DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Lib.I.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
TECHNICAL WRITING
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Explain the reader-writer relationship.
2. Explain language as a medium for communication of
thoughts.
3. Write a critical note on house journals.
4. Explain monograph.
5. What is proof reading?
6. What do you mean by pre-publication?
7. Discuss the value of trend report.
8. Write a brief note on progress report.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Discuss about various communication process.
10. Describe the aberrations in technical writing.
Sub. Code
16
DE-2556
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WS 20
11. Discuss about organisation and presentation of data in
abstracts, text and references.
12. Describe the repackaging of information.
13. Discuss about various steps involved preparation of
popular articles.
14. Discuss about editorial process in technical writing.
15. Write an essay on publication ethics.
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