LESSON FIVE REVIEW QUESTIONS
LESSON FIVE -- Some Specific Guidance on Army Correspondenc e
Questions: 32
INSTRUCTIONS: The following items will test your grasp of the material in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you complete the exercise, check your answers with the asnwer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, study that part of the lesson again before continuing. Answer the following 32 multiple-choice questions. Choose the BEST answer for each question, and select the corresponding letter.
1.
What are the three most common modifications of the basic memorandum format?
2.
Which one of the following is the appropriate typing of the subject line?
3.
Which of the following best describes the beginning of a major section in a memorandum?
4.
How many lines below the subject line does the body of a memorandum begin?
5.
On a memorandum which line of each continuation page do you place the office symbol?
6.
If the address line on a memorandum extends to a second line, indent the second line to start under the ____ letter of the word after ________.
7.
How many lines below the office symbol do you place the MEMORANDUM FOR line?
8.
Where do you place the page number on a memorandum?
9.
How many lines below the last paragraph or the authority line (if included) do you place the signature block on a memorandum?
10.
Where do you begin the enclosure line of a memorandum?
11.
Where is the signature block typed on a memorandum?
12.
Which of the following does a staff study incorporate?
a. Critical reasoning and thinking, elements of style, and five steps of effective writing.
b. Five steps of effective writing, elements of style, creative thinking, and critical thinking.
c. Critical reasoning and thinking, the four steps of effective writing, and elements of style.
d. Five steps of effective writing, critical reasoning, creative thinking, and the elements of style.
13.
What principles of effective writing does the staff study incorporate?
a. Accuracy, coherence, brevity, completeness, and objectivity.
b. Coherence, brevity, completeness, accuracy, and objectivity.
c. Completeness, unity, objects, coherence, accuracy, and clarity.
d. Objectivity, completeness, coherence, unity, accuracy, brevity, and clarity.
14.
How do we begin each major section in the body of a memorandum?
15.
What should the staff study's problem paragraph include?
16.
What must the recommendation paragraph of a staff study include?
17.
Why is coordination important to a staff study?
18.
What are some of the most common problems of staff studies?
19.
Which of the following BEST identifies the conclusion section of a staff study?
20.
When is a possible course of action suitable?
21.
What should the problem paragraph of a staff study include?
22.
Why is criteria important for evaluating each course of action?
23.
When you have nonconcurrences to a staff study you should do which of the following?
24.
How many spaces should you indent all first-level subparagraphs and second-level subparagraphs?
25.
How many paragraphs are part of a staff study?
26.
How many paragraphs are part of a decision paper?
27.
A staff study examines all possible courses of action. However, how many courses of action does a staff study include?
28.
What is the subject of paragraph 5 of a staff study?
29.
What is the subject of paragraph 2 of a decision paper?
30.
What is the purpose of a decision paper?
31.
What is the subject of paragraph three of a decision paper?
32.
Which paragraph in a decision paper discusses BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION ?