MCOM 2320 – Final Exam – Texas Tech University – Questions
and Solutions – 2025/2026
AP style with money - ANS✔✔ use numerals and spell out cents, millions, billion, trillions etc.
AP style big numbers and crowds - ANS✔✔ Do not write out zeros, but use numerals followed
by the word.
ex: The crowd was 3.6 million strong...
(UNLESS starting a sentence with a number. Try to avoid this.) • Four thousand people gathered
to celebrate the event. • 1999 was a good year.
AP style for addresses with numbers - ANS✔✔ use the figures (1, 2, 3 etc.)
AP Style for addresses: street name - ANS✔✔ -Abbreviate Avenue (Ave.), Boulevard (Blvd.),
Street (St.) along with directional clues (NW, E. etc.)
-If street name or direction is used WITHOUT numbers, spell it out.
-If street name is a number, use words for 1-9: First Street, Eighth Avenue..
-If street name is higher than 9, use figures: 10th Street, 14th Avenue...
AP Style with months in dates - ANS✔✔ -March, April, May, June and JULY are NOT abbreviated
when used to indicate a specific date.
-(Other months are: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.) If using month by itself in body text:
No abbreviation. ex: In February...
BUT if using actual date + month, it's like this: Feb. 6 (in current year)
July 4, 2020 (if talking in future year) Dec. 1, 1972 (if past year) use comma if past or future
AP style: date numbers - ANS✔✔ If you reference an actual date + month, there is no "-st", "-
nd", "-rd" etc.
and Solutions – 2025/2026
AP style with money - ANS✔✔ use numerals and spell out cents, millions, billion, trillions etc.
AP style big numbers and crowds - ANS✔✔ Do not write out zeros, but use numerals followed
by the word.
ex: The crowd was 3.6 million strong...
(UNLESS starting a sentence with a number. Try to avoid this.) • Four thousand people gathered
to celebrate the event. • 1999 was a good year.
AP style for addresses with numbers - ANS✔✔ use the figures (1, 2, 3 etc.)
AP Style for addresses: street name - ANS✔✔ -Abbreviate Avenue (Ave.), Boulevard (Blvd.),
Street (St.) along with directional clues (NW, E. etc.)
-If street name or direction is used WITHOUT numbers, spell it out.
-If street name is a number, use words for 1-9: First Street, Eighth Avenue..
-If street name is higher than 9, use figures: 10th Street, 14th Avenue...
AP Style with months in dates - ANS✔✔ -March, April, May, June and JULY are NOT abbreviated
when used to indicate a specific date.
-(Other months are: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.) If using month by itself in body text:
No abbreviation. ex: In February...
BUT if using actual date + month, it's like this: Feb. 6 (in current year)
July 4, 2020 (if talking in future year) Dec. 1, 1972 (if past year) use comma if past or future
AP style: date numbers - ANS✔✔ If you reference an actual date + month, there is no "-st", "-
nd", "-rd" etc.
