UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES (Perak Campus)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/15 (May Session)
FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE

Mid-term test

FHEL 1012 English for Academic Study

1 Hr

SECTION A (6 MARKS)
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. B
*one mark for each correct answer
SECTION B (6 MARKS)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Questionable Cause
Slippery Slope
Questionable Cause
Slippery Slope
Strawman
Red Herring

*one mark for each correct answer

SECTION B: SYNTHEISISING

(18 MARKS)

No.
1

Criteria
Relevancy
*Accuracy of information quoted
* If wrong information quoted : no marks
awarded
Language/ Paraphrasing
*Usage of transitional signals: 1 mark
* Paraphrasing: 2 marks
* Grammar : 2 marks
Organization / Referencing
*2 in-text citations: 1 mark.
*Quoting should be in order :Information from
Text 1 before Text 2: 1 mark
Total

Marks allocation
2

9 Marks

Suggested answers:
1. The private education sector has directly contributed to the growth of our nation. This is
because public institutions had created an opportunity for a massive number of
undergraduates who did not score an entrance into public universities and these
undergraduates later becomes the workforce of our nation (Daniels, 2002). Apart from
that, Lincoln (2012) also claimed that the dependency of our nation on foreigner
intellectual workers has decreased as these private institutions are providing enough local
expertise for our nation.

2. Violent video games are the main cause of violence nowadays. Peters (2012) in his article
mentioned about a shooting incident in school in which the shooter displayed the same
ego a video game player would have in a sense of taking control. Besides that, Terence
(2003) claimed that the violence depicted in video games creates an immunity among
teenagers in which violence in games is as the same as the violence which they commit in
reality.