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Quiz: Writing for business, July 4

Which is correct?

Each of the servers _____ partitioned.
a. is
b. are

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Quiz: Writing for business, July 3

Which is correct?

Now that Apple has embraced the enterprise, IT execs will be ________ their iPhones instead of their Blackberrys.
a. flouting
b. flaunting

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Quiz: Writing for business, July 2

Which is correct?

A Creative Commons license gives you the ability to dictate how others may exercise your _________ rights.
a. copyright
b. copywrite

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Quiz: Writing for business, July 1

Which is correct?

__________ you hire will need at least three years of ASP.NET and AJAX development experience.
a. Whoever
b. Whomever

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Quiz: What’s the buzz?

DIRECTIONS: These are real statements from real people discussing real technology in the blogosphere. I’ve removed one word from each quote. Can you still figure out what they’re talking about? Click on the link to see if you’re right!

1. For most people, changing _________ is little bit of a pain in the ass.
What is Smackdown talking about?

2. According to a report released at Infosec 2008, nearly three quarters of businesses are blocking the use of free __________ applications.
What is Asavin Wattanajantra talking about?

3. One unfortunate habit Bill Gates has is constantly bringing his finger tips together high across his chest while speaking. This gesture makes him seem uncomfortable and is a reminiscent of The Simpson’s __________.
What is Garr Reynolds talking about?

4. You have to hand it to the hit FOX reality series American Idol. It’s putting _________ technology to maximum use, turning it into a giant cash machine.
What is Om Malik talking about?

5. __________ languages are like sewage plants: if the average user becomes aware of them, something has gone wrong.
What is Rupert Goodwins talking about?

6. Electronic theorists have been using the wrong pair of variables all these years–voltage and charge. The fundamental pair of variables is really __________ and charge.
What are they talking about?

7. I’ve seen videoconferencing vendors trying to upgrade their offerings with high-definition media and larger screens to compete with __________ technology. You can put wings on a pig and call it a bird, but it still won’t fly.
What is Rupert Goodwins talking about?

8. It turns out the announcement isn’t a new vaporware wireless technology, it’s my favorite old vaporware wireless technology, __________.
What is Michael Mace talking about?

9. Facebook’s real problem isn’t privacy — it’s __________.
What is Dave McClure talking about?

10. Years from now, we may come to realize that the defining characteristic of Web 2.0 wasn’t gradients, bubbles and excessive use of JavaScript – it was a false belief in __________ content.
What is Ian Harris talking about?

Quiz: Writing for business, June 30

Which is correct?

Time Warner Cable, as well as Comcast, _____ experimenting with placing monthly limits on subscribers’ online activity.
a. is
b. are

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Quiz: Writing for business — any more, anymore

Which one is correct? 

It’s hard to believe that Bill Gates won’t be working at Microsoft _____.
a. any more
b. anymore

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Quiz: Writing for business — is, are

Which is correct?

Jeff Bezos, as well as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, _____ going to be at the conference.
a. is
b. are

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Quiz: Writing for business — have or has

Which is correct?

Each of you _____ contributed a great deal to the success of this project.
a. have
b. has

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Quiz: Name that logo!

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