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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

ENG301 Business communication Solved MCQs with Reference



Shared by محمد سلمان آصف <m.salman.asif2006@gmail.com>

Circular letters are used:
 Select correct option:

To send information to two people.
To send the same information to a number of people.
To communicate to other company.
To send information inside a company.
           
Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 08:38:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Complaint letter should be called----------------.
 Select correct option:

            Persuasive letters

            Claim letter
            Inquiry letters
            Sales letters

Letter refusing adjustment is written when:
 Select correct option:

The buyer is at fault.
The seller is at fault.
When the third party is at fault.
When nobody is at fault.

Task force is ------------- after solving a specific problem, assigned to them.
 Select correct option:

            Engaged to other problems.
            Disbanded.
            Engaged to routine work.
            Sent on leave
There are _____ basic parts of a formal report.
 Select correct option:

            3
            4
            5
            6

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Classification of Report is:
 Select correct option:

            Informal reports, Short reports
            Formal reports ,Long reports
            Formal or Informal reports , Short or Long Reports
            Informal repots, Long repots


Which writing style characterizes the memos?
 Select correct option:

            Informal
            Formal
            Impersonal tone.
            Neutral
Informal reports are usually short messages with natural, casual use of language. The internal
memorandum generally can be described as an informal report.


- ----------- letter is the reply to complaint.
 Select correct option:

            Adjustment
            An inquiry
            Collection
            Sales
 An adjustment letter is the reply to a complaint (called a claim letter). In general, the best attitude is to give the customer the benefit of the doubt. Most persons are honest in their claims, and it is usually better to make the desired adjustment than to risk losing a customer

In claim letter the initial statement should contain:
 Select correct option:

            Good news.
            Bad news.
            Mixed news
            Ambiguous
The following organizational plan is suggested for answering claim letters.
A. Initial Statement of the Good News or Main Idea
1. State immediately your willingness to honour the reader's claim.
2. Accept your reader's account as entirely accurate unless good business reasons demand a different interpretation of some points.
3. Adopt a tone of consideration and courtesy; avoid being defensive.
4. Thank the reader for taking the time to write.


In circular letters personal interest is created by using the word -----------------.
 Select correct option:

            you
            our customers
            every body
            dear customers


  Minutes, which tell more of the 'story of what happened and who said what at a meeting are?
 Select correct option:

            Resolution minutes
            Narrative minutes
            Formal minutes
            Informal minutes

 Narrative Minutes( fuller picture & view)
Sometimes referred to as minutes of narration, narrative minutes tell more of the 'story of what happened and who said what at a meeting. The main points of the background and discussion leading to a decision are recorded, and

Another name of a synopsis is:
 Select correct option:

            Report
            Letter
            Abstract
Text

Synopsis or Executive Summary
A synopsis is a brief overview (one page or less) of report's most important point. It is also called abstract. Executive summary is a fully developed mini version of the report and is comprehensive.

-----------are routine reports prepared at regular time interval-daily, weekly, monthly quarterly or annually.
 Select correct option:

            Periodic Reports
            Formal Reports
            Progress Reports
            Conference Reports

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Solicited Sales letters are written:
 Select correct option:

            In response to an inquiry.
            To sell a product or service.
            To persuade buyer to buy a product.
            To increase marketing of a product.

There are -------- kinds of Sales letters.
 Select correct option:

            Three
            Four
            Two
            Five

There are two kinds of sales letters:
(i) Solicited letter (the organization is invited to respond to sales messages.)
(ii) Unsolicited letter (the organization sends out uninvited messages to sell a product or service) Writing whatever type of sales letter, follow these principles.

Collection letter should be written with the assumption that most of the people will:
 Select correct option:

            Pay.
            Ignore.
            Not pay.
            Delay

Reports, which show "progress," accomplishments, or activities over time or at a given stage of a major assignment are known as -------------.
 Select correct option:

            Periodic Reports
            Conference Reports
            Progress Reports
            Feasibility report

 Progress reports show, "progress," accomplishments, or activity over time or at a given stage of a  major assignment. The organizational plan is usually inductive, including topics similar to these.


The role of the Chairman as a Committee Member is:
 Select correct option:

            To monitor the financial activities
            To coordinate the work of the committee. Leader, guide, umpire etc
            To carry out the administrative work of the committee
            To communicate positively.

           
Letter reports are of ----------- types:
 Select correct option:

            Two
            Three
            Four
            Five
 Letter reports are of two types:
1. Informational Letter Reports
2. Analytical Letter Reports

The place where we go to buy or sell commodities is commonly known as ______ .
 Select correct option:

            Gym
            Market
            Cafe
            Village

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Weekly Market Report gives the condition of the commodities for the past ____.
 Select correct option:

            6 days
            6 weeks
            7 days
            7 weeks

 Weekly Market Report gives the condition of the commodities for the past six days. It contains closing rates of the last week, the opening rates of that week, the highest and lowest rates and the closing rates of that week. This report also determines the causes of variation in price and the expected price movement in the coming week. Business communities show a keen interest in such reports.

Collection letter should be:
 Select correct option:

            Persuasive.
            Demanding
            Critical
            Emotional.
 Collection letters, therefore, should be persuasive rather than forceful, firm rather than demanding. A fair and tactful letter gets better results than a sarcastic or abusive one. In fact, collection letters shluld be "youoriented"; courteous, considerate, and concerned about the customer's best

-------------- are usually short messages with natural, casual use of languag
 Select correct option:

            Formal reports
            Informal reports
            Short reports
            Progress report

------------------------ include investigation of an issue or problem or Calculation of financial ratios of a company.
 Select correct option:

            Formal report
            Analytical Letter Reports
            Scientific Reports
            Informational Letter Reports

 Analytical Letter Reports
These include investigation of an issue or problem
• Calculation of financial ratios of a company in order to command on its financial
condition.(Format) A letter report is simply a report


Written summary of a meeting's business is called:
Select correct option: 
      Minutes
      Motion
      Agenda
      Circular