ENG201 Midterm Paper 2009-1

ENG201 MID Term Examination Spring 2009
ENG201- Business and Technical English Writing (Session - 1)

Question No: 1 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Whose needs are most important to be fulfilled while composing a document?
speakers'
readers'
listeners'
writers'

Question No: 2 ( M a r k s: 1 )Which phrase is correct?
He's worked at that company for fifteen years.
He's working at that company for fifteen years.
He works at that company for fifteen years
He works at that company for fifteen years

Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 ) 
Which sentence is incorrect?
He lives in London.
I arrived at home at 6 o'clock.
They drove to San Francisco on Saturday.
Where do you live?

Question No: 4 ( M a r k s: 1 ) 
Which of the following should NOT be used while answering the phone?
Ken speaking
This is Ken
What do you want?
Can you hold on?

Question No: 5 ( M a r k s: 1 ) 
Which phrase is correct?
When you born?
When were you born?
When you are born?
When are you born?

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following should be adopted to compose concrete, convincing messages?
All of the above
Use specific figures
Put action to words
Use vivid image building words

Question No: 7 ( M a r k s: 1 )
A fault in the communication procedure where the meaning of the message is lost ‘in translation’ from intention to language or from language to understanding is called............
Distortion
Noise
Redundancy
Feedback

Question No: 8 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Biased language that might offend the audience is based on ---------------
Cultural bias, gender bias
Cultural bias, nationality bias
Unity bias, nationality bias
None of them

Question No: 9 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Letters are usually just one page and consist of three sections ---------------
Salutation, subject matter, references
Front matter, summary, conclusion
Body, references, end matter
Front matter, body, end matter

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following is used in a letter to emphasize a point or to include a brief personal message?
Foot notes
Post script
End notes
All of the above

Question No: 11 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Why document objective should be stated at the beginning?
To motivate readers to read further
To gain readers’ attention
Both i & ii
To impress readers

Question No: 12 ( M a r k s: 1 )
Why style guides are widely used in organizations?
To achieve a uniform document
To achieve consistency of style
To achieve good results
Both i & ii

Question No: 13 ( M a r k s: 1 )
How many aspects does Accuracy have?
6
5
4
3

Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 )
While writing persuasive messages which four things should be kept in mind about your audience?
Main idea, consideration, needs and appeals, logic
Semantics, emotion and logics, clarity, consideration
Needs and appeals, emotion and logic, credibility, semantics
Credibility, logics, main idea, emotion

Question No: 15 ( M a r k s: 1 )
While communicating, when you are aware not only of the perspective of others but also their feelings, which principle of communication you are utilizing?
Concreteness
Completeness
Courtesy
Correctness

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 ) 
Which of the following can be defined as follows
“It is not merely politeness with mechanical insertion of ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, rather it is politeness that grows out of respect and concern for others.”
Clarity
Courtesy
Consideration
Credibility

Question No: 17 ( M a r k s: 2 )
What is meant by ‘Defining Objective’?

Question No: 18 ( M a r k s: 2 )
Define the term ‘Transitions’.

Question No: 19 ( M a r k s: 3 )
What do you understand by the term ‘Coherence’?

Question No: 20 ( M a r k s: 5 )
What is meant by "concreteness"? Explain it with the help of examples.

Question No: 21 ( M a r k s: 10 )
How many parts does Indirect Plan consist of? Explain in detail.