Test Bank For M Business Communication 3rd Edition by Rentz

Chapter No 2

Student: ______________________________

1. Each person’s way of developing a piece of writing for a given situation is unique. True False
2. Business writers should think of the three stages of writing as strictly chronological or separate. True False
3. Relatively inexperienced business writers should spend roughly a third of their writing time in each of the three stages of writing.
   True False
4. Information is gathered and analyzed during the planning stage of the writing process. True False
5. While it is necessary to plan your message while keeping your audience in mind, concentrating on the audience’s interests in later stages will impede the writing process.
   True False
6. If you have information that your readers will consider routine, neutral, or positive, present such information at the end of your message.
   True False
7. Trying to make your first draft a perfect draft can make you forget important information and slow down the writing process.
   True False
8. Proofreading for mechanical and grammatical elements is the final step in the revision process. True False
9. Memos are primarily used for corresponding with people outside an organization. True False
10. The memos’ function of communicating within a business has been largely replaced by email. True False