing up
without basic prep work, and:

• using abbreviations.
• waiting too long to review lecture notes.
• entering your notes in an electronic device.
• writing your notes by hand.

You are an administrative assistant and you need to arrange a meeting between a client and two members of the design department. How should you communicate with the people involved?

• by text message
• by email
• by letter
• in person

There has been a fire at one of your suppliers. You have enough of their parts in inventory that it will not change your production schedule. However, depending on how long it takes them to get back to making the parts, it may require some temporary layoffs for your company. You wish to inform your employees of this negative message. Your message should:

• be joking and light-hearted so your employees will not be nervous.
•  tell your employees that they have nothing to worry about.
• tell your employees there might be layoffs but they are not allowed todiscuss it at work or they will be fired.
•  use a firm but empathetic tone and write straight to the point to provideessential information in a direct manner.

The Five C's of Business Writing are:

• Color, Clarity, Carats, Complete, and Correct
• Clear, Concise, Courteous, Complete, and Correct
• Clear, Coercive, Complaining, Complete, and Correct
• Clear, Concise, Comfortable, Complete, and Confusing

You have finished revising an email to your boss requesting a raise. Your next step should be to:

• carefully proof read to make sure there are no errors and then send.
• hit send.
• have the program do a spell check and then send.
• send it to everyone in the company.

 You speak to your supervisor about a problem you are having with a co-worker.Together you have come up with a plan to send an email to the co-worker calmly explaining your concern and make sure your supervisor gets a copy of the email without letting the co-worker know. What feature of email should you use?

• CC
• BCC
• Reply All
• Vacation Response