_C__1. This is known as the controlling idea.

A. subject B. modifier C. topic sentence D. supporting detail

_A__2. They are a great source of intercultural information.

A. managers B. coworkers C. customers D. local people

__A_3. It has the power to include or exclude a thing or person.

A. definition B. description C. classification D. exemplification

_A__4. This refers to term used in technical writing conveying formality.

A. dignity B. veracity C. confidence D. qualification

__C_5. It is a process of joining words or group of words of equal importance.

A. correlation B. parallelism C. coordinating D. subordinating

_C__6. For this to be effective, it must be: economical, clear, concise, and concrete.

A. style B. format C. language D. information

_D__7. They are the types of this definiton, chronological, categorical, and comparative.

A. map B. chart C. diagram D. graphic organizer

_D_8. If you are describing a step or a process use this with a corresponding visual display and labels.

A. letter B. number C. transition D. procedure

_A__9. These are people who are skilled with their hands and whose imaginations are brought to reality.

A. experts B. executives C. lay people D. technicians

_D__10. This is one study strategy a researcher must develop and can be done with a marker or with pen for underlining.

A. analyzing B. identifying C. evaluating D. highlighting

_C__11. The purpose of this writer may be to write an assignment, a story, a letter, etc. which may or may not have a reader.

A. literary writer B. technical writer C. academic writer D. nonliterary writer

__A_12. Short sentences, as a requirement in good technical communication does not always mean using only this kind of sentences.

A. simple sentences B. complex sentences C. compound sentences D. compound-complex sentences

__D_13. The audience is not known although the communicator has an idea about his/her readers while he/she is writing the communication.

A. mass audience B. public audience C. specific audience D. particular audience

__A_14. Many Asian and South American cultures are this kind, meaning people pursue group goals and pay attention to the needs of the group.

A. collectivist B. individualistic C. group orientation D. individual orientation

___15. This or any other form in a professional document are unacceptable in every instance no matter how comfortable you are with your audience.

A. slang B. profanity C. racial profiling D. religious beliefs

___16. The part of the formal definition which is the distinctive characteristics of the term by distinguishing it from the members of the same class.

A. term B. genus C. definition D. differentia

___17. This made by a writer either makes or breaks his career for he must make sure that the data he has gathered will hold up under close scrutiny.

A. logic B. honesty C. judgment D. objectivity

___18. Sometimes it is called street talk. Most of the times, these words or phrases are obscene which violate the decency of sex and religious mores.

A. slang B. idiom C. jargon D. clichs

___19. They are visual note-taking techniques that use shapes, pictures, lines and arrows to signify the relationship of the main ideas to their supporting details.

A. visual aids B. study maps C. tree diagrams D. graphic organizers

___20. The success of this depends also on the common knowledge and culture you share with your audience, or at least one of the objects is popular to the audience.

A. analogy B. metaphor C. modification D. enumeration

___21. The feature of technical writing where the information must be presented in a way that it can be easily used for its purpose and device like illustration is employed.

A. factual B. efficient C. informative D. preconceived design

___22. The quality of technical writing where the writers mistakes may cause the reader to doubt other points of the technical writing and reflect on the professionalism of the author.

A. clarity B. accuracy C. continuity D. comprehensiveness

___23. Focusing on these, readers will allow you to relate to people from many different backgrounds. It is important to relate to each reader while not taking away from your overall communication.

A. future readers B. phantom readers C. unknown readers D. complex audiences

___24. The kind of culture such as Japan, China, and France provide little details in their writing which is based on fewer, deeper relations with people; there are many unspoken social rules and understandings within the culture.

A. low-context culture B. rich-context culture C. high-context culture D. poor-context culture

___25. The pattern of organizing ideas which includes similarities and differences between two or more items or ideas, the pros and cons of the news policy for instance, or the similarities and differences between a freighter and a barge.

A. process B. narratives C. classification D. cause and effect

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