Assignment of First unit of Technical Report Writing (MC-708)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A technical report reduces to writing the facts of a particular situation.

a) True
b) False Ans. a
2. A technical report establishes a _______
a) illogical conclusion
b) logical conclusion
c) personal prejudice
d) misplaced learning Ans. b
3. Which of these must never be a basis for a technical report?
a) Facts
b) Tests
c) Personal prejudices
d) Experiments Ans. c
4. Which of these must be avoided in a technical report?
a) Facts
b) Logical conclusion
c) Objective evaluation
d) Subjective evaluation Ans. d
5. A report may be used for reading or hearing.
a) True
b) False Ans. a
6. Which of these is not a parameter in a report?
a) Extent of information
b) Quality of information
c) Age of writer
d) Ability to acquire information Ans. c
7. Which of these is not a parameter of a report?
a) Ability to acquire additional information
b) Quality of additional information acquired
c) Ability to arrive at subjective evaluation
d) Ability to provide worthwhile recommendations Ans. c
8. To which of these people is the report not very crucial?
a) Engineers
b) Scientists
c) Teachers
d) Business executives Ans. c
9. Which of these reports is raised annually?
a) Inventory reports
 b) Confidential reports
c) Laboratory reports
d) Inspection reports Ans. b
10. Which of these is not a part of a report?
a) Front matter
b) Gender
c) Front cover
d) Title page Ans. b
11. Shorter report is considered to be as
a) One to five pages
b) Three to five pages
c) Four to five pages
d) Two paragraph Ans. a
12. In technical writing the largest report termed is
a) Conclusion/recommendation
b) Discussion
c) Heading
d) Footing Ans. b
13. In a technical report which of these must be avoided
a) Facts
b) Logical conclusion
c) Objective evaluation
d) Subjective evaluation Ans. d
14. Once getting problem identified with its causes, next step involved in
a) Choosing team lead
b) Identifying solution to problem
c) Identifying the problem
d) All of above Ans. d
15. We, us and our are examples of
a) Contractions
b) Pronoun usage
c) Name usage
d) Noun Ans. b
16. A report may be used for?
a) Reading
b) Hearing
c) Both a and b
d) None of these Ans. c
17. A list of illustrations, included; figures and tables, placed on;
a) Abstract vision
b) Title page
c) Table of contents
 d) Bottom line Ans. c
18. Last step of writing an effective website, involved in;
a) Error correction
b) Testing the website
c) Enhancing tone
d) Over viewing Ans. b
19. Which of these is not a parameter in a report?
a) Extent of information
b) Quality of information
c) Age of writer
d) Ability to acquire information Ans. c
20. What audience is the least information needed?
a) Low tech audience
b) Lay audience
c) High-tech audience
d) All of above Ans. c
21. Trying to find a solution to a problem is known as
a) Problem solving
b) Decision making
c) Self-awareness
d) None of the above Ans. a

Short and long questions

1. Is there a standard format for technical reports? Explain

2. What is a technical report? Explain with an example.
3. What is a teaching statement? Explain
4. What makes a good report? Explain in detail.
5. What is the primary purpose of report? Explain
6. How do you get tenured professor fired? Explain
7. What is a tenure track position? Describe
8. How hard is it to fire a tenured professor? Discuss
9. How do professors get fired? Explain
10. How a teacher can improve his teaching with the course syllabus? Explain
11. What kind of management culture are you looking for? Discuss
12. What are the types of management you have seen work well? Explain
13. What is the best way for managers to keep you informed? Explain
14. What are the factors that effects and influence knowledge sharing behavior and how do
measure it? Explain
15. What should you do to avoid cheating in online classes? Discuss.
16. How do you write a course outline? Describe.
17. How you will evaluate student learning? Explain in detail.
18. Why audience identification is needed for the report? Explain
19. What writing style is usually used in reports? Explain
20. What documentation would you use to deliver technical content? Discuss.
21. What is the typical daily function of a technical writer? Describe in brief.
22. What is a technical white paper? Discuss it.
23. What should students expect of you as a teacher? Describe
24. What do you want students to learn? How do you know your goals for students are being met?
25. How can your teaching facilitate student learning?
26. What specific activities or exercises do you use to engage your students?
27. What format is used for sending information inside an organization?
28. How do you write a short technical report?
29. How is MS Word and Frame maker different? Discuss.
30. What are the steps you follow when you are starting a new topic on technical writing? Discuss.
31. What are the publication tools you have worked on? Discuss.
32. What is the difference between Structured Frame maker and unstructured Frame maker?
33. What is technical report example?
34. What are the typical obstacles a technical writer faces during information gathering?
35. What should a technical report contain?
36. What must be avoided in technical report?
37. What are the problems in getting an academic job? Explain
38. What are the main points for presenting a course? Explain
39. What are the necessary things for meeting your first class? Explain
40. How will you test and evaluate your students? Explain
41. Write a paragraph related with research and scholarship.
42. What are the most important things when choosing an academic career? Explain
43. What are the factors that affect the students in choosing their academic career? Explain
44. Explain the report writing in social work training.
45. Explain the factors for making you very motivated in writing.
46. Technical contents are one of the most important aspects of technical reports. Mention the
main items which make the Technical Contents are a good one.
47. Presentation is one of the most important aspects of technical reports. Mention the main items
which make the Presentation is a good one.
48. What is the meaning of “Ethical consideration in Technical writing”? Enumerate three of the
Ethical rules required in Technical writing?
49. Enumerate the attributes of technical writing. Explain three of them.
50. Enumerate five of the Ethical rules that have to be considered in the Technical writing?
51. Mention the elements of elements of technical writing strategy? Write short notes about each
item.
52. How can we make academia more attractive? Is there an incongruence between academia and
the real world?
53. Define the plagiarism. Explain the impact of the internet on the academic plagiarism.