Quality Assurance & Workflow Management Flashcards
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A proofreader is asked to 'cold read' a document. What does this technique involve?
Answer: Reading without comparing to a marked-up original, focusing on surface errors
Cold reading means reading the final text on its own merits to catch spelling, punctuation, and consistency errors without referencing previous drafts.
What does 'dead copy' refer to in traditional proofreading workflow terminology?
Answer: The original marked-up manuscript used as a reference during comparison reading
Dead copy is the edited manuscript or earlier version used by the proofreader as a reference when comparing against the typeset or revised version.
During a comparison proofread, one proofreader reads aloud from the dead copy while a second follows the live copy. What is the person reading aloud called?
Answer: The copyholder
The copyholder reads the dead copy aloud, including punctuation and formatting cues, while the other proofreader marks errors on the live copy.
Which of the following best describes a 'stet' instruction in proofreading?
Answer: Let the original text stand; ignore the previous correction
'Stet' (Latin for 'let it stand') cancels a previously marked correction, restoring the original text.
A publisher wants to reduce turnaround time without sacrificing quality. Which workflow adjustment is most appropriate?
Answer: Implement a parallel review system where different team members check different sections simultaneously
Parallel review distributes the workload across team members, cutting clock time while preserving independent human review of every section.
What is the primary risk of allowing authors to make their own final corrections after the proofread is complete?
Answer: Author alterations can introduce new errors and must be reviewed again
Each set of changes introduces new opportunities for error, so any author alterations after proofreading require an additional review pass.
Which type of error is most likely to be missed by automated grammar-checking software but caught by a skilled proofreader?
Answer: Incorrect verb tense in a sentence that is grammatically correct but contextually wrong
Contextual errors—where the sentence is grammatically valid but semantically wrong—require human comprehension that software cannot reliably provide.