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Bmit 110: Communication And Study Skills Y1s1 Question Paper
Bmit 110: Communication And Study Skills Y1s1
Course:Bachelor Of Commerce
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
COURSE CODE: BMIT 110
COURSE TITLE: COMMUNICATION AND STUDY SKILLS
STREAM: Y1S1
DAY: WEDNESDAY
TIME: 2.00 – 5.00 P.M.
DATE: 02/12/2009
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. There are TWO sections in this question paper. (A & B)
2. Answer questions from BOTH sections
3. Answer ALL questions in section A and any other THREE in section B
4. Marks will be awarded for detailed answers
SECTION ONE: (COMPLUSORY – (60 MARKS)
1. Read the following extract from an academic article and then answer the questions that
follow.
Typical stereotypes address the need of slave owners to give reasons for slavery. Sambo,
with his mindless frockling, intense loyalty to the master and childlike need for protection
and guidance is a good example (Jordan, 1992b). Sambo needed his master as much as his
master needed him. To enslave another race requires some justification (Geist & Jimenez,
1994).” Other good blacks were always loyal. Mammy was the fat, jolly, motherly cook;
Uncle Tom was her husband, older Black who served competently and faithfully”. (Geist &
Jimenez, 1994, p. 133). Both are content with their position, having accepted the family
values. Both love their masters.
Following the horror of the Holocaust, the U.S government began to legislate against racist
behavior at home (Bailey, 1996). Legal barriers supporting segregation were torn down.
Jobs in the rust-belt industries of auto and steel increased black social mobility and a
significant middle class of people of racist language, even under the Reagan administration,
became unfashionable (Geist and Jimenez, 1994).
Children of the poor, however, include, to a disproportionate extent, people of color, and
the underclass of Black and Brown working and poor people at the margins of society has
grown (West, 1995). As Bakarric and Robins (1995) explain the problem. “Despite a
change in language, [racist] ideas still flourish in a more coded way; expressions of
hostility to affirmative action, busing and special interests…have now replaced overt racist
discourse” (p. 144). At the same time, the federal government is cutting back federal
payments to the needy and diminishing occupational health, safety and environmental
protection (Bailey, 1996).
The number of low wage, service sector jobs is rapidly increasing. Those most adversely
affected by these policies have been blue-collor industrial workers and poor, particularly
women and children (West Ibid). These children then go into an impoverished educational
system and face unequal opportunities when they enter the labour force.
(i) Describe the two ways in which the author of the above extract, has used to reproduce
information from other sources. (6mks)
(ii) Explain the significance of the letter ‘b’ that is placed in the following parenthesis
(Jordan, 1992b) (2mks)
(iii) What do the three dots represent in the following quotation? (2mks)
“Despite a change in language, [racist] ideas still flourish in a more coded way;
expressions of hostility to affirmative action, busing, and special interest …have now
replaced overt racist discourse”.
(iv) What is a call number? State its essence to library users (2mks)
2. Use examples to distinguish the following pairs of terms as used in library science.
(i) Primary sources (3mks) 3
(ii) Secondary sources (3mks)
(iii)Tertiary sources (3mks)
3. Assume that you are one of the lucky candidates to be invited for an interview. State and
explain any four ways that you will use to prepare for the interview.
(8mks)
4. Why is feedback important in the communication process? Support your answer with an
appropriate example. (5mks)
5. State and explain any three techniques that enhance effective study (6mks)
SECTION B (ATTEMPT ONLY THREE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION –
(20 MARKS)
6. (a) Use examples to explain any three references sources found in an academic library.
(10mks)
(b) Compare and contrast the Library Congress Classification scheme and the Dewey
Decimal Classification Scheme. (10mks)
7. (a) You have been asked to present a condolence speech, to mourn the death of a colleague.
Draft an appropriate speech for the occasion. Your speech should not exceed two
pages and need not to fill them. (14mks)
(b) State and briefly explain the three parts of a speech (6mks)
8. (a) What do you understand by ‘media’ of communication? Discuss two merits and
demerits of any one medium of communication. (10mks)
(b) Write short notes on the following types of communication. (10mks)
(i) Mass communication
(ii) Personal or intra-personal communication
9. (a) Define the term “research” (2mks)
(b) Many pieces of research have been turned down for being substandard. Use
appropriate examples to explain the four qualities that you would consider to ensure
that your research meets all standards of acceptability. (12mks)
(c) Describe any three methods that you would use to elicit primary data from the field.
(6mks)
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