Đề thi cuối kỳ: Technical Writing and Presentation

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• Thời gian làm bài 90 phút
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I. Multi-Choice questions (6 points): Question 5: Reading out a presentation is?

Question 1: A presentation is a form of oral A. not allowed
communication in which a person shares factual B. allowed
information with an audience that is? C. dull
A. large D. helpful
B. small Question 6: In presentation design, maximum time is
C. mixed given to the?
D. specific A. introduction
Question 2: The presenter acts as the? B. conclusion
A. advocate of the information C. main body
B. deliverer of the information D. question–answer session
C. medium of the information Question 7: To whom should a presentation be aimed?
D. supporter of the information A. The highest authority in the room, regardless of
Question 3: The audience for a presentation consists of where they are
people who? B. The entire audience
A. are uniform in their level of information and C. The people in the closest rows
purpose D. Your best friend in the room
B. vary in their level of information and purpose Question 8: Why should you keep text to a minimum
C. are uninformed and lack a purpose on slides?
D. are confused in their purpose A. Because the focus is on you as the speaker
Question 4: To be able to give a good presentation, a B. To help make your presentation longer
full rehearsal is? C. So the pictures are easier to see
A. necessary D. To make sure the audience can read everything
B. audience based you have to tell them
C. optional Question 9: Which of the following is not an easy to
D. useless read font?
 A. Sego Script D. Making a sweeping glance of the audience
B. Times New Roman from left to right in the front row of the room
C. Calibri Question 16: When delivering a presentation as part of
D. Arial a team it is important to?
Question 10: When presenting, your attitude should A. Make sure all the team members’ names are
be? listed in order on all the presentation materials
A. nervous and angry B. Coordinate your portion with others in the team
B. confident and relaxed so you can present first
C. annoyed C. Make sure all the team members have the same
D. shy duration to present their portion
Question 11: The outline of a presentation is a? D. Coordinate your portion with others in the team
A. List of requirements and purpose of the and not duplicate their presentations
presentation Question 17: Important considerations in rehearsing a
B. List of technologies that will be used to deliver presentation are?
the presentation A. Food and beverages
C. List of major headings or topics to be covered B. Attire
in the presentation C. Timing and pace
D. List of external sources used in the presentation D. Audience
Question 12: For better readability, it is preferable that Question 18: For better readability, the number of
bullet points are? bullet points on a slide should be?
A. Page of text A. Any number
B. Complete paragraphs B. Less than 7
C. Long sentences C. 7 to 10
D. Short phrases or partial sentences D. More than 10
Question 13: Which of the following is a requirement Question 19: Which of these must be avoided in a
that a presenter should know to prepare effectively for technical report?
a presentation? A. Facts
A. Number of bullet points allowed per slide B. Logical conclusion
B. Presentation duration C. Objective evaluation
C. Number of audiences D. Subjective evaluation
D. Available attire Question 20: Which of the follơing parts gives the
Question 14: To prevent a graph or chart from showing substance of the report?
a misleading trend on presentation materials, it is A. Abstract
important to? B. Summary
A. Use complete scales for axes instead of partial C. Preface
scales D. Table of contents
B. Use colors for graphs and charts Question 21: An abstract is _____ of the original
C. Use 3-D charts or graphs report?
D. Use stacked graphs or charts A. 2-5 percent
Question 15: Proper eye contact with the audience B. 5-10 percent
when delivering a presentation involves? C. 6-12 percent
A. Looking above the audience’s heads D. 7-13 percent
B. Staring at each audience member Question 22: Which is not basis for a technical report?
C. Making a sweeping glance of the audience A. Facts
from the left to the right and front to back of the B. Tests
room C. Personal opinions
 D. Experiments Question 28: The possible order of points for
Question 23: What audience is the least information describing the steps for doing something in sequence
needed? is known as?
A. Low tech audience A. Topical order
B. Lay audience (An audience that does not have B. Causal order
any special knowledge of the issue under C. Spatial order
discussion) D. Chronological order
C. High-tech audience Question 29: Which of these statements best describes
D. All of above the purpose of transitional words?
Question 24: Correct the incorrect statement : X is A. They create a clear connection between a
similar in Y? reason and its supporting evidence.
A. X is similar as Y B. They add more descriptive detail to the claim’s
B. X is similar for Y supporting evidence.
C. X is similar to Y C. They clarify how the writer feels about the
D. X is similar with Y claim being made in the essay.
Question 25: Which question is not relevant to an D. They identify the reasons being used to support
experiment mentioned in a technical report? the writer's claim.
A. What outcome do you expect? Question 30: Please choose the correct reference for
B. Will successful results confirm an effective this resource:
sponsorship? "Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style" is a
C. What resources should be measured? journal article by Donald Godfrey that was published
D. What are appropriate sources of test data? in 2005 in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic
Question 26: Which of the following sentences uses Media. The journal's volume number is 49, the issue
Parallel structures? number is 4, and the article appears on pages 544-547.
A. Since D contains all temporal constrains given The DOI for the article is
in the domain, it can be used to determine when 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.
P becomes unsafe A. Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting Historical
B. X solves the problems of traditional clustering Citations to APA Style. Journal of
algorithms. Neither outliers nor missing values broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), 544-
affect the clustering quality. 547. DOI: 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
C. The task is not only easy to solve but it can also B. Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting Historical
be solved efficiently Citations to APA Style. Journal of
D. The more complex the model is, the better it broadcasting & electronic media, 49, 4, 544-
describes the training data 547. DOI: 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
Question 27: When you write the first draft of a C. Godfrey, D. Journal of broadcasting &
technical report, which of the following parts should electronic media, Adapting Historical Citations
be written first? to APA Style. 49-4, 544-547, 2005. DOI:
A. The abstract 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
B. The conclusion D. Godfrey, D. Adapting Historical Citations to
C. The introduction APA Style. Journal of broadcasting &
D. The main text electronic media, 49(4), 544-547, 2005. DOI:
01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
II. Writing
Exercise 1 (2 points): Write a paragraph to describe the algorithm to search a number in a list of
numbers and display its positions. The flowchart of this algorithm is shown below.
Exercise 2 (2 points): Write a short essay (~ 400 words) on the topic of using Deep learning and AI to
forecast ATM cash demand. The essay should include introduction to the problem of ATM cash demand
forecasting, the methods and results presented in 3 given papers, and your ideas about this problem.