The main idea or the central idea of the selection can be found.....
a. in the beginning
b. in the middle
c. in the end
d. in any of the above
d. in any of the above
Which of the following is the best way to paraphrase the following statement?
"I don't think I can finish. I have too many problems."
a. "You have problems so you can't finish?"
b. "Are you saying that because of your problems, you can't finish?"
c. "Do your problems affect you that you can't finish?"
c. "Do your problems affect you that you can't finish?"
A paper that evaluates the worth of a painting, like "The Spoliarium" by Juan Luna, is called...
a. a review paper
b. a reaction paper
c. a critique paper
c. a critique paper
Which type of paper summarizes or synthesizes the current progress or development and implementation of a program?
a. review paper
b. reaction paper
c. annual paper
a. review paper
According to the author of the "Origin of Language", language is originated from
a. facial and body gestures
b. cultural invention
c. primates' sign language
a. facial and body gestures
What strategy is used in developing a paragraph that reduces technical terms to lay readers?
a. definition
b. analogy
c. description
a. definition
An independent organization would like to find out the acceptability of the performance of the elected officials of a city for a given period of 100 days. What would be the most appropriate tool to use?
a. observation report
b. status survey
c. technical report
b. status survey
An observation paper should basically include a description of the ......
a. observer's intelligent guess.
b. people's prediction
c. natural environment.
c. natural environment.
Paraphrasing technique works well because....
a. it makes the text shorter.
b. it reduces tension in reading the text.
c. it increases accuracy and clarity in communication
c. it increases accuracy and clarity in communication
A survey research questionnaire can be administered by a face-to-face interview or phone interview. In this way, the interviewer or researcher can give follow-up questions to the main questions. Which type of questionnaire would be most appropriate for this type of administration?
a. open-ended questions
b. multiple-choice questions
c. matching-type test
a. open-ended questions
Which of the following reasons can assure you that your concept paper can easily be approved?
a. You are very much popular in your institution/company.
b. You were able to defend with substantial reason/s why the project should be pushed through.
c. You presented the project in the correct grammatical structure.
b. You were able to defend with substantial reason/s why the project should be pushed through.
One of the major roles of language is......
a. to communicate with people to understand them.
b. to communicate for better writing.
c. to learn the rules in communication
a. to communicate with people to understand them.
The author of the "Origin of Language" is.....
a. Charles Darwin
b. Daniel Goleman
c. Michael Corballis
c. Michael Corballis
In technical writing, the purpose of the writer is to ....
a. break down information into understandable chunks.
b. inform the target audience using many words.
c. evaluate the specific use of a product.
a. break down information into understandable chunks.
An observation report is a tool used to cover the actual incidents happening in an actual scenario where observable facts are present. Which one of these incidents would most appropriately use an observation report?
a. The opinions of the unemployed.
b. The evacuation of flood victims in Barangay Pula.
c. The rising population of the country.
b. The evacuation of flood victims in Barangay Pula.