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Writing and Communication Skills

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This hub tests writing techniques, essay structuring, and effective communication skills. It includes practical exercises on vocabulary replacement, drafting passages, and formatting reports. These English language questions appear in most competitive exams.

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Writing and Communication Skills Questions

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence postal services 4 - rapid communication and other facilities communication services postal services and warehouses communication and transport services importance, types and documentation in warehousing meaning of warehousing and warehousing warehousing

You need to provide guidance to your work team on how to use a new database that will become operational next week.

Which of the following would be the most suitable email type to convey the instructions?

  1. Authorization email

  2. Announcement email

  3. Instruction email

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

You need to provide guidance to your work team on how to use a new database that will become operational next week.

In this situation instruction email  would be the most suitable email type to convey the instructions. Any instruction or order which needs to  get delivered to a mass of people or a team, then instruction email should be used.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management business services 1 communication services postal services 4 - rapid communication and other facilities postal services and warehouses importance, types and documentation in warehousing meaning of warehousing and warehousing warehousing
Written communication is called _________.

  1. compliments

  2. consideration

  3. correspondence

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

C. correspondence

A written  communication is usually in the form of a letter and is called business correspondence. It is a way by which any person who is related to the business expresses oneself. 
He may also ask any doubts or queries through business correspondence. Any correspondence between two organizations or within an organization is referred to as business correspondence.  
For example, a letter to the supplier, letter of inquiry, complaint letters, job applications, etc.


Multiple choice statistics vital statistics and official statistics guiding rules for tabulation vital statistics textual and tabular presentation of data

 A serious drawback of this method of presentation is ______.

  1. it enables one to emphasise certain points of the presentation

  2. one has to go through the complete text of presentation for comprehension

  3. both A and B

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Textual presentation requires the reader to read the entire passage to understand the data, which is time-consuming and makes comparison difficult compared to tabular or graphical methods.

Multiple choice statistics vital statistics and official statistics guiding rules for tabulation vital statistics textual and tabular presentation of data

__________ are used to clarify anything which is not otherwise clear by the heading, title, captions, stub etc.

  1. Source Note

  2. Footnotes

  3. IMP Notes

  4. None of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Footnotes are supplementary notes provided at the bottom of a table to clarify specific entries or provide additional context that does not fit into the standard headers or stubs.

Multiple choice elements of book keeping and accountancy book of original record - journal understand the need for journal journals functions, advantages, objects and importance of journal

Narration is not necessary for each and every journal entry. 

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A short explanation of each transaction is written under each entry which is called narration. The subject matter of the transaction can be ascertained through narration. Besides this, if there is any mistake in determining debit or credit aspect of a transaction, it can be easily detected from narration. "A journal entry is not complete without narration".

The statement is false because narration is a brief explanation of a transaction, together with necessary derails that are provided with the journal entry, which helps to understand the account which is to be debited or credited. Thus, a narration is necessary for each and every journal entry, as it provides the details of the journal entry and helps understand the entry.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management employee selection process meaning and steps in selection meaning, importance, methods and procedure of selection steps in employee selection process

Which of the following should NOT be included in a resume?

  1. complete sentences.

  2. The word 'I".

  3. Sentence fragments.

  4. Gerunds, which are verbs that end in "ing".
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Resumes should be written in a concise, action-oriented style using fragments. Using the word 'I' is considered repetitive and unnecessary in resume writing, as the entire document is understood to be about the applicant.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management employee selection process meaning and steps in selection meaning, importance, methods and procedure of selection steps in employee selection process

Essay evaluation method is ______.

  1. subjective

  2. objective

  3. quantitative

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Essay evaluation method is subjective. It is a type of Performance appraisal evaluation method. In this method, the appraiser prepares an essay detailing the weakness and strengths of the employee being appraised. Hence it is subjctive in nature.

Multiple choice

The final step in creating a presentation is to _____.

  1. create your slides

  2. plan your presentation

  3. practice your presentation

  4. revise and edit your presentation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Practicing the presentation is the final step to ensure timing, flow, and delivery are polished before the actual event.

Multiple choice

When chatting, what does "B4N" stand for?

  1. Buy for now

  2. By four nights

  3. Be four nights

  4. Bye for now
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

"B4N" is a common internet slang abbreviation where "B" stands for "Bye", "4" stands for "for", and "N" stands for "now".

Multiple choice

If the writing is coherent, then

  1. the message is easier to understand

  2. the words and ideas flow more smoothly

  3. the grammar and spelling are consistent and correct

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Coherence in writing ensures that ideas are logically connected, flow smoothly, and are easy for the reader to follow. It also encompasses consistency in grammar, style, and tone, making "all of the above" the correct choice.

Multiple choice

If writing is complete, then

  1. the reader will need more explanations of the writer's point

  2. it will repeat the same idea over and over

  3. the message will leave the reader wanting more

  4. the reader's key questions are answered in the message
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Completeness in communication means the message contains all the necessary facts and information required for the reader to understand and take action. When a message is complete, the reader's key questions (who, what, when, where, why, how) are fully answered.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is NOT always true of courteous writing?

  1. It is blunt and direct.

  2. It is gender neutral.

  3. It puts the reader first.

  4. It uses polite forms of address such as "sir" or "madam"
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Courteous writing is respectful, tactful, and considerate of the reader's feelings. Being overly blunt and direct can often come across as rude or insensitive, so it is not a characteristic of courteous writing.

Multiple choice

Select the sentence that uses parallel structure.

  1. Someone had better explain what this dirt is doing down here

  2. You left dishes in the sink, towels in the tub, and no food

  3. Taylor Swift likes singing, dating, and complaining

  4. I asked for a hand and all he gave me was this old glove.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Parallel structure requires that items in a list or series share the same grammatical form. In Option C, the three activities are all gerunds ("singing", "dating", "complaining"), making it perfectly parallel. Option B is not parallel because "no food" is a noun phrase that does not match the prepositional phrases "dishes in the sink" and "towels in the tub".

Multiple choice

Choose the correct answer

  1. This time tomorrow, I am in Tokyo

  2. This time tomorrow, I am being in Tokyo

  3. This time tomorrow, I will be in Tokyo
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To describe a state or action that will be happening at a specific point in the future, we use the future simple tense ("will be") or future continuous. "I will be in Tokyo" is grammatically correct and natural for expressing a future state.

Multiple choice

Choose the correct answer

  1. Sarah is working on something done!

  2. Sarah is doing work done!

  3. Sarah is having some work done!
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The structure "have something done" is a causative construction used when someone arranges for another person to do a task for them. "Sarah is having some work done" is a grammatically correct sentence using this structure in the present continuous tense.