Technical English and Report Writing BSIT , CS , SE 3rd Term 2017 Past Paper UOS

University of Sargodha
BS 3rd Term Examination 2017
Subject: CS/IT/SE
Paper: Technical & Report Writing (Eng: 2413)

Time Allowed: 2:30 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

Objective Part (Compulsory)

Q1. Write short answers of the following in 2-3 lines on your answer sheet. (2*16)

1. What is the importance of learning Technical Writing?
2. What is a Thesis?
3. Why planning is important before drafting?
4. What is Informative Report?
5. How can a speaker manage speech anxiety?
6. Write two types of research writing.
7. How Plagiarism can be avoided in online writing?
8. What are emphatic sentences?
9. What is coherence in writing?
10. What is meant by reasoning critically?
11. Write two types of Public writing.
12. What is synthesizing?
13. What are the writing tasks in natural and social sciences?
14. Define note-taking skill.
15. What is meant by fielding questions?
16. What is document design?

Subjective Part (3*16=48 Marks)

NOTE: Answer any THREE out of FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks.

Q2. Write down a detailed note on the process of drafting.

Q3. Assuming that you have been requested by your Managing Director to look into the working of your company’s office in order to reorganize it. Draft your report suggesting steps to be taken for its reorganization.

Q4. Write a coherent and well-developed paragraph on the topic “Planning in digital environment.”

Q5. Write an enquiry letter with reference to an advertisement in Jang Newspaper for the position of Research Assistant in a reputed software house (position # E3-467).

Q6. Write a detailed note on the process of Reading.