Technical Writing Question Paper

Technical Writing

Course:Bachelor Of Science (Water & Environmental Engineering)

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE (WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING)

SET 512:
TECHNICAL WRITING

DATE: Monday, 21st December, 2009

TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:

QUESTION ONE
a)
Describe any four different sources
of
data?
(4
marks)
b)
Discuss the following types of technical reports

i)
Technical
–
background
report (2
marks)
ii)
Primary
research
report (2
marks)

iii)
Feasibility, recommendation and evaluation reports
(6 marks)
c)
An effective plan gives a clear vision of the project including what needs to be
done, standards etc. What does it aim to achieve?

(12 marks)
d)
How do you define the audience of a technical report

(4 marks)

QUESTION TWO

a)
What characteristics should the objectives of a project proposal have

(5 marks)
b)
What are the functions and contents of a progress reports
(15 marks)

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QUESTION THREE

a)
Describe the following performance measures of information retrieval
i)
Precision
ii)
Recall
iii)
Fall out
(12 marks)
b)
Briefly describe how project ideas are generated and techniques used to improve
creativity at individual
or
group
level
(8
marks)

QUESTION FOUR
a)
Name any five ways of disseminating research findings

(5 marks)
b)
Briefly discuss the following techniques of literature search techniques
i)
Key words
ii)
Boolean searching
iii)
Phrase searching
(15 marks)

QUESTION FIVE
a)
Differentiate between a Grant Chart and Pert Chart

(8 marks)
b)
Briefly describe any six characteristics of a technical report.
(12 marks)
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