Teaching and Learning Activity Solutions

Module: Academic Literacy (HALP1181)

Week number (Date): 13 (14 May 2020)
Unit covered: 1-5

Instructions:
The following Multiple Choice Questions are based on units 1 – 5 of your prescribed
textbook: Welcome to Higher Education
 Select one correct answer from the four options provided.
 Write the question number and selected options as shown in the example below. DO
NOT write out the entire answer.

Example:
16: B
17: D
18: A

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1. A reading technique meant to look for main or general ideas in a text, without
going into detailed and exhaustive reading, is called:
C. Skimming (Unit 1, p. 7)

2. Your father enjoys reading the newspaper because he likes being up to date with
current affairs. For what purpose is he reading?
D. Reading for general meaning (Unit 2, p. 43)

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3. What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when?,
where?, how?, and to what extent?
C. Adverb (Unit 3, p. 98)

4. In which part of an evaluative report would you include evidence of

investigations, questionnaires, interview transcripts and research methods?
A. Methodologies and procedures (Unit 4, p.154)

5. What are the two factors that help you judge the credibility of an article?
B. Author's credentials and unbiased source (Unit 5, pp.163 – 164)

6. Which section of a project proposal explains how the project will be delivered?
B. Objectives (Unit 4, p. 138)

7. Jargon is considered as:

C. both A and B (Unit 3, p. 111)

8. Drawing information or content from the work of another without acknowledging

the source by citing a reference is considered plagiarism in all of the following
cases except:
C. Using information from the author's work that is regarded as common
knowledge in the discipline. (Unit 1, p. 21)

9. What type of listening occurs when you are listening to someone in a sensitive
manner in order to identify the thoughts and feelings behind the spoken words?
A. Empathetic listening (Unit 2, p.73)

10. Which citation style is also called the author-date system?

C. Harvard (Unit 5, p. 178)

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11. As part of your new job, you have been asked to prepare a monthly report on the
number and types of mortgage loan applications that were received. What would
be your first step as you begin to develop this information report?
A. Gathering information (Unit 4, p. 145)

12. Which of the following statements does NOT form part of the ECT study method?
C. Reciting what you know (Unit 2, p. 44)

13. What form of written communication is used in emails and letters? (16 b)
B. Direct (Unit 1, p. 16)

14. When should you use an apostrophe?

C. For a contraction (where letters are missing) and possession (where a
noun owns something). (Unit 3, p. 109)

15. “We were able to save the day thanks to teamwork and innovative thinking.”

Which of the following is the best possible paraphrasing of this statement?

B. Because we worked together and used innovation, we made it work.
(Unit 5, p. 179)

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