Technical style peculiarities

Compiled by: Zh.Manapbayeva

1. Which of these characterizes technical writing? a) subjective b) objective c) personal d) emotive

2. Which of these is used in technical writing? a) jargons b) contractions c) colloquial words d) terms

3. All of these adjectives refer to technical writing EXCEPT for: a) laconic b) ambiguous c) honest d) graphic

4. All of these are technical writing criteria EXCEPT for: a) coherence b) cohesion c) validity d) complexity

5. Which of these is preferable in technical writing? a) using personal pronouns b) using mostly the present tense c) plagiarising d) writing complicated sentences

6. Which of these is the least formal: a) consider, begin b) judge, initiate c) think, startd) deem, launch

7. Which of these are informal: a) a little, many, plenty of b) slightly, several, abundant c) somewhat, many, numerous d) a bit, lots of, plenty of

8. All of these are formal words EXCEPT for: a) therefore, in addition b) thus, likewise c) hence, furthermore d) so, besides

9. Which of these is NOT an abbreviation: a) IITU b) NATO c) HTML d) BBC

10. Choose the informal word: a) solve b) work out c) resolve d) devise

11. In technical writing ______ lists are preferable to denote like items. a) bulleted b) numericc)letter d) alphabetical

12. A lead-in to the list, indicating the meaning or purpose of the list, is punctuated with a/an ______ a) colon (:) b) comma (,) c) period (.) d) semi-colon (;)

13. In technical writing ______ lists are preferable to denote sequential items. a) bulleted b) numericc)letter d) alphabetical

14. Which of these rules applies to correcting the mistake in the following list:

There are three types of lists:

· numeric;

· bulleted;

· letter;

a) A lead-in to the list should be followed by a period (.) b) The list items should be punctuated with commas (,) if they are complete sentences (,) c) The list items should be punctuated with commas (,) if they are not complete sentences d) Only the last item in the list should be punctuated with a semi-colon (;)

15. Choose the wrong statement: a) Abbreviations and acronyms are never spelt out in full b) Abbreviations and acronyms are always spelt out in full c) Abbreviations and acronyms are spelt out in full the first time they’re usedd) Abbreviations and acronyms are spelt out in full in the footnote.

16. Choose the wrong statement: a) In abbreviations units of measurement named after a person have an upper-case first letter b) Abbreviated units of measurement are followed by a periodc) There should always be one blank space between a number and a unit of measurement d) The same abbreviation is used for the singular and plural form of a unit of measurement.

17. Which of these is NOT an acronym? a) Aids b) PIN c) laser d) UN

18. Choose the correct abbreviations of the words “approximately, figure, page”. a) approx., fig., p. b) app., fig., p. c) appr., F., p.p. d) approx., F., p.

19. Choose the sentence in which the abbreviations are used correctly:

a) The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4 ¾ cm deep, and 15 cm long. b) The space is 6 ½ ft wide, 4,75 cm deep, and 15 cm long. c) The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4,75 cm deep, and 15 cm long. d) The space is 6,5 cm wide, 4,75 ft deep, and 15 cm long.

20. Choose the correct abbreviation: a) sec – second b) hz – Hertz c) Kb – kilobyte d) bps – bits per second

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 801