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Communication Skills Question Paper

Communication Skills

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Hospitality Management

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ENGINEERING, SCIENCE,
MEDICINE, COMMERCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
UCU 100: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DATE: TUESDAY, 31ST MARCH 2009
TIME: 2.00 P.M. – 4.00 P.M.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1.
There are 4 (FOUR) questions in this paper, candidates must answer all four questions.
2.
Question 2 on Transconding has two questions: Answer the appropriate one.
3.
Candidates MUST write their registration numbers in the space provided on each answer
booklet.
4.
All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided.
5.
Candidates must tie all the used answer booklets together after use.

COMPREHENSION (25 marks)
Q1. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

Answer the following questions.
1.
a)
Identify the thesis statement (main idea) of this passage. (3 marks)
b)
State the purpose of paragraph 1 and 2 in the passage. (3 marks)
c)
In two sentences, summarize the research findings in paragraph 6. (6 marks)
d)
Identify the topic sentences in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. (7 marks)
e)
Explain the meaning of the phrase “this research is correlational” in paragraph 8. (3 marks)
f)
What is the authors verdict on the relationship between positive and negative affect (paragraph 6). (3 marks)

Q2A. TRANSCODING & GRAPH INTERPRETATION

(FOR NORMAL SIGHTED CANDIDATES) (15 marks)
Read Figure 1 and answer the questions that follow it.
Source: Sunday Nation 18/2/09:
21(a)
In which financial periods were the tax collections above the expected targets? (3 marks)
(b)
When was the lowest surplus tax collections recorded and what was it? (2 marks)
(c)
How many times were surplus tax collection below zero?
(2 marks)
(c)
In four sentences and in prose, describe the trend of the tax collection surpluses in Kenya for the financial periods 2002/2003 to 2008/2009. (8 marks)
2B.
TRANSCODING AND TABLE INTERPRETATION (15 MARKS)

(FOR THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATES ONLY).

Use information in Table 1 and answer the questions that follow it.
(a)
Which country had the highest percentage of projected population growth rate for the period 1990-2030 and what was it? (3 marks)
(b)
Which country had the slowest projected population growth rate in the period 1990-2030 and what was it? (3 marks)
(c)
Express the population growth of Russia in the period 1950-1990 as a percentage. (2 marks)
(d)
Describe the trend of the population growth projections as given in the table for the period 1990-2030. (7 marks)
QUESTION 3: LIBRARY SKILLS (20 marks)
A.
Identify errors in each of the following references and list them (the errors) down.
(i)
K. A. Goodman. In the Journal of the Reading Specialist. Reading a Psycholinguistic Guessing Game. 126-135. Vol. 3 (1967) (5 marks)
(ii)
Edward Arnold Press 1985 Gannon P. Assessing Writing: Principles and Practices of Marking Written English. London. (4 marks)
(iii)
Teaching Oral English (1976) Ministry of Education, Longman Press. London. (4 marks)
B.
State FIVE key bibliographic details which are useful in identifying a source of information. (5 marks)
C.
Identify two types of authorships in the references in A above (A – ii, iii) (2 marks)
QUESTION 4: STUDY SKILLS (10 marks)
A.
Fauzia is a first year student taking Business Studies and Economics. She comes to you seeking advice on how best to study so as to master the content taught. List six activities you would advise her to undertake so that her studies can be effective. (6 marks)
B.
To help you manage your time, write down FOUR activities that you would schedule in a study timetable. (4 marks)

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