Regarding report writing, which statement is true?

Select a single answer.

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Regarding report writing, which statement is true?

Select a single answer.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

In-text citations can be either tacked onto the end of the sentence or incorporated into its flow.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- In-text citations serve to credit sources and allow readers to locate full references; common formats include parenthetical citations (e.g., (Smith, 2020)) and narrative citations (e.g., Smith (2020) reports…).
- Caption conventions: figures normally have captions below, tables normally have captions (or titles) above.
- An executive summary summarizes key findings and recommendations so a reader can understand the report without reading the whole document.
- Writing is an ongoing professional skill in engineering, not limited to university.
- Figures and diagrams are used wherever they best support the text (introduction, methods, results, discussion), not only in results.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- The statement about in-text citations describes two accepted and widely used citation approaches: attaching a parenthetical citation at the end of a sentence, or integrating the author/date into the sentence’s grammatical flow. Both are correct and standard practice in citation styles such as APA and Harvard.
- Evaluate each alternative option against standard report-writing conventions (see points above) to eliminate them.

3. Calculations
- No numerical calculations are required for this conceptual question.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- Parenthetical (tacked-on) citations look like “…fact. (Jones, 2018).” Narrative (incorporated) citations look like “Jones (2018) demonstrated ….” Both formats provide source attribution and are acceptable; choice depends on emphasis and style guide, so the stated option is correct.

5. Why the other options are incorrect
- “Writing is a skill that engineers only need while studying…”: false — professional engineering requires frequent report-writing, proposals, documentation, etc.
- “When presenting a figure or table…caption must be included and placed below it”: partially false — figure captions are below, but table captions/titles are conventionally placed above.
- “The executive summary should encourage the reader to read the full report…”: incorrect — an executive summary should concisely report main findings and recommendations so the reader can understand conclusions without reading further.
- “Figures … should be restricted to the results section…”: incorrect — figures are used wherever they best support content (methods, background, discussion, etc.).

6. Conclusion
- Therefore, the correct statement is: “In-text citations can be either tacked onto the end of the sentence or incorporated into its flow,” which matches the provided answer.

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