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Exercise in Identifying Objectives

Instructions: For each of the following, indicate whether it is a properly written objective.

1. Know the procedure for changing margins.

__ Yes
__ No

2. Understand the value of technical communication.

__ Yes
__ No

3. Name 4 ways to assess the value of technical communication products according to the Carliner model.

__ Yes
__ No

4. With the assistance of online help, change the margins on a page.

__ Yes
__ No

5. With the assistance of online help, change the margins according to a given request on a page 95% of the time.

__ Yes
__ No

6. With 95 percent accuracy, the arteries to which the pacemaker connects.

__ Yes
__ No

7. Understand the key chemicals in the workplace.

__ Yes
__ No

8. With 85 percent accuracy and the availability of an online manual, employees should correctly complete an application for tuition reimbursement.

__ Yes
__ No

9. Customer service reps should accurately update an employee record.

__ Yes
__ No

Answers:

  1. No. The task "know" is not observable or measurable.
  2. No. The task "understand" is not observable or measurable. Similarly, the topic "value of technical communication" can be interpreted differently by different people, so it might be defined more precisely.
  3. Yes. The assumed level of performance is 100 percent. Because no conditions are stated, none are assumed.
  4. Yes. The behavior is change. The condition is with the assistance of online help. Because it is not stated, the level of acceptable performance is assumed to be 100 percent.
  5. Yes, with a more precise level of acceptable performance.
  6. No. No task is stated.
  7. No, the task understand is not observable or measurable.
  8. Yes. The task is apply for tuition reimbursement. The condition is the availability of an online manual. The level of acceptable performance is 85 percent.
  9. No. The term "accurately" is too vague and needs to be defined in more precise terms.

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