AL Quds University

Faculty of Engineering Midterm Exam

Spring 2016/2017

21/03/17 Technical Writing & Communications Section

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Instructor: Eng. Mahmoud R. Arekat

Student Name: Student Number:

Question 1 (10 Marks):

Please, State whether these sentences are True (T) or
False (F).
PS: Unclear letters are considered wrong answer.
1- Its better to use different color for each point in the PowerPoint
slide. ( )
2- If you refer to figure 3.2 as figure 3.1 you have no correctness.
( )
3- Example for external motivation: Writing monthly status report
to the boss. ( )
4- Usability Testing is a step in pre-writing process. ( )
5- Gantt chart is often used for timeline and milestones in
proposals. ( )
6- In PowerPoint presentations you should use keywords instead of
sentences. ( )
7- If a company asks for an offer from other company, they use
Text Messages. ( )
Question 2 (4 Marks):

There are different goals for writing: to inform, to

persuade, to instruct or to build trust. Please explain each
goal by writing examples for each.
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Question 3 (6 Marks):
Suppose you were told to give a presentation for people in
your village to explain the new proposed project. How
could you segment ( )your audience? What
considerations you should take about them?
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Question 4 (5 Marks):
In 2007 my friend, Ali Abdullah, started studying Bachelor
Degree in English Language at Bethlehem University and
finished in 2011, then he studied master degree in
Education at Al-Quds University from 2012 until 2014.
Recently in 2016 he started his PHD in translation at
Jordanian University.
Please, design the part of his CV that explains his
educational career.

Question 5 (5 Marks): (Choose either A or B)

A. You are in a job interview the interviewer asked you to
introduce yourself in 2 minutes, what would you say?
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B. In our course you must give a report/proposal about a

certain topic. Please introduce your topic in a
paragraph.
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