DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Lib.I.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
TECHNICAL WRITING
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in about 200 words each.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain the techniques of technical report writing.
2. What are the steps involved in preparing review article?
3. Write short notes on progress report.
4. Write a brief note on reader-writer relationship.
5. What is publication ethics?
6. Write a critical note on monograph.
7. Examine the role of language as a medium for
communication process.
8. What is repackaging of information?
Sub. Code
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DE-3440
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PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in about 400 words each.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. What is technical writing? Explain the characteristics of
technical writing.
10. Discuss the role of style manual in writing a research
report.
11. Write an essay on Readability formula.
12. Explain the various stages involved in editorial process.
13. Write an essay on house journals.
14. Discuss about aberration in technical writing.
15. What is abstract? Explain the steps involved in the
preparation of abstract.