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1. Which of the following sentences contains a redundancy?

My boss regularly takes time out of her schedule to chat with employees about their jobs and hear their ideas on how to improve the company.

Our products have been updated to better reflect customer needs.

My manager holds a weekly update meeting every Monday morning.

Most of our employees indicate that they are happy in their positions.

A lunch meeting will be held on Thursday.

2. Which of the following sentences contains surplus words?

It should be understood that attendance is expected at the staff meeting every Friday.

After reviewing the request, I decided to approve it.

The company had to lay off 20 percent of its staff.

Employees have the right to voice their opinion.

The committee reviewed the grant proposals.

3. Which of the following is an abstract statement?

Most of our employees produce highly satisfactory work.

Of the 15 candidates who applied for the job, 12 had advanced business degrees.

The new international sales division will be launched in October 2018.

Income for the last quarter of 2015 was higher by 10 percent.

Karishma accepted the CEO position on December 20, 2015.

4. Which transitional word or phrase would most efficiently increase the cohesiveness of the following sentences?

"The company recorded a 11 percent increase in domestic profits. The company has not been able to establish much demand in foreign countries."

for example

therefore

moreover

in addition

however

5. Choose the sentence below that makes correct use of a two-word expression (also known as an idiom). Multiple Choice

The new employee is equally as bad as his predecessor.

Lucas is a leading authority about butterflies.

We had to comply to this policy.

Sally seldom or ever arrives late.

I completely agree with you.