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Business Skills Exercises, 5th Edition

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ISBN-10 1133474365, ISBN-13 9781133474364

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Author(s): Barker

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This text is used primarily in basic high school office procedures courses, workforce development programs, and courses at career schools or career centers. The text offers short units of instruction with goal-oriented skills applied in each exercise. Specific goal-oriented exercises teach and reinforce basic-level business skills needed for entry-level positions.

Contents, iii

Introduction, vii

Unit 1: Communication Skills, 1

Exercise 1: Identify the Main Idea of a Paragraph, 1

Exercise 2: Identify the Subject of a Sentence, 3

Exercise 3: Identify Nouns and Pronouns, 5

Exercise 4: Identify Prepositions, 9

Exercise 5: Identify Verbs, 13

Exercise 6: Improve Proofreading Skills and Use Proofreaders' Marks, 17

Exercise 7: Improve Proofreading Skills and Use Proofreaders' Marks, 19

Exercise 8: Improve Spelling and Handwriting of Proper Names, 21

Exercise 9: Improve Spelling and Handwriting of Proper Names, 23

Exercise 10: Improve Spelling and Handwriting of Proper Names, 25

Exercise 11: Improve Spelling and Handwriting of Proper Names, 27

Exercise 12: Improve Spelling and Handwriting of Proper Names, 29

Exercise 13: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 31

Exercise 14: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 33

Exercise 15: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 35

Exercise 16: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 37

Exercise 17: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 39

Exercise 18: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 41

Exercise 19: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 43

Exercise 20: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 45

Exercise 21: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 47

Exercise 22: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 49

Exercise 23: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 51

Exercise 24: Improve Vocabulary and Spelling, 53

Unit 2: Math Skills, 57

Exercise 25: Improve Number Writing, 57

Exercise 26: Improve Number Writing, 59

Exercise 27: Improve Number Writing, 61

Exercise 28: Improve Number Writing, 63

Exercise 29: Proofread Amounts of Money, 65

Exercise 30: Proofread Account Numbers, 67

Exercise 31: Proofread Credit Card Numbers, 69

Exercise 32: Make Change Using the Count-Back Method, 71

Exercise 33: Make Change When Given Extra Coins, 73

Exercise 34: Calculate Sale Totals and Make Change, 75

Exercise 35: Prepare a Sales Receipt and Make Change, 77

Exercise 36: Prepare an Invoice, 79

Exercise 37: Write Amounts of Money on Receipts, 81

Exercise 38: Learn to Deposit Checks into a Personal Checking Account, 87

Exercise 39: Write Checks and Fill Out Check Stubs, 91

Exercise 40: Maintain a Personal Checking Account, 95

Exercise 41: Learn to Deposit Currency and Coins into a Checking Account, 99

Exercise 42: Write Petty Cash Receipts and Update a Petty Cash Book, 101

Exercise 43: Prepare Cash Drawer Count Reports, 105

Unit 3: General Business Skills, 107

Exercise 44: Proofread Names of Persons, 107

Exercise 45: Proofread Names of Persons, 109

Exercise 46: Proofread Dates, 111

Exercise 47: Proofread Names of Businesses, 113

Exercise 48: Proofread Names of Businesses, 115

Exercise 49: Proofread ZIP Codes, 117

Exercise 50: Proofread Street Addresses, 119

Exercise 51: Proofread Cities, States, and ZIP Codes, 121

Exercise 52: Print Information on Business Forms, 123

Exercise 53: Print Information on Business Forms, 127

Exercise 54: Make Decisions about Printing Information on Business Forms, 131

Exercise 55: Make Decisions about Printing Information on Business Forms, 133

Exercise 56: Complete Telephone Message Forms, 135

Exercise 57: Complete Message Forms, 137

Exercise 58: Complete Property Record Forms, 139

Exercise 59: Complete an Order Form, 141

Exercise 60: Complete Work Orders, 143

Unit 4: Records Management Skills, 145

Exercise 61: Index Names of Persons, 145

Exercise 62: Index Names of Businesses, 149

Exercise 63: Index Business Names with Minor Words and Symbols, 153

Exercise 64: Index Names with Punctuation and Possessives, 155

Exercise 65: Index Names with Single Letters and Abbreviations, 159

Exercise 66: Index Names with Suffixes and Titles, 163

Exercise 67: Index Names with Prefixes, Articles, and Particles, 167

Exercise 68: Index Numbers in Business Names, 171

Exercise 69: Index Names of Organizations and Institutions, 173

Exercise 70: Index Identical Names, 175

Exercise 71: Index Government Names, 179

Exercise 72: Index Numbers for Filing, 185

Exercise 73: Prepare an Accession Log and Alphabetic Index, 187

Exercise 74: File Records Using a Numeric System, 191

Exercise 75: File Records by Date, 193

Exercise 76: File Discs Using a Numeric System, 195

Exercise 77: File Records Using the Terminal-Digit Method, 197

Unit 5: Referencing Skills, 199

Exercise 78: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 199

Exercise 79: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 201

Exercise 80: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 203

Exercise 81: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 205

Exercise 82: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 207

Exercise 83: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 209

Exercise 84: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 211

Exercise 85: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 213

Exercise 86: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 215

Exercise 87: Use Reference Sources to Find Information, 217

Unit 6: 21st Century Skills, 219

Exercise 88: Set Personal Priorities, 219

Exercise 89: Improve Time and Task Management Skills, 221

Exercise 90: Set Priorities in a Business Setting, 223

Exercise 91: Set Priorities in a Business Setting, 225

Exercise 92: Understand Ethics, 227

Exercise 93: Explore E-Mail Ethics, 229

Exercise 94: Write Effective E-Mail, 231

Exercise 95: Use Cell Phones Responsibly, 233

Exercise 96: Search Efficiently on the Internet, 235

Exercise 97: Use the Internet for Homework, 237

Exercise 98: Use the Internet at Work, 239

Exercise 99: Explore Online Shopping, 241

Exercise 100: Go on an Internet Scavenger Hunt, 243

Reference Sources, 245

Glossary, 275

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