A Business Writer Who Wants to Help Readers Rapidly Process

question 71

Multiple Choice

A business writer who wants to help readers rapidly process and group the information in a report should

• A) include a title page in the report.
• B) use MLA instead of APA documentation style.
• C) use bulleting and enumerated lists.
• D) include a memo of transmittal in the report.
• E) include a glossary in the back matter.

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Definitions:

Subsidiary Company

A company that is controlled by another company, typically referred to as the parent company.

Dividend Income

Earnings received by shareholders from their investment in a corporation's stocks, typically in the form of cash dividends.

Investment in Associates

A long-term investment in another company where the investor holds a significant but not majority stake, typically 20%-50% of the voting stock.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in associate companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in the investor's share of net assets of the investee.