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Business Communications Homework help

1) You should use persuasion when

a. you anticipate agreement with your position.

b. your ideas require preparation before you can present them effectively.

c. audience attitudes match the objectives of your plan.

d. your message is especially attractive to the audience

2) Which of the following best demonstrates concise writing?

a. This is to inform you that until such time as training is completed, pay raises will be withheld.

b. The directors are of the opinion that HAZMAT training is absolutely essential.

c. There are several things that each and every employee must know about workplace hazards.

d. Although this training is a company requirement, it must be completed at the employee’s expense.

3) Dominic must send a bad-news message to a customer, telling the customer that a product she ordered is no longer available. What should Dominic do first?

a. Write his buffer statement.

b. Gather information about the reasons that the product is no longer available.

c. Select a soothing color of stationery for the message.

d. Analyze the bad news to see how it will affect his business.

4) During the pre-writing phase of the writing process, you should

a. compose the document using precise and concrete language.

b. research and organize background information.

c. analyze the audience for and the purpose of the message.

d. evaluate the effectiveness of your message.

5) In preparing business messages, your writing needs to be economical, persuasive, audience oriented, and

a. procedural.

b. purposeful.

c. impressive.

d. direct.

6) How should the following sentence be classified? David applied with several large high-tech companies he also applied with some small start-ups.

a. Fused or run-on sentence

b. Complete sentence

c. Comma splice

d. Fragment

7) In a conversation with someone from another culture, you can reduce misunderstandings by using simple English, speaking slowly and clearly, and

a. finishing the other person’s thoughts to speed up the communication process.

b. placing blame for miscommunications on others.

c. following up in writing.

d. accepting a yes or a nod to affirm comprehension

8) You are inviting a well-known environmentalist to speak at the dedication ceremony for a new wildlife sanctuary. Since you can’t provide an honorarium, you decide to stress the fact that she will be speaking and offering guidance to community leaders who impact environmental decisions for this area. You are focusing on

a. something with a monetary value.

b. a direct benefit.

c. an indirect benefit.

d. statistics.

9) When price may be an obstacle in a sales letter, what should you do?

a. Show the price in small units.

b. Delay mentioning the price until after you have created desire for the product or service.

c. You should do all of these.

d. Compare your price with those of a competitor

10) Which of the following e-mail subject lines would be most effective?

a. IMPORTANT! Open Immediately.

b. Hello!

c. Our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Task Force will be held on March 18.

d. Task Force Meeting March 18

Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy a share of Microsoft stock in the following situations:

a.Your wealth falls

b.You expect the stock price to appreciate in value

c.The bond market becomes more liquid

d.You expect gold to appreciate in value

e.Prices in the bond market become more volatile

.Rank the following assets from most liquid to least liquid:

a.Checking account deposits

b.Houses

c.Currency

d.Washing machines

e.Saving deposits

f.Common stock

write about the manager?

Background of the manager-the manager's job function,the company,education,etc.

The manager's skill in planning(2pages)-2 examples?

The manager's skill in organizing (2pages)-give examples?.

The manager's skill in leading people(2pages)-give examples?

The manager's skill in controlling(2pages)-give examples?

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10. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires companies that issue their stock

publicly to file audited financial statements with the SEC. true or false?

9. Goodwill arises when a parent company must pay more to acquire a subsidiary company than market value of the subsidiary's net assets. true or false?

8. A stock split increases total stockholders' equity. true or false

7. Double taxation means that corporate earnings are taxed at the corporate level and a second time when distributed to the shareholders as dividends.true or false?

6. A company "goes public" when its owners become shareholders. true or false?

4. A contingent liability is an estimated liability, with the dollar amount of the liability dependent on a future event arising out of a past transaction-true or false?

3 A gain will result when the book value of a plant asset exceeds the cash received from the sale of the asset. TRUE OR FALSE?

2. A company that owns less than 20% of another company's stock must use the consolidation

method of accounting

TRUE OR FALSE

1. The cost of any plant asset is the sum of all the costs incurred to bring the asset to its intended

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now i am 154lbs, how many calories i can burn by 500 jumpings with a jump rope daily?

If a bank sells $10 million of bonds to the Fed to pay back $10 million on the discount loan it owes, what will be the effect on the level of checkable deposit?

The purchasing manager for East Coast Hoggs is attempting to determine how much inventory to purchase for the upcoming month. The following information has been collected:

Current inventory $ 32,000 Budgeted cost of goods sold 80,000 $80,000

The manager wishes to end the month with ending inventory of $25,000. How much inventory must the company purchase?

A. $85,000

B. $82,000

C. $73,000

D. $67,000

BMX Co. sells item XJ15 for $1,000 per unit, and has a cost of goods sold percentage of 80%. The gross profit to be found for selling 20 items is:

A. $20,000.

B. $16,000.

C. $ 4,000.

D. No gross margin can be calculated with a cost of goods sold percentage greater than 50%.

The collection period of Armie’s for 2007 was 30 days; total credit sales were $7,300,000; and average receivables were $600,000. If sales increase to $8,030,000, and the average receivables stays the same, what happens?

A. Collection period is now 32 days. C. One day’s sales = $20,000.

B. Average receivables are now $660,000 D. Collection period is now 27 days

Alex Rhodes’ net sales for the current period were $114,000 and average receivables were $96,250. What is the amount of one day’s sales (rounded)?

A. $312 B. $264

C. $427 D. $557

The maturity value of a $40,000 note at 11% for 5 months is:

A. $41,833. B. $40,880.

C. $44,400. D. $47,260.