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Quiz by jonathan.newman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jonathan.newman
about 11 years ago
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Question 1
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What is the purpose of a formal report?
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Investigate a problem or need.
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Find achievable solutions.
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Make recommendations.
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All of the above.
Question 2
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A formal report is different from an essay?
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True
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False
Question 3
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The purpose of performing research is to
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Investigate and study materials and sources.
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Establish facts and reach new conclusions.
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Both.
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Neither.
Question 4
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The constitution is an example of what kind of source?
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/images/constitution-01.gif
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Primary
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Secondary
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Placiary
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Redunctic
Question 5
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When writing a formal report, the best type of sources to use are academic, peer-reviewed articles/publications. which are
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Magazine articles that were edited by the author's friends.
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Magazine articles that were reviewed by the author's boss.
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Articles written by experts, and reviewed by other experts before published in an academic journal.
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Newspaper articles reviewed by the NSA before being published.
Question 6
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What is the BEST definition of 'claim'?
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An opinion.
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An idea.
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A fact.
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A debatable argument.
Question 7
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Which of the following statements is a claim?
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The 49ers are a football team from San Francisco.
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Cookies and Cream is the best ice cream flavor ever invented.
Question 8
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Evidence is
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Anything that supports your claim.
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Data.
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Facts.
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Research.
Question 9
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What is a warrant (when writing)?
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A type of evidence that makes your claim stronger
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The link between claim and evidence that shows how the evidence supports the claim.
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Steve McQueen's Ferrari Luzzo.
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A document issued by the court that gives the police the right to do something.
Question 10
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Why do we need warrants?
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Because Mr. Newman says so.
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Because without them, the reader may not understand how or why your evidence supports your claim.
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Because, even if they are redundant, they add more information which is important as a professional writer when you have to write a certain amount.
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Tradition.
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