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Following & Auditing Written Directions
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Follow ordered and conditional instructions, and check a completed procedure.
Read the explanations, try the quick checks, then take the lesson quiz to see what to review next.
Directions Are More Than a List
Procedures include sequence, dependency, conditions, alternatives, priorities, prohibitions, and stop rules. Reconstruct what to do, when, and under which branch.
- A → B: do A before B.
- IF X → C: do C only under condition X.
- D OR E: either route is allowed.
- NOT F: F is prohibited.
- UNTIL Y: continue until Y occurs.
Chronology differs from priority. “Submit Friday, but report a hazard immediately” gives the hazard priority even if the form instruction appears first.
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