Awareness of Audience Values Practice Test
•15 QuestionsRead the following excerpt from a tech manager’s message to a team of software developers after a security audit found 12 critical vulnerabilities, many tied to rushed releases:
“I know speed is part of our identity; no one joined this team to push paperwork. But the audit makes one thing clear: ‘move fast’ without guardrails is not innovation—it’s gambling with customer trust. Starting next sprint, we’ll require two-person code review for any change touching authentication, and we’ll budget time for automated tests so reviews don’t become a bottleneck. This isn’t about blame; it’s about protecting the product you’ve built and the reputation you’ve earned. If we want autonomy, we have to prove we can be trusted with it.”
Which assumption about the audience underlies the author’s argument?
Read the following excerpt from a tech manager’s message to a team of software developers after a security audit found 12 critical vulnerabilities, many tied to rushed releases:
“I know speed is part of our identity; no one joined this team to push paperwork. But the audit makes one thing clear: ‘move fast’ without guardrails is not innovation—it’s gambling with customer trust. Starting next sprint, we’ll require two-person code review for any change touching authentication, and we’ll budget time for automated tests so reviews don’t become a bottleneck. This isn’t about blame; it’s about protecting the product you’ve built and the reputation you’ve earned. If we want autonomy, we have to prove we can be trusted with it.”
Which assumption about the audience underlies the author’s argument?