Engl 316Technical Communication

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1. As long as they know the facts, audiences can interpret them easily.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE
2. Effective communication ensures that the interests of your company take priority over the interests of outside audiences.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE
3. Automated grammar and style "checkers" do not eliminate the need for careful proofreading.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE
4. Research shows that people in general trust printed text more than visual images.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE
5. The writing process has four stages.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE
6. Each stage of the writing process must be completed before the next stage can be attempted.
   1. TRUE
   2. FALSE

7. Technical communicators encounter all of the following tasks except
   1. information tasks
   2. persuasion tasks
   3. confabulation tasks
   4. ethics tasks
   5. collaboration tasks
8. Workplace problem-solving requires
   1. creative thinking
   2. critical thinking
   3. transitive thinking
   4. b and c
   5. a and b
9. Making a persuasive case means
   1. using whatever works
   2. building a reasonable argument
   3. saying what people want to hear
   4. all of these
   5. none of these
10. Critical thinking
    1. is derived from literary criticism
    2. is used only in emergencies
    3. involves weighing alternatives
    4. both a and b
    5. a, b, and c