NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
APRIL 2019 EXAMINATION

Course Code:               CIT 802                                    

Course Title:               Technical Report Writing

Course Credit              Unit: 3

Time Allowed:             2 ½ hours

Instruction:                  Answer Question 1 and any other four questions

Question 1

1. Highlight five (5) major attributes of the citation/reference tradition of science (5marks)
2. List 4 items that strengthens the Results and Findings section of a technical report or scientific paper     (4 marks)
3. Identify two main ingredients contained in the findings section of a technical report (2 marks)
4. Highlight 5 constituents of the introduction of a good technical report (5 marks)
5. List and describe 4 technical reports classified by content               (6 marks)

Question 2

1. Discuss any 2 challenges facing African writers of Science (6 marks)
2. Highlight the 4 steps to follow after developing the idea in an Evaluation report (4 marks)
3. When is it most appropriate to illustrate data with a graph in a scientific report (2 marks)

Question 3

     Enumerate and describe 4 components of the preliminary part of a technical report (12 marks)

Question 4

1. List and explain the 3 fundamental questions Technical Report Writers need to ask before starting their writing            (6 marks)
2. Consistency in presentation is a characteristic of technical reports, name any 6 requirements to satisfy this characteristic. (6 marks)

Question 5

1. Enumerate and describe the 3 approaches to technical report organization (9 marks)
2. Briefly describe the composition of the main body of a technical report (3 marks)

Question 6

1. State any 3 objectives the recommendation of a technical report should strive to achieve (3 marks)
2. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources of materials, giving three examples of each.(9 marks)