1. Which of the following are steps in the writing process?

a. Revision
b. Pre-writing
c. Pre-writing and Revision
d. Plagiarizing
2. In technical writing you should?
a. None of the answers
b. Choose words where meaning are clear
c. Avoid too many abstract
d. The words in your sentences …
e. All of the answers
3. Which consistency in your technical documentation important?
a. All business managers require it
b. It helps readers learn complex or new information more easily
c. It allows you to be more creative when writing your document
d. It makes it easier for you to write your document
4. An activity a reader does while reading to present information in hierarchical order from the
basic idea to related topics in known as
a. Organization charts
b. Mind mapping
c. Decision-making
d. Brainstorming
5. Choose the correct order of steps in the writing process?
a. Planning, drafting, revising, editing, producing
b. Planning, drafting, editing, producing, revising
6. Which part could be connected in a presentation?
a. Introduction
b. Reference
c. Conclusion
d. Body
7. Which of the following sentences user punctuation correctly?
a. Basic optical communication system consists of optical source, transmission media, and optical
receiver
8. Which of the following mistakes does the paragraph below make

“We completed corrosion tests on 8 types of cemented carbides. The cobalt binder was varied from
6 to 14 percent and the effect of binder content on corrosion rate was determined. Sample
preparation was a bummer. Two grades of test materials, the 6 percent, and 8 percent cobalt
grades, could not be polished to the required surface roughness of 6 to 8 micros.”?

a. Use of
b. Mixed length sentence
c. Active voice
d. Uncommon words
9. In the following types of documents, which do not belong to technical writing?
a. Poem
b. Manual
c. Reports
d. Theses
10. In the reference section of a report, the following information of a sentence “conference paper
“must be shown?
a. Author, title, volume, edition, publisher, year of publication
b. Author, title, volume, publisher institution, year of publication
c. Author, title, processing of the conference name, month/year, place, volume/number, pages
d. Author, title, volume processing of the conference name, month/year,
11. In the reference section of a report, the following information of a reference “internet link”
must be shown?
a. Author, title, company, web address, time for final access
b. Author, title, volume, publisher institution, year of publication
c. Author, title, volume, proceedings of the conference name, month/year, institution
d. Author, title, company, web address, time for final access, publisher institution, year of
publication
12. To give a good presentation, what points should you pay attention to?
a. Have a strong opening and closing
b. Smile, make eye contact with your audience and use your body
c. Keep silence at the end of your talk
d. Have a practice run-through
13. Email has the following benifits?
a. E-mail allows a writer to instantly communicate with a reader
b. E-mail can be sent to numerous readers at the same time
c. E-mail allows the writer and reader(s) to chat with each other online
d. All above benefits
14. The title page of a technical report should contain the following elements.
a. Title
b. Name and position of writer
c. Date of submission
d. All above elements
15. To design good slides for your presentation, what point should you pay attention to?
a. Format for perfection
b. Use color sparingly
c. Use nice colors
d. Be consistent with your font
16. The most important consideration in rehearsing a presentation is:
a. Audience
b. Timing and pace
c. Food and beverages
d. Atmosphere
17. Which of the following statement is not a characteristic of a paragraph in technical document?
a. A group of sentences tied by one main idea.
b. A topic sentence and support ideas.
c. Just keywords or phrases
18. The appendix sometimes appears in a scientific paper. What does the appendix provide?
a. A list of information sources used to write the paper.
b. A list of figures (illustrations, tables, etc.) and the page numbers on which those figures appear
in the report
c. Additional information that is too large and cumbersome for the body of the report
19. Which statement is not correct regarding the use of figures?
a. Every figure should not be referred in the text of your paper
b. Place each figure as near as possible to the sentence which first refers to it
c. Every figure should have a caption for it
d. Choose simple but informative figures
20. When using content from external source in presentation materials, it is necessary to include:
a. Citations and references
b. Trademark symbols
c. Acknowledgments
d. Copyright disclaimer
21. An abstract to a research article should be?
a. Written as soon as you start writing your article
22. Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
a. You will need: string, paper, thin sticks, glue, and scissors, to make a kite
b. You will need the following items – string, paper, thin sticks, glue, and scissors – to make a kite
23. Which of the following additional points will help you preparing a good presentation?
a. Use a note to read the presentation
b. Use a remote
c. Have backup material
d. Use a timer
24. To have a strong opening when giving presentation, what methods can you apply?
a. Ask a question
25. Which of the following proofreading techniques can be used for a technical document? ?????
a. Use the computer’s spell check
b. Use peer evaluations
c. Let it sit
d. All above techniques
26. To make a good presentation, what points should you pay attention to?
a. Create an easy-to-follow structure
b. Limit the amount of word on each slide
c. Polish several times
d. All above points
27. Which of the following presentation layouts is reasonable for a 15 minutes report?
a. Slide 1: title slide; slides 2-3: Background; slide 4: purpose; slides 5-8: methods slides 9-12:
results; slide 13: strengths and weaknesses; slide 14: conclusions; slide 15: blank slide.
28. The audience “Low Tech Peers” is defined as follows?
a. They work in your company know something about the subject matter. They may not have the
same job title, education, years of experience, or level of expertise
29. When writing an email to apply for a job, you should?
a. Praise yourself in the whole email, as much as possible to get the attention from the recruiter
b. Have an e-greeting card attached in the email
c. State the purpose of writing and self-introduce for the job position
d. Mention as much information about the company as possible to prove the recruiter that you
thoroughly know the company
30. How do training guides differ from user manuals? ( ??? )
a. Training guides do not cover as much information as user manuals
b. Training guides have pictures; user manuals do not
c. Training guides typically are better organized than user manuals
d. Training guides are read from front to back user manuals are used to look up information
31. What type of information should be in the introduction of technical reports and in what order?
a. Establish the importance of your study, provide background/fact/information; review previous
and/or current research; locate a gap in the literature about the topic; present the problem you
will solve
32. In the editing stage, you?
a. All of the answers
33. Before writing, one should consider.
a. Grammar and subject
b. Evidence and audience
c. Subject, purpose, and audience
d. Audience, purpose, and grammar
34. As readers see your report or your e-mail subject line, they will ask themselves questions such
as?
a. All of these answers are correct
35. In scientific paper, it four authors of the paper are shown as follows: M.J.C Ronde a, G.A.L
Leenknegt …. “Who will be the corresponding author of the paper?
a. G.A.L Leenknegt
b. M.J.G vande Molengraft
c. M.J.C Ronde
d. M. Steinbuch
36. The body of a technical report should state the following problems?
a. What methodology was used
b. Objectives of the research
c. What were the findings; comparison and discussion of the results
d. Literature review
37. In the reference section of a report, the following information of a reference “journal paper”
must be shown?
a. Author, paper title, volume, edition, publisher, year of publication
b. Author, paper title, volume, edition, institution, year of publication, total pages
c. Author, paper title, journal title, volume, publisher, year of publication, institution
d. Author, paper title, journal title, volume(number), pages, year of publication
38. In a technical report, which order is correct for these three components.
a. Table of contents, title page, list of figures
b. title page, Table of contents list of figures
c. list of figures , Table of contents, title page,
39. Which of the following is the best definition of the descriptive abstract?.
a. An overview of the main contents
40. In a technical report, the informative abstract appears on which of the following components?
a. Title page
b. List of figures
c. Abstract page (on its own page)
d. Table of contents
41. In a technical report, the informative abstract appears on which of the following components?
a. Title page
b. List of figures
c. Abstract page ( on its own page)
d. Table of contents
42. Which of the following is a good definition of the informative abstract?
a. Conclusions in the body of the report
b. An overview of the main contents of the report
c. Technical background for the report
d. An introduction to the main body of the report
43. What are common elements of introduction.
a. Overview of contents; Purpose and situation; and transition
b. Indicating who are the appropriate or intended readers; background on the topic
c. Both above answers
44. Which one could be presented in a conclusion
a. A summary to wrap up a technical report
b. A confirmation of the best result investigated in the report
c. Present conflicting issues and confirmed by the related results
d. Future works
45. Click on one of the following that best defines what an abstract is :
a. Various types of summaries of a report
b. Extractions of the most general information from a report
c. The introductory part of a report
46. Click on the types of abstracts as defined
a. Informative abstracts
b. Summative abstracts
c. Descriptive abstracts
d. Executive abstracts
47. Which one of the following sentences that best describes the descriptive abstracts
a. A short 4 or 5 line paragraph
b. A 1 or 2 page section
c. The key facts and conclusions from the report
48. To improve your writing, click on following choices that could be the best way
a. All above answers
49. In a debate on advantages of latex or word editor, please give your reasons to convinces
audiences.
a. Latex could be easier than word to chance style
b. Word editor is easily to write an equation
c. Latex is free
d. Word editor is easily to procedure final document
50. Which of the following describes the style for page numbers in the body(main text) of a
scientific paper?
a. Arabic numerals
51. The appendix sometimes appears in a scientific paper, what is purpose of the appendix
a. The list of information sources used to write the paper
b. The list of figures (illustrations, tables, etc.) and the page numbers on which those figures
occur in the report
c. Additional information that is too large and cumbersome for the body of the report
52. Formatting style in a scientific paper would be defined by
a. The community/publisher where publish the paper
b. Author can freely adjust style by themselves
c. A third-party who are professional in editing technical document
53. When you present a figure, table in a document, which one you carefully consider?
a. All above answers
54. Characteristics of effective technical writing.
a. It is easily understood by your intended audience
b. All of the necessary information is present
c. It is clear and short without unnecessary words
d. Grammars and conventions are not essential
55. Structure of a research article.
a. Abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion/conclusion
b. Title, introduction, body, conclusion
c. Structure of a research article
d. Introduction, methodology, body, results
56. Ethics of writing.
a. Oftentimes, plagiarism is adopted in your work
b. Put in quotations everything that directly comes from the text
c. A good paraphrase finds new words to express the original meaning. It changes the wording
but not the message
57. Principles of technical writing.
a. Make your material attractive to look at and to read
b. Use graphics if they help to convey your meaning
c. Unnecessarily know the audience you are addressing
d. Review, check and edit your work carefully
58. The writing process is.
a. Planning, drafting, finishing
59. The prewriting stage.
a. The writers discovers the dimensions of their topic
b. Aboid techniques to discover everything related to their topic
c. Define format and tone
d. Prepare this stage as soon as possible
60. The writing stage
a. Drafting and revising
b. Revising and editing
c. Write a first draft in which you express your main ideas
d. Be prepared to change your outline if you discover a new way to present the material
61. The post writing stage
a. Revising and editing the document
b. Editing and producing the document
c. Revising and producing the document
d. Drafting and editing the document
62. Technical style need
a. Reflect both intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of the communication
b. Define as the way a communicator
c. Clarity, brevity, simplicity
63. Good technical writers practice
a. Planning, writing, revising, rethinking
b. Thinking, planning writing, revising, rethinking
c. Planning, writing, rethinking, revising
d. Writing, rethinking, revising, planning
64. A typical introduction of a technical report can include the following content.
a. Identify the importance of the current project; main aim/s, objective/s and scope; method(s)
of approach; main results; scope and limitations of the study; an overview of the report's
sections
65. The audience "High Tech Peers" is defined as follows?
a. They know as much about a subject matter as you. They have the same job title, same
education, same years same level of expertise
66. Graphics can aid communication, for several reasons.
a. Clarity
b. Entertainment, clarity, variety, conciseness
c. Clarity, variety, conciseness
d. Entertainment, clarity
67. The body of a technical report should state the following problems?
a. what methodology was used
b. Objectives of the research
c. What were the findings; comparison and discussion of the results
d. Literature review
68 the reference section of a report, the following information of a reference "book" must be
shown In?
 Author, title, volume, edibon, publisher, year of publication, institution
̉ 69. Where a researcher publishes previously published material by himself, it is not
plagiarism?
 False
70. Which statement is not correct when delivering an oral presentation:
-> The body part need to allocated more slides that other parts
71. In a technical document, the Reference section?
-> Contains the work which have been cited in the main text and additional sources, which the
writer has referred to while writing the work but not actually used in the main text
72. What two items work together to create the tone of a document?
-> Purpose and audience
73. Brevity means use word less efficiently
-> False
74. Choose the best plan (in the correct order) for writing a 2-page introduction to the C
programming language for new students?
-> Overview of the C language; brief history; basic syntax; basic data types; applications