Technical English and Report Writing BSIT, CS, SE 3rd Term 2016 Past Paper UOS

University of Sargodha
BS 3rd Term Examination 2016

Subject: I T, CS, SE
Paper: Technical & Report Writing (Eng: 2413)
Time Allowed: 2:30 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

Objective Part (Compulsory)

Q.1. Write short answers of the following in 2-3 lines. (2*16)

i. Define the term community in your own words?
ii. What academic community?
iii. Define digital environment?
iv. What is brain storming?
v. What is paragraph?
vi. What is computer chip?
vii. What is speech anxiety?
viii. What is report writing?
ix. What is topic sentence?
x. What is the role of font style and colour in report writing?
xi. What is public communities?
xii. What is oral presentation?
xiii. How cubing can be helpful during drafting?
xiv. Define SQW3R?
xv. What is critical reading?
xvi. What is unfocussed paragraph?

Subjective Part (3*16)

Q.2. Critically analyze the academic, public and work communities. Elaborate the salient features of myths and realities involved in report writing? Elaborate.

Q.3. What type of methods can be used in development oral presentation skills? How brain storming can be helpful in oral presentation?

Q.4. What does the term Critical Reading signify? Discuss in detail the strategies that are required for an effective critical reading?

Q.5. What is oral presentation? How does speech anxiety affect presentation process? How oral presentation can be made effective? Elaborate.

Q.6. Critically analyze the importance of technical and report writing in the age of information technology for university students? Elucidate the major skills involved in the process of writing reports in the 21st century.