Answer the questions in this quiz to see how well you've read and understood the chapter. Feel free to link back and forth between the chapter on progress reports and this quiz to check your answers. When you're through, just click on SEND to check your answers. If you want to start over, just click on RESET! Your name Your social security number (use hyphens) Your Instructor Altanero Brooklyn College Feldmann McMurrey Other A progress report can be defined as: A document that reports on the research progress made over the past year in a particular field such as cancer research. A document that reports on the status of a project, for example, the work that has been completed, the work that is in progress, and the work that is planned. A document that explains how to operate a high-tech mechanism. A document that reports research findings--most importantly, the data gathered and the conclusions from that data. Which of the following is an example of a progress report? Bid to write training manuals for a health care corporation Presentation of the policies and procedures required by a health care corporation Report on research done to ascertain whether online multimedia training for health care professionals is a viable option Summary of the end-of-year-one status of a two-year project to develop multimedia-based training modules for healthcare professionals If a progress report described work completed in the preceding quarter of the year, work currently in progress this quarter, and work planned for the next quarter, it would be using which organizational approach? Time periods Project tasks Report topics If the main headings in a progress report focused on the main parts of the project and then within each of those sections discussed work completed, work in progress, and work planned for that particular part, it would be using which organizational approach? Time periods Project tasks Report topics The textbook states that in a year-long project there would be how many progress reports? One Two Three Four Five If you were writing a brief progress report to a client (for example, you are an independent consultant doing a project for another firm), which of the following formats would you use? Business letter Memorandum Cover memorandum with the progress report as a separate, attached document If you were doing a year-long project for your work supervisor (the project involving a feasibility study of some new technology your organization is considering), which of the following formats would you use? Business letter Memorandum Cover business letter with the progress report as a separate, attached document Check the other sections that should be included in a progress report are: References Introduction Project description Explanation of methodology Conclusion Background on the problem Check each of the following that you should consider including in the introduction to a progress report: Project purpose and objectives Source of information about the project Limitations and key dates for the project Expenditures to date for the project Organizations: who's doing the work; for whom it's being done Overview of the contents of the progress report Listing of equipment and supplies required by the project Progress reports also help the people who write them; check the following that describe how a progress report is advantageous to its writers: Enables them to know how the project is going. Enables them to go on record as to any problems in the project. Enables them to document any changes required by the client. Enables them to know whether the project is on time and within budget.
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