PREFINAL EXAMINATION

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

NAME: ___________________________ DATE: _________________

YEAR, STRAND & SECTION: ___________________ SCORE: ________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question carefully. Write only the letter (Capital Letter) on
your answer sheet.

1. It requires you to review related studies, researches, journals, and literary text? What is it?
a. Background of the study b. Methodology c. Review of Related Literature D.
Results

2. Which of the following is part of a technical report?

a. Methodology b. Summary of the work c. Your reaction to the work
d. Abstract
3. What do you call a well-written academic paper that includes a process of identifying a
problem, progress in determining the treatment of the data?
a. Concept paper b. Position paper c. Technical report d.
Critique paper

4. The following are the tips in writing a technical report EXCEPT:

a. Your reaction to the work c. Books are better than the internet
b. Be in the most formal tone d. Write a thesis statement
5. What is the difference between a position paper from a technical report?
a. A position paper recommends a particular action while technical report has a thorough
investigation of the topic.
b. Position paper is not an academic paper, while technical report is one of the types of
academic paper.
c. There’s no conclusion in the position paper.
d. None of the above
6. What is the last part of a technical report?
a. Methodology b. Conclusion and recommendation c. Background of the study d.
Results
7. What do you mean this statement? “Talk. Do not read”. This is one of the Dos during the
presentation of the technical report.
a. Talk about your personal life c. Give emphasis on the achievement you
have
b. Talk about your presentation instead of reading it. d. Just read what has written
on the slide shares.
8. Why is it important to wear the proper attire during the oral presentation?
a. To dress is to impress c. so you look beautiful and
handsome
b. To show how expensive your attires are d. To be respected.
9. In technical report the conclusion should be ______ and correlate to the _______ presented.
a. objective, findings c. objective, statement of the problem
b. subjective, statement of the problem d. subjective, findings
10. Why is it in writing a technical report books are still better than the internet?
a. Books are greatest sources of unadulterated information c. Books are more
updated than the internet
b. There are certain pictures that are not seen in the internet d. Both A and C
11. In a technical report you should be more subjective and less objective. Do you agree with this
statement?
a. Somehow true b. No, because it is the other way around. C. Sometimes
d. Yes
12. Which of the following is NOT part of a technical report?
a. Your reaction to the work c. Results and discussions

13. Which part of a technical report that describes how the data from your findings were
gathered and treated?
a. Background of the study b. Methodology c. Results and discussion d.
Conclusion
14. What type of graphic organizer uses to see changes during a given period of time across
different variables?
a. pie chart b. line graph c. spider web d .concept map
15. Which is not basis for a technical report?
a. facts b. tests c. personal prejudices d. experiments
16. Which of the following is NOT a guideline of a technical report?
a. Be well prepared b. Invitation is your key c. start with the end insight d. prepare
the room
17. In writing a technical report you have to make sure that you have use the formal and
technical words.
a. definitely yes b. No, the readers will be confused c. sometimes d. It is
a big NO.
18. What do you think is a key in writing a technical report title?
a. Be more specific in choosing the title c. Must have a long title
b. Be very broad in the title d. one to two words can be
considered a title

19. How many parts does a technical report has?

a. 4 b. 7 c. 5 d. 6
20. In challenging your own topic, how do you present arguments or points in a position paper?
a. in a judgmental manner c. in a bias manner
b. in an objective manner d. in a subjective manner
21. After six month and until the infant is one year old ,the mother should continue
breastfeeding while gradually introducing solid foods into the infant’s diet. This is an example of
what part of research?
a. reconstruction b. results c. recommendation d.
methodology
22. A global estimates for feeding practices vary widely among regions for feeding of children
aged six moths to two years old indicate substantial room for improvement. This is an example
of __________.
 a. results and discussions b. methodology c. background of the study d.
conclusion

23. The background study in the technical report relates the problem you observed from the
studies that you have previously reviewed.
a. sometimes yes b. it depends on the topic c. always d. none
of the choices

24. Most research uses _______ person point of view.

a. first b. second c. third d. fourth

25. What is the first step in creating a technical report?

a. look for similar researches c. crafting a thesis statement
b. identifying a problem d. construct questions

26. An essay used to present a one-side position on specific issue is called _.

a. paper of positions b. position paper c. one point view paper d. positioning
paper
27. A position paper is also known as _.
a. one point view paper b. view point paper c. point of view paper d.
paper on view points
28. What is the sequence in writing a position paper?
a. introduction - end statement – content c. end statement - introduction -
content
b. content - introduction - end statement d. introduction - content - end
statement
29. What appropriate phrase can you use if you are to write the introduction of the position
paper?
a. “The argument presented in the paper shows that… this is supported by the research
made by…”
b. “To discuss further the issue, a statement by the … proves that…”
c. “The paper recommends that the … and the resolution to the problem is …”
d. “The main issue to be discussed on the paper is … and the paper claims to stand on the
argument that…”
30. What makes a good position paper?
a. The position paper must be at least ten to fifteen pages in length that is edited by a
field expert.
b. The position paper should include arguments and evidence to support one-position
statement.
c. The arguments in the position paper can contain observation based on intuition or gut
feeling.
d. The content of a position paper must focus on arguments and evidences of both
position statements.