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Choose the best option:

Which of the following is least likely to be included in a report?

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  1. Name of reporter

  2. Recommendations

  3. Evaluation of events

  4. A salutation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option A: In a report, the title is followed by the name of the reporter. Hence option A is wrong.

Option B: The reporter may make recommendations based on information in a report. It is most likely to be included.
Option C: In a research based report, the reporter includes evaluation of events that have taken place in the report.
Hence that are not least likely to be included, and options A, B and C are wrong.
This leaves option D: A salutation is used in letters, as a form of respect and greeting. It is not likely to be included in a report.
Hence option D is correct.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
A report should be _________ oriented. 

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  1. reporter

  2. reader

  3. writer

  4. publisher

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option B: A report is a short, concise document written for a particular purpose and audience. Its tone, style and structure depends on whether it's written for students, teachers or for an organisation. Hence, it should be reader-oriented and option B is correct.

Option A: A 'reporter' is 'a person who reports, especially one employed to report news, or conduct interviews for the media'. A report focuses on the report and should be catered for those reading the report.
Option C: The report should not be writer-oriented. The writer's function is to convey information, and himself isn't the focus.

Option D: The publisher's function is to issue books, journals and magazines. The report does not cater to the publisher, but the audience.

Hence options A, C and D are wrong.

For which of the following may you write a report?

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  1. A car accident on a major highway

  2. A health camp organized by your school

  3. Cancer awareness campaign in your city

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A report is written to inform an audience about an event or incident that has happened, or is happening.

Options A, B and C: The 'car accident' is an incident that took place on a highway.
The 'health camp' and 'cancer awareness campaign' are events that have happened/will happen.
Reports can be written to inform the reader about these events, or to inform them about an accident.
Hence all topics are suitable for report writing and option D is correct.
Options A, B and C are wrong, individually, because choosing one option would mean that the other options are wrong.

Which of the following may sometimes be included at the end of a report?
Select the best option.

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  1. Warm regards

  2. Signature

  3. Thank you

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A report is designed to convey information to a particular type of audience. It can be for school students or for citizens of a country reading a news report. The report ends with a conclusion and not with a closing salutation.

Options A, B and C contain the closings 'warm regards', 'signature' and 'thank you'. All three of these are appropriate for a letter and not a report.
Hence these options are wrong.
Option D is correct since none of the other options are appropriate for a report.

Which of the following best describes the content of the introductory paragraph in a report?

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  1. It should be the shortest paragraph in the report

  2. It should be the longest paragraph in the report

  3. It should contain the writer's opinion.

  4. It should inform the reader of the event/incident

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option D: The main function of an introductory paragraph is to introduce the report to the reader. This is done by informing the reader about the event/incident. Hence option D is correct.

Options A and B: This option does not describe the nature of the content. Also, it is not the length of the paragraph that matters, but the content.
Option C: An introductory paragraph of a report does not contain the writer's opinion.
Hence options A, B  and C are wrong.

Which of the following is true of a report?
(Select the best option.)

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  1. use the active voice only

  2. use the passive voice only

  3. use the active voice rather than the passive voice

  4. use the passive voice rather than the active voice

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option C: One must use passive voice as little as possible in formal writing. A report, being formal, uses the active voice the most. Hence option C is correct.

Option A: The passive voice must be avoided as much as possible, but in places where the active voice can't be used, the passive would be utilized. Hence this option isn't correct.
Options B and D: One must avoid writing reports in passive voice.
Hence options A, B and D are wrong.

Select the best option to fill in the blanks:
The conclusion of a report should ____________________.

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  1. be based on facts

  2. only contain recommendations

  3. be based on reader-opinion

  4. be a restatement of the event

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A: A report's function is to convey information. Hence it should be based on facts. The same way, one must conclude the report based on facts. Hence option A is correct.

Option B: When a report's purpose is to recommend, then it ends with recommendations. If the purpose of the report is to give information about something or someone, then the recommendation isn't required. Hence this option isn't suitable.
Option C: The report is written for the reader, and by the writer. Hence, the reader's opinion cannot be recorded by the writer.
Option D: The conclusion can end by restating the event, or summarizing it. But, it shouldn't summarize it. Also, it's not necessary (should) to end a report with a restatement.
Hence options B, C and D are wrong.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
A newspaper report differs from a school magazine report in that it is __________________.

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  1. more formal

  2. less formal

  3. more informative

  4. less informative

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The style and tone of a report depends upon the target audience. A report written in a school will differ from that written in a newspaper or a business organisation. A school student may not understand the complex language or words used in a newsppaer. Hence, the school report is written in simpler tone and language.

So, a newspaper report would be more formal than a school magazine report and option A is correct, B is wrong.
Options C and D: Newspaper reports deal with different subjects than school reports. The former deal with more serious issues, and the latter deal with events or incidents involving the school. Both are on different topics but both types of reports are detailed and informative in their own avenues.
Hence these options are not appropriate and C and D are wrong.

Which of the following should be mentioned at the end of the report?

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  1. Date

  2. Reporter's name

  3. Headline

  4. Key details

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Correct Option: B

State whether true or false:
Since the purpose of a report is to make information clear to the reader, it strictly deals with the subject and there is no room for personal comments or any direct address to the reader.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A