This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Information Structure – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Information Structure Quiz 1 (35 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct form of '' Fronting "in the next sentence." The lecture was fascinating ". A) Was fascinating the lecture. B) Fascinating the lecture was. C) Fascinating was the lecture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascinating the lecture was. 2. True or false?The value in having varied sentence structure is that it enhances readability by clearly conveying the relationship between ideas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. True or false?Technical communicators must structure information effectively for their audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The quality of being clearly understood. A) Clarity. B) Concision. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clarity. 5. What's a good example of a modifier? A) L-shaped. B) Red. C) Rough. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. One big problem seen in technical documents is lack of A) Topic sentences. B) Synonyms. C) Summarization. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topic sentences. 7. Structured information always consists of one column and many row A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. True or false?Modifiers are often adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. How many tables do we need to create a relationship? A) Two only. B) Two or more. C) Three at least. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two or more. 10. A sentence structure where the actor is absent or unclear, often leading to passive voice constructions. A) Non-actor sentences. B) Nominalizations. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-actor sentences. 11. How many Data Types have a field? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 12. What is the correct word order in English? A) Subject + Object + Verb (SOV). B) Object + Verb + Subject (OVS). C) Subject + Verb + Object (SVO). D) Verb + Subject + Object (VSO). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + Verb + Object (SVO). 13. Syntax must encode semantic structure A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or false?Positive phrasing is usually more affective in technical communication. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. A word, phrase, or clause that describes or gives more information about another word than a group of words. A) Modifier. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modifier. 16. Which sentence has a normal order? A) I find to talk to you difficult. B) I find it difficult to talk to you. C) Difficult I find to talk to you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I find it difficult to talk to you. 17. True or false?Grammar, style, and mechanics may seem interchangeable, but each has a distinct meaning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. True or false?You should use active voice 90% of the time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which sentence sound the most "natural" ? A) Talking to you it is nice. B) It's nice to talk to you. C) To talk to you is nice. D) It's nice to talking to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's nice to talk to you. 20. Which of the following sentences is NOT an example of Fronting? A) Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. B) Though tired she was, she continued working. C) Let's go for a walk. D) Young as I was, I realised what was happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let's go for a walk. 21. True or false?Negative language=uses words like "no", "never", "none", and "not" .It can create ambiguity or a less engaging tone. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Choose the indefinite article A) A. B) Its. C) An. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The. 23. Expressing ideas in as few words as possible while maintaining clarity and completeness. A) Clarity. B) Concision. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concision. 24. Which sentence is FORMAL? A) It is I who am responsible. B) It's me that's responsible. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is I who am responsible. 25. It's not necessary in a field. A) Field Name. B) Data Type. C) Description. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Description. 26. The subject of a sentence that performs the action expressed in the verb. A) Actor. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actor. 27. Sentences have an information structure which concerns how the information they contain is related to the knowledge states of the participants in the discourse in which the sentences are used. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 28. Why is it important to include pronoun references? A) So that your sentence is more clear and less ambiguous. B) Pronouns are never good to use. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that your sentence is more clear and less ambiguous. 29. Each row defines its data with it. A) Field. B) Record. C) Database. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Record. 30. Relationships combine fields of the same data Type between two or more tables. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. In a database table the data is arranged in columns and rows. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. The Field Name of a field is different to the A) Caption. B) Description. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 33. TRUE OR FALSE:Both these structures are ACCEPTABLE. 1) Mang Ambo put the plant in a pot. 2) The plant was put in a pot by Mang Ambo. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 34. Fronting is particularly common in written form. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 35. Which of the following is an example of "it +be + adjective/noun A) It is nice to talk to you. B) The house is on the hill. C) I find it difficult to talk to you. D) On the shelf, you will find the books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is nice to talk to you. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCoherence QuizCohesion And Coherence QuizCohesive Devices QuizDiscourse Coherence QuizDiscourse Markers QuizEllipsis And Substitution QuizFour Main Cohesive Ties QuizGrammatical Cohesion Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books