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BAHAGIAN A / PART A
SOALAN PENDEK / SHORT QUESTIONS

ARAHAN / INSTRUCTIONS

Bahagian A mengandungi LIMA BELAS soalan. Jawab SEMUA soalan.
Part A contains FIFTEEN questions. Answer ALL questions.


QUESTIONS

Markah/Marks
1. Describe TWO (2) characteristics of an effective goal.
(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Huraikan DUA (2) ciri bagi sesuatu matlamat yang berkesan.


2. What is expected from you when you are asked to explain in
the essay type of questions?

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Apakah yang diharapkan daripada anda apabila anda diminta
untuk jelaskan di dalam soalan-soalan jenis esei?


3. In producing a good assignment, explain TWO (2) immediate
steps that you will take after analysing the assignment topic.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Semasa menghasilkan sebuah tugasan dengan baik, jelaskan
DUA (2) langkah seterusnya yang akan anda ambil selepas
menganalisis tajuk tugasan.


4. Explain TWO (2) purposes for applying fast reading
techniques.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Jelaskan DUA (2) tujuan untuk menggunakan teknik pembacaan
secara pantas (fast reading techniques).





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5. Name TWO (2) skills that you need to acquire and enhance
before you can maximise the usage of the digital library.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Namakan DUA (2) kemahiran yang anda perlu perolehi dan
perbaiki sebelum anda dapat memaksimumkan penggunaan
perpustakaan digital.


6. Name TWO (2) types of search strategies for searching e-
books at OUM Digital Collection.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Namakan DUA (2) jenis strategi pencarian untuk mencari buku-
buku elektronik (e-books) di Koleksi Digital OUM (OUM Digital
Collection).


7. Write ONE (1) question that evaluates the objectivity of the
information found.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Tuliskan SATU (1) soalan yang dapat menilai objektiviti sesuatu
maklumat yang telah dicari.


8. Briefly describe the function of each of the following tools
available in Microsoft Word:
a) Paste
b) Table

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Huraikan secara ringkas fungsi setiap peralatan berikut yang
terdapat di Microsoft Word:
a) Paste
b) Table


9. There is no one way of making notes. Is this statement true?
Provide your reason.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Penyediaan nota tidak terhad kepada satu cara sahaja. Adakah
pernyataan ini benar? Berikan sebab anda.


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10. Can you read a .pdf document using the Microsoft Word
software? Why?

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Bolehkah anda membaca sebuah dokumen .pdf dengan
menggunakan perisian Microsoft Word? Mengapa?


11. Re-write the following citation according to American
Psychological Association (APA) citation style.

USA:McGraw-Hill. (1999). Pilot in command. Craig, P.A.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Tuliskan semula rujukan berikut mengikut gaya rujukan (citation
style) American Psychological Association (APA).

USA:McGraw-Hill. (1999). Pilot in command. Craig, P.A.


12. Explain ONE (1) advantage why you should use ebrary and
NOT Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) for searching an
information.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Jelaskan SATU (1) kebaikan kenapa anda patut menggunakan
ebrary dan BUKAN Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) untuk
mencari maklumat.


13. Explain TWO (2) benefits of using Forum in OUMs website.
(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Jelaskan DUA (2) faedah penggunaan Forum di dalam laman web
OUM.


14. Briefly describe TWO (2) common mistakes made while
answering subjective type of questions.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Huraikan secara ringkas DUA (2) kesilapan yang biasa dilakukan
semasa menjawab soalan-soalan jenis subjektif.





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15. Describe TWO (2) strategies that you apply will help you learn
better.

(Jumlah/Total: 2)
Huraikan DUA (2) strategi yang anda akan gunakan untuk
membantu anda belajar dengan lebih baik.

































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BAHAGIAN B / PART B
SOALAN ESEI / ESSAY QUESTIONS

ARAHAN / INSTRUCTIONS

Bahagian B mengandungi LIMA soalan. Jawab TIGA SAHAJA.
Part B contains FIVE questions. Answer THREE ONLY.

QUESTIONS Markah/Marks

1. Read the case below and answer the questions.






Nina an OUM learner wants to complete her assignment titled
Child Abuse by the due date. Even in the midst of handling an
important task in the office, she rushed to Tan Sri Dr. Abdullah
Sanusi (TSDAS) Digital Library at the main campus to look for
information on her assignment. She searched for the books
randomly from the book-shelves. After trying for two hours, she
still could not find the most relevant information. Finally she gave
up, and went back feeling disappointed. The next day, she
informed her tutor of her failure to look for any information. The
tutor advised her on the five key steps when looking for a physical
book. However, she decided not to go to the library. She preferred
to look for information through other means due to lack of time.



a) Briefly describe the TWO (2) types of databases in the
TSDAS Digital Library.



(2)
b) Describe the FIVE (5) key steps that the tutor would have
advised Nina to take in searching for physical material in the
TSDAS Digital Library.



(5)
c) Can Nina find the information needed by not visiting the
TSDAS Digital Library again? Give TWO (2) reasons.

(3)
[Jumlah/Total: 10]


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Baca kes berikut dan jawab soalan-soalan yang diberikan.







Nina seorang pelajar OUM ingin menyiapkan tugasannya bertajuk
Penderaan Kanak-Kanak (Child Abuse) sebelum tarikh penghantaran
tugasan. Walaupun dia sedang menguruskan kerja penting di dalam
pejabatnya, dia tergesa-gesa ke Perpustakaan Digital Tan Sri. Dr.
Abdullah Sanusi (TSDAS) di kampus utama untuk mencari maklumat
untuk tugasannya. Dia mencari buku-buku secara rawak daripada
rak-rak buku. Selepas mencuba selama dua jam, dia masih tidak
menjumpai maklumat yang berkaitan dengan tajuk tugasannya.
Akhirnya, dia berputus asa dan pulang dengan perasaan kecewa.
Pada keesokan harinya, dia memaklumkan tutor mengenai
kegagalannya untuk mencari maklumat. Tutor menasihatinya tentang
lima langkah utama di dalam pencarian buku fizikal. Walau
bagaimanapun, dia memutuskan bahawa dia tidak akan pergi ke
perpustakaan. Dia memilih untuk mencari maklumat dengan
menggunakan cara yang lain kerana kesuntukan masa.


a) Huraikan secara ringkas DUA (2) jenis pangkalan data di
dalam Perpustakaan Digital TSDAS.


b) Huraikan LIMA (5) langkah utama yang telah dinasihati oleh
tutor kepada Nina dalam pencarian bahan fizikal di dalam
Perpustakaan Digital TSDAS.


c) Bolehkah Nina mencari maklumat yang diperlukan dengan
tidak mengunjungi Perpustakaan Digital TSDAS semula?
Berikan DUA (2) sebab.










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2. Stress is a very natural and important part of our everyday life.
In times of stress, both the body and the mind are affected.
Stress can be positive or negative and our body is designed to
react to both types of stress. We have to learn about stress to
manage it.




a) Why is positive stress good for us? Explain TWO (2)
reasons.

(2)

b) Describe THREE (3) strategies for managing stress. (3)

c) Some of us will feel stress when we cannot remember or
understand the content even after reading it. We are able
to reduce the stress if you know the right reading
techniques.
Briefly describe FIVE (5) key steps of the reading
techniques that you will take to help you think analytically
and critically while reading the material.






(5)
[Jumlah/Total: 10]
Tekanan merupakan perkara biasa dan penting di dalam kehidupan
harian. Ketika mengalami tekanan, ia memberi kesan kepada badan
dan minda kita. Tekanan boleh berbentuk positif atau negatif dan
badan kita telah dicipta untuk bertindak balas kepada kedua-dua jenis
tekanan. Kita perlu belajar mengenai tekanan untuk
menguruskannya.


a) Mengapakah tekanan positif baik untuk kita? Jelaskan DUA (2)
sebab.



b) Huraikan TIGA (3) strategi pengurusan tekanan.


c) Sebilangan daripada kita akan menghadapi tekanan apabila
kita tidak dapat mengingati atau memahami kandungan
walaupun telah membacanya. Kita dapat mengurangkan
tekanan sekiranya kita tahu menggunakan teknik pembacaan
yang betul.


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Huraikan secara ringkas LIMA (5) langkah utama dalam teknik
pembacaan yang dapat membantu anda berfikir secara
analitikal dan kritikal semasa membaca bahan.

3. You have found the following information for your assignment
titled Moral Education can Build a Childs Character. Discuss.

Anda telah menjumpai maklumat berikut untuk tugasan anda bertajuk
Moral Education can Build a Childs Character. Discuss (Pendidikan
Moral boleh Membina Kelakuan Kanak-kanak. Bincangkan).




Why do we need Character Education?
Education has had two great goals: to help young people become
smart and to help them become good. Good character is not formed
automatically; it is developed over time through a sustained process
of teaching, example, learning, and practice it is developed through
character education. The intentional teaching of good character is
particularly important in todays society since our youth face many
opportunities and dangers unknown to earlier generations. They are
bombarded with many more negative influences through the media
and other external sources prevalent in todays culture. And at the
same time, There are many more day-to-day pressures impinging on
the time that parents and children have together. Studies show that
children spend only 38.5 minutes a week (33.4 hours a year) in
meaningful conversation with his or her parents, while they spend
1,500 hours watching television. Since children spend about 900
hours a year in school, it is essential that schools resume a proactive
role in assisting families and communities by developing caring,
respectful environments where students learn core, ethical values. In
order to create our schools as the caring and respectful communities
we know they can be, we must look deeper we must be intentional,
proactive, and comprehensive in our work to encourage the
development of good character in young people.

(Source: Character Education: Frill or Foundation?
Merle J Schwartz, Alexandra Beatty, Eileen Dachnowicz. Principal
Leadership. (High School ed.). Reston: Dec 2006. Vol. 7, Iss. 4; pg.
25, 6 pgs)



a) You are worried that you may commit plagiarism in the
assignment. Explain TWO (2) ways that you can avoid
plagiarism in the assignment.




(2)


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b) Paraphrase the following text in your own words to
support the arguments in your essay:
Good character is not formed automatically; it is
developed over time through a sustained process of
teaching, example, learning, and practice it is developed
through character education.






(4)
c) Based on the passage above, make notes on Why is
character education important? in a mind map format
with TWO (2) sub-headings.


(4)
[Jumlah/Total: 10]

a) Anda berasa khuatir bahawa anda mungkin melakukan
plagiat di dalam tugasan. Jelaskan DUA (2) cara yang dapat
mengelakkan anda daripada melakukan plagiat di dalam
tugasan.



b) Tuliskan semula atau parafrasa teks berikut di dalam
perkataan sendiri untuk menyokong huraian di dalam esei
anda.
Good character is not formed automatically; it is developed
over time through a sustained process of teaching, example,
learning, and practice it is developed through character
education.


c) Berdasarkan petikan di atas, buatkan nota di dalam format
peta minda bagi Why is Character Education Important?
dengan DUA (2) sub-tajuk.










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4. You are given an essay topic on Causes of Road Accident in
Malaysia and found the following information in a website from
your search.

Anda diberikan sebuah topik esei Sebab-Sebab Kemalangan Jalan
Raya di Malaysia (Causes of Road Accident in Malaysia) dan
menjumpai maklumat berikut di dalam laman web melalui pencarian
anda.


























a) Name TWO (2) Internet search tools that can be used to
search for information.

(2)

OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ROAD SAFETY SITUATION IN
MALAYSIA
Mohamad Nizam Mustafa
Highway Planning Unit
Road Safety Section
Ministry of Works
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50580 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ABSTRACT
Road safety has long been considered as one of social
responsibilities to the Malaysian Government. In the visibility of this
responsibilities, multiple bodies concern on road safety have been
formed within the government departments, private agencies and
voluntary organisations. The Cabinet Committee of Road Safety
chaired by the Prime Minister himself was formed by the
Government. A National Road Safety Plan then was formulated to
give an attention to road safety research programmes, behavioural
modification of road users, road engineering and vehicle safety,
medical treatment and safety administration.
This paper attempts to review the present status of road safety in
Malaysia with special reference to road safety initiatives carried out
by the Malaysian Government especially the Ministry of Works
Malaysia. The contents of this paper will use an overview of
present road accident statistic, national road safety target, Road
Safety Programmes by Ministry of Works Malaysia and discussion
of future strategies to reduce traffic accident.

Keyword: Road safety target, accident rate, accident statistic

(Source:
http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/egm06/roadsaf
ety_malaysia.pdf )

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b) Write down the search terms that you will combine with
a Boolean Connector to help you find the above
information. Why have you used the Boolean
Connector? Give reason to your answer.



(4)

c) Will the above information be suitable for the topic of the
essay? Why? Explain your reasons based on the
following information evaluation criteria:
i) Authority
ii) Accuracy and Reliability




(4)
[Jumlah/Total: 10]

a) Namakan DUA (2) peralatan pencarian Internet yang boleh
digunakan untuk mencari maklumat.




b) Tuliskan kata carian (search terms) yang boleh digabungkan
dengan sesuatu Boolean Connector untuk membantu anda
mencari maklumat di atas. Mengapakah anda menggunakan
Boolean Connector? Berikan sebab untuk jawapan anda.


c) Adakah maklumat di atas sesuai untuk topik esei?
Mengapa? Jelaskan sebab-sebab anda berdasarkan kriteria
penilaian maklumat berikut:
i) Kewibawaan Pengarang (Authority)
ii) Ketepatan dan Kebolehpercayaan (Accuracy and
Reliability)










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5. The following is a screenshot of a webpage.
Berikut adalah salinan skrin (screenshot) sebuah laman web.



a) This webpage is available in ___________________

(1)
b) Briefly describe the function of each of the following
tools available in the above webpage.
i. Course Material
ii. Online Assessment




(2)
c) Name and briefly describe the function of TWO (2)
software that will be useful to view the content in the
above webpage.








(4)




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d) Explain how the following Microsoft Office Application
can be useful in your learning:
i. Microsoft Word
ii. Microsoft Excel
iii. Microsoft PowerPoint




(3)
[Jumlah/Total: 10]

a) Laman web ini terdapat di dalam ________________



b) Huraikan secara ringkas fungsi setiap peralatan berikut yang
terdapat di laman web di atas.
i. Course Material
ii. Online Assessment


c) Namakan dan huraikan secara ringkas fungsi DUA (2)
perisian yang digunakan untuk melihat kandungan maklumat
di dalam laman web di atas.




d) Jelaskan bagaimana Aplikasi Microsoft Office berikut adalah
berguna di dalam pembelajaran anda:
i. Microsoft Word
ii. Microsoft Excel
iii. Microsoft PowerPoint













KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT / END OF QUESTION PAPER