COT 308 TECHNICAL WRITING Exam 2025

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COT 308: Second Semester Examination 2024/2025 for COT308 Technical Writing, College of Technology, University of Buea, June 2025, instructor Dr Tabah, two hours, credit value 2. This is a graded student script (handwritten True/False marks and brief margin annotations on the source, not transcribed). Question 1 (25 marks): a five-paragraph reading passage arguing for regulation of interactive media, biomedical/human-tissue, and surveillance technologies, followed by sub-questions on identifying the thesis sentence, stating the main idea, identifying the introduction strategy (historical account/anecdote/definition), identifying and justifying topic sentences in paragraphs 2 and 3, identifying cohesion markers in paragraph 1, and summarising the passage in no more than 100 words. Question 2 (15 marks): explaining the SWOT analysis section of a report and which report section it should be reflected in. Question 3 (15 marks): fifteen true/false statements on academic/technical writing concepts (referencing, plagiarism, topic/thesis sentences, transitions, peer editing vs proofreading, passive/active voice, paraphrasing). Question 4 (15 marks): rewriting eight sentences to remove redundancy, vagueness, informality, and grammar errors for improved effectiveness.