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Meera, an accountant, writes a short report on a single page, in memo style, to her manager on the month-end stock count. Which feature best identifies this as an informal report rather than a formal one?

An informal report is brief, written in a simple memo or letter style, and meant mainly for internal use, as in Meera's one-page note to her manager. Cover pages, indexes, bibliographies, appendices or statutory publication are features of formal reports, not informal ones.

  1. AIt has a cover page, a certificate and an index
  2. BIt is brief, uses a simple personal or memo format and is meant for internal useCorrect
  3. CIt is prepared by a statutory committee and published in the Gazette
  4. DIt must contain a bibliography and several appendices

Explanation

Informal reports are short, simple in layout, often in memo or letter form, and used internally. Cover pages, indexes, bibliographies and statutory publication belong to formal reports, so the other options describe formal features.

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