Identify each statement as True or False. Tick the option that corresponds to your response (10 points).

1. Most technical documents are produced by professional technical communicators working alone.

False

True

2. Companies hiring technical professionals such as engineers, scientists, and programmers are so focused on technical abilities that they rarely list communication skills among the requirements for employment.

False

True

3. External audience members can be important contributors to social media sites (feedback via customer review site)

True

False

4. Most technical material relies on some use of headings as a way to break up long passages of text and give readers guideposts through the document.

True

False

5. Structure has to do with the readers ability to understand the document as a whole, including paragraphs.

False

True

6. Style is more than correct grammar, usage, mechanics and spelling.

False

True

7. Longer emails are easier for readers to process if information is broken into chunks, such as short paragraphs and bulleted lists.

False

True

8. The primary purpose of document should affect the documents overall shape and content.

True

False

9. A good web site should have many moving images and animation with lots of different colors and fonts to keep the users interested.

False

True

10. In oral presentation, you have to eestablish your credibility by stating your credentials or explaining where you obtained your information.

False

True

ENGL502 (TECHNICAL WRITING)