READING 2 / QUICK QUIZ

Owning a Preventable Mistake

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1Why does the skipped check count as negligence here?A. It fails to provide the reasonable care required, although the editor had the means and time to do it.B. It results from following every agreed review step carefully.C. It reveals that all copying mistakes are intentional acts.D. It proves that no one can ever rely on an editor again.

2Conduct that deserves criticism or blame is _____.A. blameworthyB. commendableC. exemplaryD. praiseworthy

3Which development would absolve the assigned reviewer of blame for skipping this check?A. She points out that another person made the original typing error.B. Reliable records show that the review task was never assigned to her and she had no responsibility to perform it.C. She says that finding errors is sometimes tedious.D. She gives an apology while leaving the required correction undone.

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