______1. Reports use which of these approaches:
A. the direct approach
B. the indirect approach
C. a combination of the direct and indirect approaches.
D. none of the above
______2. An analyticalreport
A. describes what occurred during a convention orconference.
B. gives a concise overview of a situation, publication, ordocument.
C. breaks down a problem or situation into components andrecommends
solutions.
D. offers structured persuasion for internal or externalaudiences.
______3. In a particular set of figures, the number that occursmost often is called the
A. mean.
B. median.
C. mode.
D. correlation.
______4. In designing a survey, planners mustremember to
A. use leading questions.
B. keep the survey short, 10-15 minutes at most.
C. use descriptors like “often” and “frequently.”
D. construct compound questions.
______5. Open-ended questions differ fromclosed questions in that they
A. lack predetermined answers.
B. have a fixed range of possible answers.
C. divide a problem into a series of smaller questions to identifycause and
effect.
D. depend upon the results expected from a survey.
