business english midterm exam
with correct answers 2025
What is a run-on sentence?
More than one subject in a sentence
Complete thought with correct punctuation
More than one complete thought and no punctuation
An incomplete thought with correct punctuation<correct
answers>More than one complete thought and no punctuation
Which of the following best describes pronunciation?
Saying the words loudly
Saying the words correctly
Saying the words slowly
Saying the words rapidly<correct answers>Saying the words
correctly
Select the FOUR communication skills of an effective leader.
(Choose 4)
Conduct a meeting
Provides excessive feedback
Ability to present
Micro-manages employees
Willing to listen
Consistently says "yes"
Capable of delegating<correct answers>Provides excessive
feedback
Micro-manages employees
Willing to listen
Capable of delegating
What information should be included when leaving a voice
mail?
Name, time, location of caller
Name, company name, length of employment
Name, reason for calling, phone number
Name, phone number, address<correct answers>Name, reason
for calling, phone number
, Which sentence uses quotations correctly?
My mother asked "did you pack your lunch today"?
The teacher asked, "Do you have your work done?"
He said, "no".
He asked that "He be excused."<correct answers>The teacher
asked, "Do you have your work done?"
Which is an example of redundancy?
The honest truth
Butterflies in my stomach
When pigs fly
The work has begun<correct answers>The honest truth
Why should a company help employees understand cultural
differences?
Prevent miscommunication
Maintain stereotypes
Create bias
Allow miscommunication<correct answers>Prevent
miscommunication
Which of the following should come first in bad news
communication?
Reasons for the refusal
Refusal/negative statement
Buffer/positive statement
Statement of company policy<correct answers>Reasons for the
refusal
Which sentence illustrates the correct use of numbers?
The loan must be paid in full within ninety days.
The loan must be paid in full within 90 days.
15 students will be required to take the test.
The fifteen students will be required to take the test.<correct
answers>The loan must be paid in full within 90 days.
Which of the following demonstrates the correct use of their,
they're and there?
with correct answers 2025
What is a run-on sentence?
More than one subject in a sentence
Complete thought with correct punctuation
More than one complete thought and no punctuation
An incomplete thought with correct punctuation<correct
answers>More than one complete thought and no punctuation
Which of the following best describes pronunciation?
Saying the words loudly
Saying the words correctly
Saying the words slowly
Saying the words rapidly<correct answers>Saying the words
correctly
Select the FOUR communication skills of an effective leader.
(Choose 4)
Conduct a meeting
Provides excessive feedback
Ability to present
Micro-manages employees
Willing to listen
Consistently says "yes"
Capable of delegating<correct answers>Provides excessive
feedback
Micro-manages employees
Willing to listen
Capable of delegating
What information should be included when leaving a voice
mail?
Name, time, location of caller
Name, company name, length of employment
Name, reason for calling, phone number
Name, phone number, address<correct answers>Name, reason
for calling, phone number
, Which sentence uses quotations correctly?
My mother asked "did you pack your lunch today"?
The teacher asked, "Do you have your work done?"
He said, "no".
He asked that "He be excused."<correct answers>The teacher
asked, "Do you have your work done?"
Which is an example of redundancy?
The honest truth
Butterflies in my stomach
When pigs fly
The work has begun<correct answers>The honest truth
Why should a company help employees understand cultural
differences?
Prevent miscommunication
Maintain stereotypes
Create bias
Allow miscommunication<correct answers>Prevent
miscommunication
Which of the following should come first in bad news
communication?
Reasons for the refusal
Refusal/negative statement
Buffer/positive statement
Statement of company policy<correct answers>Reasons for the
refusal
Which sentence illustrates the correct use of numbers?
The loan must be paid in full within ninety days.
The loan must be paid in full within 90 days.
15 students will be required to take the test.
The fifteen students will be required to take the test.<correct
answers>The loan must be paid in full within 90 days.
Which of the following demonstrates the correct use of their,
they're and there?
