UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2019/2020
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
APPLIED COMPUTING
BAC2207 PROFESSIONAL WRITING
PART TIME AND FULL TIME
ORDINARY EXAMINATIONS
DATE: AUGUST, 2019 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One & ANY OTHER TWO questions.
QUESTION ONE [30 MARKS]
a) What type of source documents do the following refer to? (4 Marks)
i. Creese A et al. (2002) Cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa: a systematic
review of the evidence. The Lancet 359: 1635-1642.
ii. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB).
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Atlanta GA;
April 2010 [online: accessed 27 September 2010];
www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/drtb/mdrtb.htm
iii. Hahn, R. (1999) Anthropology in Public Health. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
iv. Statistics for Wales (2008). Health statistics Wales 2008. Welsh Assembly Government.
b) Reduce dead weight words from the following:
i) “I would like to assert that the author should be considered to be a moron.” (3 Marks)
ii) “The expected adoption of information technology, based on the assumption of a normal
distribution of intelligence in the population, is stated to be theoretically about 2.5%.” (3 Marks)
iii) “This paper provides a review of the basic tenets of applied computing research design,
using as examples studies that illustrate the methodologic challenges or that demonstrate
successful solutions to the difficulties inherent in computing research.” (3 Marks)
c) Explain assessment irregularities you must avoid when writing a research paper (6 Marks)
d) From the following select the correct sentence. (6 Marks)
i. a) The close friendship that existed between them was quickly dissolved.
b) The close friendship that existed among them was quickly dissolved.
ii. a) She eluded to the fight that occurred earlier.
b) She alluded to the fight that occurred earlier.
iii. a) She lies out in the sun.
b) She lays out in the sun.
e) Describe any FIVE common errors of word usage and give examples. (5 Marks)
QUESTION TWO [20 MARKS]
a) Discuss the rules followed in Plagiarism. (8 Marks)
b) Differentiate between the following:
i. Prevalence v. Incidence (3 Marks)
ii. Principle v. principal (3 Marks)
QUESTION THREE [20 MARKS]
a) Briefly explain four parts of a proposal (8 Marks)
b) Explain what an effective literature review should do (8 Marks)
c) Explain two principal components to citing references (4 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR [20 MARKS]
a) Discuss five functions of a literature review. (10 Marks)
b) Indicate if the following is a noun or adjective: (6 Marks)
i. a) She was a rational human being.
b) Their rationale for the move was that it would save a great deal of money.
ii. a) The ball was 21 feet in diameter.
b) The ball had a 21-foot diameter.
c) Rewrite the following sentences to be correct (4 Marks)
i. Every one of us knows they are fallible.
ii. Each student pulled out their notebook.
QUESTION FIVE [20 MARKS]
a) Discuss the four stages involved in writing an academic piece of work. (16Marks)
b) Highlight any four fallacies in academic writing (4Marks)
