BUS 1501 - SAMPLE QUESTIONS (MCQ)
1. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: After significant financial
losses last quarter, construction on the new office will begin in one year's time.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)
2. She ________ me to send an email to the prospective client.
A. adviced
B. advised
3. Please identify the misspelled word.
A. literally
B. nauseauted
C. prestigious
D. unique
E. None of these are misspelled.
4. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The team will present their
thoughts on the new company policy later today.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct
5. Why didn't she send the latest draft to ________?
A. him and I
B. him and me
6. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The job candidate said she
could speak english, french, and spanish.
