BUS100W FINAL PRACTICE QUIZZES QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What strategy can help business communicators spot fake or misleading news? -
Answers - Use fact-checking sites like FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and Snopes.com.
Which statement regarding spam emails is true? - Answers - Spam emails are
unsolicited.
How can researchers make survey questions more effective? - Answers - Make answer
categories for multiple choice questions mutually exclusive.
Which resource is a good place to look for information about companies around the
world? - Answers - Gale Business Insights Essentials
[T/F] Surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observations are all forms of secondary
research. - Answers - False
The problematic content known as misleading information involves deceptive use of
information used to... - Answers - frame an issue or an individual.
Survey results use a(n) [BLANK] to report the degree of uncertainty that a given sample
of a population represents. - Answers - Confidence interval
After reading similar data in several articles, Kirstin condenses the information and it
into her own wards in a marketing report. She includes the sources in the reference list
at the end of the document. For this section of her report, Kirstin is... - Answers -
Paraphrasing
Which statement regarding ethical communication is true? - Answers - Plagiarism is
unethical in any circumstance.
What is the best example fo an open question? - Answers - How could our service be
improved?
What are the most common types of secondary research? - Answers - Online searches
and library research.
[T/F] When developing a survey, it is recommended that research put questions that are
harder to answer first. - Answers - False
[T/F] Information pollution can be shared literally millions of times in just a few hours. -
Answers - True
, [T/F] In a set of numbers, the mode is the number that occurs most often. - Answers -
True
Milo is conducting research related to his business. When evaluating his sources, he
asks, "Who is the intended audience?" and "Does this information apply to my topic?"
These questions help determine the [BLANK] of the information. - Answers - Relevance
Accessing the "cited by" link in relevant articles is a good way to... - Answers - locate
additional useful sources.
[T/F] Focus groups can help researchers understand underlying attitudes about a
particular company or product. - Answers - True
The owner of a high-end boutique decides to hire mystery shoppers to see how her
employees handle customer service issues. What type of research is she conducting? -
Answers - Observational
One element of the CRAAP test involves authority. This refers to evaluating which
aspect of info? - Answers - Source
Alejandro reads an especially informative report during the course of secondary
research. He may be able to find additional sources for his own research effort by... -
Answers - checking the author's "works cited" listing.
[BLANK] refers to words that indicate relationships. The examples for these include
words such as "with," "in," and "under." - Answers - Prepositions
What is a suggested guideline for managing time efficiently when writing a document? -
Answers - Spend one-third of your time writing the document.
Which guideline should be followed while editing a document? - Answers - The editing
process should ensure that there is a subject-verb and noun-pronoun agreement.
Chien, a communications manager at an environmental organization, recently used a
certain technique to develop ideas for a campaign. She jotted down the topic name at
the center of a sheet of paper and drew a circle around it. She then wrote down all the
ideas that came to mind and circled them too. When this was done, she used colors to
highlight and separate groups of related ideas. Which technique did Chien most likely
use to generate her ideas? - Answers - Clustering
"Informal" means a style of writing or conversational speech characterized by simple
grammatical structures, familiar vocabulary, and use of idioms. This meaning represents
the [BLANK] of the word. - Answers - Denotation.
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What strategy can help business communicators spot fake or misleading news? -
Answers - Use fact-checking sites like FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and Snopes.com.
Which statement regarding spam emails is true? - Answers - Spam emails are
unsolicited.
How can researchers make survey questions more effective? - Answers - Make answer
categories for multiple choice questions mutually exclusive.
Which resource is a good place to look for information about companies around the
world? - Answers - Gale Business Insights Essentials
[T/F] Surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observations are all forms of secondary
research. - Answers - False
The problematic content known as misleading information involves deceptive use of
information used to... - Answers - frame an issue or an individual.
Survey results use a(n) [BLANK] to report the degree of uncertainty that a given sample
of a population represents. - Answers - Confidence interval
After reading similar data in several articles, Kirstin condenses the information and it
into her own wards in a marketing report. She includes the sources in the reference list
at the end of the document. For this section of her report, Kirstin is... - Answers -
Paraphrasing
Which statement regarding ethical communication is true? - Answers - Plagiarism is
unethical in any circumstance.
What is the best example fo an open question? - Answers - How could our service be
improved?
What are the most common types of secondary research? - Answers - Online searches
and library research.
[T/F] When developing a survey, it is recommended that research put questions that are
harder to answer first. - Answers - False
[T/F] Information pollution can be shared literally millions of times in just a few hours. -
Answers - True
, [T/F] In a set of numbers, the mode is the number that occurs most often. - Answers -
True
Milo is conducting research related to his business. When evaluating his sources, he
asks, "Who is the intended audience?" and "Does this information apply to my topic?"
These questions help determine the [BLANK] of the information. - Answers - Relevance
Accessing the "cited by" link in relevant articles is a good way to... - Answers - locate
additional useful sources.
[T/F] Focus groups can help researchers understand underlying attitudes about a
particular company or product. - Answers - True
The owner of a high-end boutique decides to hire mystery shoppers to see how her
employees handle customer service issues. What type of research is she conducting? -
Answers - Observational
One element of the CRAAP test involves authority. This refers to evaluating which
aspect of info? - Answers - Source
Alejandro reads an especially informative report during the course of secondary
research. He may be able to find additional sources for his own research effort by... -
Answers - checking the author's "works cited" listing.
[BLANK] refers to words that indicate relationships. The examples for these include
words such as "with," "in," and "under." - Answers - Prepositions
What is a suggested guideline for managing time efficiently when writing a document? -
Answers - Spend one-third of your time writing the document.
Which guideline should be followed while editing a document? - Answers - The editing
process should ensure that there is a subject-verb and noun-pronoun agreement.
Chien, a communications manager at an environmental organization, recently used a
certain technique to develop ideas for a campaign. She jotted down the topic name at
the center of a sheet of paper and drew a circle around it. She then wrote down all the
ideas that came to mind and circled them too. When this was done, she used colors to
highlight and separate groups of related ideas. Which technique did Chien most likely
use to generate her ideas? - Answers - Clustering
"Informal" means a style of writing or conversational speech characterized by simple
grammatical structures, familiar vocabulary, and use of idioms. This meaning represents
the [BLANK] of the word. - Answers - Denotation.
