Readings "Take-Home" Test
In Summer 2000,
students in English 111, Computer-Mediated Communication researched the
communication skills that are most important in the professions that they wish
to go into. These skills included
reading and researching, formal and informal oral presentations, various types
of writing, listening, and computer use.
Take the link below to the index of their papers, and use their essays
to answer the following questions. If
you wish to answer the questions on the computer, launch Microsoft Word and
open a new Word document. Then go back
to Netscape Navigator and highlight the questions below. While highlighted, use the "copy"
command in Navigator's "edit" menu; then switch back to MS Word and click
on the "paste" command. If
you do not wish to use the computer for this take-home test, you may write the
answers legibly on notebook paper.
All questions will
be answered in complete, gramatically correct sentences, except for question
#5, which is multiple choice.
While this is a
"take-home" test, you may also use class time to access the readings
and work on the answers.
Link to the
Readings: http://community.tncc.edu/faculty/dollieslager/profcommskills.html
1. Of the following commuincation skills, which
one does the Director of Finance at the Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA feel is
most important: listening, formal oral presentations, computing, writing? (Support your answer with a direct quote
from the source.)
2. Name two food service managers who claim
that writing is not a communication skill which is very important to managers
at restaurants.
3. What are three situations in which EMT Al
Materia has had to use expert communication skills?
4. Does the job of dietician require good
writing skills? Give at least two
examples of the type of writing required of a dietician.
5. According to psychologist James Price, which
of the following communication skills are necessary to be a successful
counselor: a.) reading, b.) listening, c.) writing, d.) speaking, e.)
computing?
6. In small business management, which two
communication skills do all three researchers agree is most important? Name the small business managers who said
so.
7. Give some examples of the types of writing
required in the field of public administration.
8. Give some examples of the types of writing
required in the field of public relations.
9. According to Edna Benton, RN, what sort of
writing do nurses have to do?
10. Is writing an important part of the job of
Lynda Contreraz, RN? Support your
answer with an example or quote.
11. How importaant are reading and researching
skills in the job of a Market Analyst?
Support your answer with a quote, paraphrase or example.
12. Everyone knows that lawyers must be good at
doing research and at making oral presentations. Describe three types of writing that lawyers also have to do
which require exacting communication skills.
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