The Statement "Two of the Three Previous Surveys Showed That

question 115

Multiple Choice

The statement "Two of the three previous surveys showed that employees prefer Health Plan A" uses

• A) the present tense to report data from the current study.
• B) the past tense to describe the findings of earlier research.
• C) the past tense, reflective of the writer's time.
• D) the present tense to describe the conclusion of the report.
• E) the past tense to describe the procedure of the surveys.

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Definitions:

Popular Vote

The number of actual individual votes cast by citizens in an election, as distinguished from electoral college votes or other forms of indirect election.

Defeated

Having been overcome in a battle, competition, or other form of contest; to have lost.

Herbert Hoover

The 31st President of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933, known for his administration’s response to the Great Depression.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II, implementing the New Deal.