Which of the Following Is True About Short Reports

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about short reports?

• A) Short reports represent the second and third steps in the formality stairway.
• B) The popularity of short reports may be explained by the middle-ground impression of formality that it conveys.
• C) In very short reports, an incidental reference to the problem, authorization of the investigation, or the like does not provide sufficient introduction.
• D) Readers of short reports will need many reminders of what they just read or previews of what they are about to read.
• E) External reports that use the indirect order do not state the main findings in the transmittal message.

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