BCA FUNDAMENTALS
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
What are the six main things you should do in professional writing? - ANS-1) know why
you're writing
2) Understand your readers
3)Before writing, jot down your 3 main points
4)Write in full-rapidly
5) Improve what you've written
6) Use graphics to illustrate and clarify
What are the characteristics that lead to organizational action? - ANS-Attracting
Attention, Conveying Importance, Signaling Feasibility
What are the principles that will attract attention? - ANS-Concrete and Vivid Language,
Keeping it Simple, Being Unexpected, Being Emotionally Involving,
When Upper Management considers ideas what do they do? - ANS-they evaluate their
merits, assess their consistency with current strategies, and weigh whether changes in
current strategies are necessary
What is issue selling? - ANS-the process by which individuals within an organization
bring ideas, concerns, solutions and opportunities together in ways that focus other's
attention and invite action
, What are the principles of conveying importance? - ANS-time pressure, organizational
threat, linkages to strategic priorities
How do we signal feasibility to a manager? - ANS-offer a solution, address counter
arguments
What is logic? - ANS-logic is the study of argument
How do you define logic in two ways? - ANS-1) the study of how to distinguish between
successful and unsuccessful arguments
2) how to build strong, successful arguments
What is an argument? - ANS-a set of statements, some of which are supposed to
support or give reasons for the conclusion
What is a statement? - ANS-a declarative sentence, this is a sentence which attempts to
state a fact as opposed to a question, command, exclamation etc.
To build a strong argument, what must you do? - ANS-you should support all claims
with appropriate evidence
Why should you study logic? - ANS-improve reasoning and analytical skills, increase
the number of tools in your toolkit, become stronger communicator
What are cognitive biases? - ANS-systematic flaws in how humans think
What is manipulative rhetoric? - ANS-the presentation of information in a misleading
way
What is a logical fallacy? - ANS-any mistake in reasoning
What is a hasty generalization? - ANS-you have not studied enough examples for such
a conclusion
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
What are the six main things you should do in professional writing? - ANS-1) know why
you're writing
2) Understand your readers
3)Before writing, jot down your 3 main points
4)Write in full-rapidly
5) Improve what you've written
6) Use graphics to illustrate and clarify
What are the characteristics that lead to organizational action? - ANS-Attracting
Attention, Conveying Importance, Signaling Feasibility
What are the principles that will attract attention? - ANS-Concrete and Vivid Language,
Keeping it Simple, Being Unexpected, Being Emotionally Involving,
When Upper Management considers ideas what do they do? - ANS-they evaluate their
merits, assess their consistency with current strategies, and weigh whether changes in
current strategies are necessary
What is issue selling? - ANS-the process by which individuals within an organization
bring ideas, concerns, solutions and opportunities together in ways that focus other's
attention and invite action
, What are the principles of conveying importance? - ANS-time pressure, organizational
threat, linkages to strategic priorities
How do we signal feasibility to a manager? - ANS-offer a solution, address counter
arguments
What is logic? - ANS-logic is the study of argument
How do you define logic in two ways? - ANS-1) the study of how to distinguish between
successful and unsuccessful arguments
2) how to build strong, successful arguments
What is an argument? - ANS-a set of statements, some of which are supposed to
support or give reasons for the conclusion
What is a statement? - ANS-a declarative sentence, this is a sentence which attempts to
state a fact as opposed to a question, command, exclamation etc.
To build a strong argument, what must you do? - ANS-you should support all claims
with appropriate evidence
Why should you study logic? - ANS-improve reasoning and analytical skills, increase
the number of tools in your toolkit, become stronger communicator
What are cognitive biases? - ANS-systematic flaws in how humans think
What is manipulative rhetoric? - ANS-the presentation of information in a misleading
way
What is a logical fallacy? - ANS-any mistake in reasoning
What is a hasty generalization? - ANS-you have not studied enough examples for such
a conclusion
