LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 27

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2060 / 2068 – ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL WRITING

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

I.Write short notes on ANY FIVE of the following:          (5 x 5 = 25 marks)

 

1. Total Quality Management
2. Use of Colour in Graphics
3. The Information Superhighway and a Company’s Internal Web
4. Summary and Executive Summary
5. The Process of Rewriting
6. Email and Memo
7. Progress Reports

                                                               PART – B

 

II.Answer ANY TWO of the following:                             (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

1. Examine the process involved in producing the product in Technical Writing.
2. Comment on the issue of online versus paper in the context of Technical Writing.
3. What are the prewriting Research Techniques?

 

PART – C

 

III.Attempt ANY THREE of the following:                       (3 x 15 = 45 marks)   

 

1. Suppose you are back from a special workshop on Technical Writing. Draft a MEMO for your classmates who could not attend the programme. The memo should be on four or five tips for writing an effective email.

 

1. You intend to pursue your postgraduate studies in a university outside your state. Write a formal LETTER OF ENQUIRY in the full block format to the PRO of the university on the four or five things you want to know before making your choice.

 

1. The following short report is poorly formatted. The text is so dense that the readers would have difficulty understanding the content easily. Improve the document’s design to help easy access. Use relevant highlighting techniques.

 

Date                      May 18, 2005

To:                         Matha Collins

From:                    Richard Davis

Subject:                 2005 Switch Port Carriers

 

Attached are the supplemental 2005 Switch Port Carriers that are required to support this year’s growth patterns. As we have discussed in previous phone conversations, the May numbers show a decrease in traffic, but forecasts still suggest increased traffic. Therefore, we are issuing plans for this contingency. If the June forecasts prove to be accurate, the ports being placed in the network via these plans will support our future growth except for areas where growth can not be predicted. Some areas, for example, are too densely populated for forecasting because the company did not hire enough survey personnel to do a thorough job.

 

Following is an update of our suggested Port Additions. For Port 12ABR, add 16 Ports in Austin. For Port 13RgX, add 27 Ports in Houst0n. For Port 981D, add 35 Ports in San Antonio. For Port 720CT, add 18 Ports in Dallas. The total Port Additions will equal 96 and cost $3,590,625.

 

After working long hours on these suggestions, Port Additions should be considered mandatory. However, follow-up forecasts are probably needed due to the short time we were provided to do these studies. If you are going to perform follow-up forecasts, do so before September 1. The survey teams, if you want a successful forecast, need at least three months. Twenty-five team members should be sufficient.    

 

1. Draw a table for the following information:

 

When the voltage out is 13 V, the frequency out is 926 Hz. When the voltage out is 12.5V, the frequency out is 1.14K. When the voltage out is 12V, the frequency out is 1.4K. When the voltage out is 11V, the frequency out is 1.8K. When the voltage out is 10V, the frequency out is 2.3K. When the voltage out is 9V, the frequency out is 2.8K. When the voltage out is 8V, the frequency out is 3K. When the voltage out is 7, the frequency out is 0 Hz.

 

 

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