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COMPUTER LITERACY CHALLENGE EXAM GUIDELINES

BLOCK LETTER FORMAT

The following BLOCK letter format is to be used in the word processing exercise. These specifications are one of the commonly accepted standard business letter formats

Please see attached sample word processing task and acceptable response.

All parts of the letter should begin at the left margin (block format)

Line #1 should consist of the sender’s street address (no abbreviations).

Line #2 should consist of the sender’s city, state, and zip code in the following format: city, a comma, a single space, a two-letter state postal abbreviation (both letters capitalized with no punctuation), two spaces, and the zip code.

Line #3 should be the date the letter was written (the date the test was given/taken) in the following format: the month (no abbreviation), a single space, the day of the month (number), a comma, a single space, and the year.

Three blank lines should be between the date and the recipient’s address.

The recipient’s address should be in the same format as the sender’s address - name and title on the first line of recipient’s address, company or organization (if any) on the second line, street address on the third line, city, state and zip code on the fourth line.

One blank line should be between the recipient’s address and the greeting.

One blank line should be between the greeting and the start of the body.

Mixed punctuation - the greeting should be followed by a colon (:) and the closing should be followed by a comma (,).

Leave one blank line between each paragraph in the body.

One blank line should be between the body and the close

Three blank lines (for the signature) should be between the close and the sender’s (student’s) name

Please see sample word processing task and acceptable response.

CRITERION FOR PASSING: NO MORE THAN TWO ERRORS ARE ALLOWED.

All test sheet directions must be followed precisely.

Each occurrence of an error counts as one error. Errors include, but are not limited to, mistakes in the following areas: spelling; capitalization; letter duplication; word substitution; omitted or added words; punctuation; spacing between words; not using bold, italics or underlining when indicated; incorrect line spacing, margins, font size, justification, and tab placement.

	COMPUTER LITERACY CHALLENGE EXAM GUIDELINES
	BLOCK LETTER FORMAT
	The following BLOCK letter format is to be used in the word processing exercise. These specifications are one of the commonly accepted standard business letter formats
	Please see attached sample word processing task and acceptable response.
	All parts of the letter should begin at the left margin (block format)
	Line #1 should consist of the sender’s street address (no abbreviations).
	Line #2 should consist of the sender’s city, state, and zip code in the following format: city, a comma, a single space, a two-letter state postal abbreviation (both letters capitalized with no punctuation), two spaces, and the zip code.
	Line #3 should be the date the letter was written (the date the test was given/taken) in the following format: the month (no abbreviation), a single space, the day of the month (number), a comma, a single space, and the year.
	Three blank lines should be between the date and the recipient’s address.
	The recipient’s address should be in the same format as the sender’s address - name and title on the first line of recipient’s address, company or organization (if any) on the second line, street address on the third line, city, state and zip code on the fourth line.
	One blank line should be between the recipient’s address and the greeting.
	One blank line should be between the greeting and the start of the body.
	Mixed punctuation - the greeting should be followed by a colon (:) and the closing should be followed by a comma (,).
	Leave one blank line between each paragraph in the body.
	One blank line should be between the body and the close
	Three blank lines (for the signature) should be between the close and the sender’s (student’s) name
	Please see sample word processing task and acceptable response.
	CRITERION FOR PASSING: NO MORE THAN TWO ERRORS ARE ALLOWED.
	All test sheet directions must be followed precisely.
	Each occurrence of an error counts as one error. Errors include, but are not limited to, mistakes in the following areas: spelling; capitalization; letter duplication; word substitution; omitted or added words; punctuation; spacing between words; not using bold, italics or underlining when indicated; incorrect line spacing, margins, font size, justification, and tab placement.