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Report Writing 1 Final Test Review 04/10/2024
Report Writing 1 Final Test Review 04/10/2024
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1
All of the following are reasons to Capitalize a word,
EXCEPT
?
THE FIRST WORD IN A SENTENCE
DAYS OF THE WEEK, MONTHS AND HOLIDAYS
DIRECTION
TITLES USED BEFORE A NAME
2
Pronouns should clearly refer to only one person or object.
False
True
3
Police reports should use a serious, __________ tone.
Similar
Objective
Adjacent
Common
4
By being
concise
, you can make your reports shorter and cut down reading time.
False
True
5
In complete sentences, the _________
names
what you are talking about.
Subsentence
Subject
Predicate
Fragment
6
Use the pronoun WHO or _______ to refer to people. Do not use the pronoun That.
Whom
That
I
Myself
7
Abbreviations can be time-savers and should be used whenever possible.
True
False
8
MODIFIERS are word that describe other words. Which one is NOT a modifier listed in the text?
Hanging
Dangling
Squinting
Misplaced
9
One way to reduce wordiness it to eliminate ________ words or phrases, that is, words that repeat themselves.
Long
Jargon
Abreviations
Redundant
10
Use a
comma
for all of the reasons below,
EXCEPT
????
BETWEEN MAIN CLAUSES
BETWEEN THE SUBJECT AND THE PREDICATE
AFTER INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES
TO SET OFF SENTENCE EXPANDERS AND INTERRUPTERS
11
Parallelism refers to?
Next to
Adjacent to another word
Equal or Similar
Along with
12
_________ refers to the rules for how words change and combine to form sentences.
Content
Structure
Grammar
Subject
13
In complete sentences, the ________
tells
something about it.
Run-on
Predicate
Subject
Combination
14
You should write out numbers over nine in your reports; e.g.
'TWELVE'
True
False
15
You
should NOT
use
commas
to separate the parts of
dates
and
addresses
False
True
16
The
comma
causes more difficulty than any other punctuation mark.
False
True