Author Question: Routine business messages ________. A) require you to persuade your audience B) necessitate ... (Read 172 times)

bobbysung · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Routine business messages ________.

A) require you to persuade your audience
B) necessitate thinking about how to prevent your audience from being upset
C) can be very lengthy and quite complicated
D) are never challenging to write
E) require that you be clear, complete, and respectful

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a routine business request?

A) Asking your manager to grant you the leave which he had cancelled earlier
B) Explaining a travel expense to the accounting department
C) Persuading a client to postpone a project so that your company can take the job
D) Asking your team leader to extend the project deadline
E) Persuading your team leader to let you work in a flexible schedule

raili21 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: E
Explanation: E) Routine business messages simply require that you be clear, complete, and respectful. However, meeting just these requirements can be challenging.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B
Explanation: B) Routine messages are short, straightforward, and do not require you to persuade your audience to accept your point.