PROOFREADING SKILLS

OAS 171 C. Cicero

Quiz #3 (Chapters 9-12)
Name: _______________________________

CHAPTER 9 NUMBER STYLE

1. The medical group had four doctors, 8 nurses, and twelve office workers.

2. The candy bar was inexpensively priced at $.80.

3. The value of the equipment is now only 2/3s of what it was.

4. They bought eight five-foot pieces of plywood to use on the house.

5. Her favorite class started at 9:00 a.m.

6. We had eighty-five % of the votes counted by Tuesday.

CHAPTER 10 FORMATTING MEMOS AND LETTERS

7. In block letter style, the date line & closing lines begin at center. T or F

8. The personal-business letter style has indented paragraphs and is used when
there is no letterhead stationery. T or F

9. An enclosure notation records the names of those receiving a copy. T or F

10. A (an) _______________ line is the last line of a paragraph that has been
carried forward to the top of another page, appearing by itself.

11. Name four of the six standard letter parts:

_________________________________, _______________________________
_________________________________, _______________________________

CHAPTER 11 PROOFREADING REPORTS/OTHER MULTI-PAGE DOCS

12. Heading styles used in the body of a memo report include ______________,
_________________________________, and ___________________________.
13. The three major parts of a formal report are _________________________,
____________________________, and ________________________________.

14. An appendix appears in a formal reports front matter. T or F

15. No title page is used for a formal academic report. T or F

16. Manuscripts are formatted according to author style. T or F

CHAPTER 12 PROOFREADING STATISTICAL/TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

17. Check to make sure specialized terms are used correctly. Do this by
_________________________________________________________________.

18. It is not necessary to double-check calculations & measurements. T or F

19. Data listed in a table must be proofread for factual information and also for
consistent formatting. T or F

20. Name two of the three special number formats which present an
additional challenge in proofreading numbers:
_________________________________,_______________________________.

21. Specialized documents that require careful proofreading are _____________,

___________________________________, and _________________________.

22. It is a good idea to proofread each part of a document text, numbers, and
technical terms as a separate step. T or F

WHO & WHOM

23. I can't remember _____ told me that. (who, whom)

24. The teacher seemed to pass _____ he liked. (whoever, whomever)

25. I can't figure out _____ I should blame for this. (who, whom)

TOTAL VALUE: 50 points

Good luck!