Deck 16: Unit-2-Test-Chapters-3-4

Question 1

Be sure to enclose all in-text citations within two ----.

A) parenthesis
B) parentheses
C) ​parenthesi

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The legal ---- were filed by the assistant district attorney on Friday.

A) briefs
B) brief's
C) briefs'

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Chris worked in the ---- division for 15 years.

A) sales
B) sale's
C) sales'

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The political campaign turned out to be a battle of the two ----.

A) sexes
B) sexs
C) sex's

Question 5

The ---- hope to meet their English and Scottish relatives during their vacation.

A) Harris
B) Harrises
C) Harris's

Question 6

Both ---- complaints were handled promptly and courteously.

A) customers
B) customer's
C) customers'

Question 7

---- cubicles are on the fourth floor in the Park Tower building.

A) Geoffs and Amys
B) Geoff and Amy's
C) Geoff's and Amy's

Question 8

Only one ---- testimony impressed the judge and jury.

A) witnesses
B) witness's
C) witnesses'

Question 9

Which sentence is correct?​

A) ​Most husbands list their wifes and children as beneficiarys on their life insurance policys.
B) ​All recently hired RNs and MDs were encouraged by the board of directors to improve patient education efforts.
C) ​The Kennedies planted organic tomatos and potatos in their vegetable garden.

Question 10

The ---- children were National Merit scholars and attended Ivy League universities.

A) Valdez'
B) Valdezes'
C) Valdez's

Question 11

Ashley has two ---- who are chemical engineers at DuPont.

A) sister-in-laws
B) sisters-in-law
C) sisters-in-laws

Question 12

The two ------ will be hiring many temporary workers during the summer months.

A) business's
B) businesses
C) businesses'

Question 13

Liquidity ---- for the two companies must be examined carefully.

A) ratios
B) ratioes
C) ​ratio's

Question 14

Which sentence expresses common and proper nouns correctly?

A) Many graduates from Marquette University are Wisconsin natives.
B) My new Samsung Television allows me to stream video from my Computer.
C) ​Courtney watched the graduation Ceremony on her Smartphone.

Question 15

Three students were marked as ---- because they did not attend class on the first day.

A) no-shows
B) nos-show
C) ​nos-shows

Question 16

Many ---- attended the e-commerce seminar to learn strategies to maximize their online sales.

A) CEOs'
B) CEO's
C) CEOs

Question 17

My ---- blog receives hundreds of hits every day.

A) mother-in-laws
B) mother's-in-law
C) mother-in-law's

Question 18

Which sentence is correctly and clearly expressed?​

A) ​My firm's architect's opinion was explained in the executive summary.
B) ​Recent technological advances' have increased job availability in the electronics' industry.
C) ​After breaching the network firewall, the computer hackers downloaded all investors' records.

Question 19

Both ---- offer excellent customer service and technical support.

A) companies
B) companys
C) company's

Question 20

In just one ---- time, our website traffic increased 120 percent.

A) years
B) year's
C) years'

Question 21

Many colleges prohibit ---- from using or possessing a cell phone during an exam.

A) you
B) students

Question 22

Which of the following is preferred usage?

A) Anyone who wants to attend the conference must submit his registration form by April 30.
B) Anyone who wants to attend the conference must submit their registration form by April 30.
C) All those who want to attend the conference must submit their registration forms by April 30.

Question 23

Between you and ----, I don't think the merger will occur.

A) I
B) me
C) ​we

Question 24

The firm asked ---- to provide three professional references.

A) us
B) we
C) ​they

Question 25

----, along with the project managers, will review the progress report.

A) Them
B) They
C) ​Themselves

Question 26

Which sentence is best expressed?​

A) Budgetwise, we are behind our expected sales projections.
B) ​We are behind our schedule, productionwise, in meeting the customer's order.
C) ​Considering our production, we are behind schedule in meeting the customer's order.

Question 27

Either the manager or the employees will be happy to help you in any way ---- can.

A) she
B) they
C) ​he
D) ​he or she

Question 28

I think it was ---- who credited the customer's account.

A) her
B) she
C) ​herself

Question 29

The company and all of ---- assets were released to creditors.

A) it's
B) its'
C) its

Question 30

Which sentence is correct?

A) ​We wanted an applicant with three year's experience as a system's analyst.
B) ​We wanted an applicant with three years' experience as a system's analyst.
C) ​We wanted an applicant with three years' experience as a systems analyst.

Question 31

Morgan and ---- were transferred to our satellite office.

A) her
B) she
C) ​herself

Question 32

When the local area code changed, the company had to order new ----.

A) stationary
B) stationery
C) ​stationairy

Question 33

No one has demonstrated more commitment to the project than ----.

A) she
B) her
C) ​herself

Question 34

The customer ---- realized that he did not have the correct receipt to process the claim.

A) himself
B) hisself
C) ​himselve

Question 35

​Every Thanksgiving morning we watch the ------ parade.

A) Macy's
B) Macys'
C) Macy's'

Question 36

Each voter was questioned about ---- election preferences.

A) his
B) their
C) his or her
D) ​her

Question 37

The United Way uses ------ resources to help local communities identify and resolve issues.

A) it's
B) they're
C) ​their
D) ​its

Question 38

Union officials consulted ---- employees before ratifying the contract.

A) we
B) us

Question 39

​Many families enjoy watching college football bowl games on ------.

A) ​New Years' Day
B) ​New Years Day
C) ​New Year's Day

Question 40

The committee submitted ---- final report to management.

A) its
B) their
C) ​they're
D) ​it's

Question 41

The grant will be given to ---- deserves it.

A) whoever
B) whomever

Question 42

​Which sentence is correct?

A) ​As Americans listened to the congressional hearing on terrorism, they considered its impact on U.S. foreign relations.
B) ​The finance department requested travel receipts from you and I before processing our expense vouchers.
C) ​I hope that your prepared to participate on the budget planning team and it's many related subcommittees.

Question 43

The e-mail message had ---- many errors.

A) two
B) too
C) to

Question 44

​Which sentence is correct?

A) ​Us delegates are required to consult our constituents before we vote.
B) ​Nathan Roberts was more qualified for the position than I.
C) ​If the caller was her, I'm surprised that no message was left.

Question 45

---- car is parked in the CEO's parking space?

A) Whose
B) Who's

Question 46

You should ---- your important files daily.

A) backup
B) back up
C) back-up

Question 47

​Which sentence is correct?

A) Whom should be the new business and industry representative?
B) ​Please let me know who's responsible for handling customer complaints.
C) ​The position of district manager will be given to whoever you identify as the top salesperson.

Question 48

Jon Seiffert is the attorney ----we want to help us start our new business.

A) who
B) whom

Question 49

This ---- the most innovative product our company has ever released.

A) maybe
B) may be
C) ​may-be

Question 50

The company has many ---- policies in place.

A) non-discriminatory
B) non discriminatory
C) nondiscriminatory