Keyboarding Quiz On Personal Business Letters
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This quiz assesses student knowledge about personal business letters.
- 1.An example of a personal business letter is __________.
- A.
A letter from you to your best friend
- B.
A letter from a department store manager to all sales managers
- C.
A letter from you to a prospective employer
- D.
A letter from the president of a college to all faculty
- 2.The address of the writer is called the ___________.
- A.
Mailing address
- B.
Inside address
- C.
Letter address
- D.
Return address
- 3.The attachment or enclosure notation represents ______________.
- A.
That you have left out a part of the letter and need to mail them another letter
- B.
That there is something else besides the letter included in the envelope
- C.
The typists name.
- D.
None of the above
- 4.The return address represents ______________.
- A.
The company it is mailed from
- B.
The person mailing the letter
- C.
The person writing the letter
- D.
The person reading the letter
- 5.An example of a salutation is ______________.
- A.
How are you?
- B.
Hello
- C.
Sincerely
- D.
Dear Ms. Smith
- 6.The spacing after the date, return address, salutation, last paragraph and complimentary close should be _______________.
- A.
A triple space
- B.
A single space
- C.
A double space
- D.
A quadruple space
- 7.Keying a personal business letter that is in block style means that _______________.
- A.
All parts of the letter should be typed starting at the left margin
- B.
All parts of the letter, except the salutation, should be typed starting at the left margin
- C.
All parts of the letter should be centered
- D.
All parts of the letter, except the complimentary close, should start at the left margin.
- E.
All parts should be centered
- 8.The left and right margins of a personal business letter should be set to __________.
- A.
1.25 inch margins
- B.
1 inch margins
- C.
1.5 inch margins
- D.
2 inch margins
- 9.If there is no punctuation after the salutation or the complimentary close, it is called _________.
- A.
Mixed punctuation
- B.
Closed punctuation
- C.
No punctuation
- D.
Open punctuation
- 10.An example of a complimentary close is ___________________.
- A.
Sincerely
- B.
See you again
- C.
Good afternoon
- D.
Dear Mr. Jameson
- 11.The top margin of a personal business letter should be how many inches?
- 12.The bottom margin of a personal business letter should be at least ___________ inch(es).
- 13.The proper date format for a personal business letter date written today is
- 14.The proper spacing within the body and between paragraphs of a personal business letter is
- 15.The address where the personal business letter is being sent is called the _________________.
- A.
Salutation
- B.
Reference initials
- C.
Name of the writer
- D.
Letter address
- 16.The reference initials part of a personal business letter is ________________.
- A.
Respectful
- B.
Necessary
- C.
Optional
- D.
Pointless
- 17.The writer of a personal business letter is also known as ___________________.
- A.
The reader of the message
- B.
The recipient of the message
- C.
The originator of the message
- D.
The messenger
- 18.The most important consideration when writing a personal business letter is to use _______________.
- A.
Proper spelling and punctuation
- B.
A typestyle that matches your personality
- C.
An envelope that fits the personality of the recipient
- D.
Enthusiastic words
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