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Test for Phase III
1
The letter sign is:
 
a. a type of punctuation
 
b. a composition sign
c. a Braille contraction
  d. none of the above
2
The letter sign is used to indicate that a letter or letter grouping has a lettermeaning, and is not a whole-word contraction or a short-form word.
a. true
  b. false
3
The letter sign would be used in the following word(s):
a. E coli
b. X-rays
  c. U-haul
  d. all of the above
4
The letter sign would be used in the phrase rock 'n' roll.
a. true
b. false
5
In an outline or list, the letter sign is not used, however, if the letters do nothave punctuation after them, a letter sign is required.
a. true
  b. false
6
 The letter sign is not used in this number and letter combination:
a. 46T
b. X-19
  c. X19
7
 The letter sign is used in this number and word combination:
a. 6-pack
b. 7-Up
c. 8-like
  d. 300-cab
8
 The letter sign is not used with this number and letter combination:
a. RCV90
b. lr-14
  c. ES-18
  d. C22A
9
 In stammered words, the letter sign is used.
a. true
b. false
10
 In which of the following examples of stammered words can a contraction beused in the stammered portion and in the word itself:
a.g-ghost
b. s-s-say
  c. st-st-stop
  d. f-f-father
  e. c-c-can
11
 A stammered word can be divided:
a. in any part of a stammered word
b. only between the stammered portion and the word itself
  c. they may be divided after any syllable in the unstammered portion
12
 When brailling a lisped word the (th) contraction is always used to representthe lisped sound.
a. true
b. false
13
 In dialect, short forms and contractions are used liberally.
  a. true
  b. false
14
 No contractions are used in spelling words or in words that are beinganalyzed or that have been broken into parts in order to focus upon spelling,pronunciation, or word construction
  a. true
  b. false
15
 A letter sign is not used with an abbreviation unless it could be confused witha word or short form word.
  a. true 
  b. false
16
 Which of the following abbreviations need a letter sign?
  a. 27 sq. ft.
  b. 5 KW
  c. 5 mL
  d. 4 ft
  e. both c and d
17
 The (of) contraction can be used in the abbreviation Prof. Smith however, itcannot be used in the word professor.
  a. true
  b. false
18
 Do not use contractions for two-letter postal abbreviations such as AR (Arkansas) and IN (Indiana).
  a. true
  b. false
20
 A letter sign is placed before an abbreviation not followed by a period thatcould be confused with a whole-word contraction or a short-form word.
  a. true
  b. false
21
 In the following list of abbreviations only one requires a letter sign. Whichone is it?
  a. c. 1850
 
b. c1850
  c. CD-ROM
22
 Personal initials should not be divided between Braille lines if they appear inprint unspaced.
  a. true
  b. false
23
 In the name Harry S Truman a letter sign would be placed before the S.
  a. true
  b. false
24
 Initials followed by a period do not require a letter indicator.
  a. true
  b. false
25
 An acronym is an abbreviation that uses the first letter or letters of each ofthe successive parts of a compound term and is pronounced as a word.Contractions are:
  a. not used in acronyms
  b. used in acronyms, however all the letters that comprise the contraction should come from the same word
26
 A contraction would be used in this acronym:
  a. WHO (World Health Organization)
  b. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
  c. MEDICO (Medical Insurance Company)
  d. NOW (National Organization for Women)