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1, Knowledge Park-II, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201310

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Course: B.Tech. Semester: III
Session: 2023-2024 Branch: IT,ME,EE,CSE, CSE(AI),CSD
Subject: Technical Communication Sub. Code: BAS301

Syllabus
Technical Communication BAS301

Unit 1 : Fundamentals of Communication and Voice Dynamics

Role and Purpose of Communication, Types & Flow of Communication, Barriers to Effective
Communication, 7 C’s of Communication, Code and Content; Stimulus & Response, Vowel Sounds,
Consonant Sounds, Tone: Rising and Falling Tone.
Unit 2 : Communication Skills for Career Building
CV and Résumé Writing, Interview Skills, Group Discussion, Effective Profiling, Communication and
Networking: Building relationships, Writing the Statement of Purpose (SOP) for admission in Higher
Studies, Seminar & Conference Paper Writing, Expert Technical Lecture: Writing and Presenting.
Unit 3: Communication Skills for Presentation
Thesis and Project Report Writing, Technical Proposal Writing, How to Pitch an Idea: Process,
Preparation and Structure, Elements of Speech Delivery: Passion, Poise & Illustrations.
Unit 4 : Communication and Leadership Development
Leadership Communication, Communication and Social competence: context, feelings, intentions,
behaviors, Providing and Receiving feedback, Difference between Tact and Intelligence, Emotional
Intelligence: Trust through Communication, Thinking Skills: Meaning and Types.
Unit 5 : Digital Communication and Personality
Making Content Creation for Social Media: Emails, Webinars, podcasts, Blogs. Effective and Ethical
use of Social Media by Text and Technique, Speech and Personality, Personality Analysis: Types of
Personality; Concept of Personality: Maslow, Freud, Vivekananda, Jung Typology Personality
Assessment
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Unit 1 : Fundamentals of Communication and Voice Dynamics
Short Answer Questions
Q.1.Write in brief the role and purpose of technical communication.
Q.2.What are the causes of intrapersonal barriers to communication?
Q.3.Define tone of voice and exemplify with rising and falling tones.
Q.4. Define vowel and consonant sounds of English Language.
Q.5. What are the different types of the flow of communication in an organization?
Q.6. Enlist the 7Cs of communication.
Long Answer Questions
Q.1.Define barriers to communication. Discuss interpersonal and organization barriers to
communication.
Q.2.Write a note on stimulus and response in technical communication.
Q.3.What are the different functions of code and content in technical communication? Discuss in brief.
Q.4.Descriptively illustrate vowel and consonant sounds in the English language.

Unit 2 : Communication Skills for Career Building

Short Answer Questions
Q.1.Briefly explain the objectives of effective profiling.
Q.2.Write a short note on communication and networking.
Q.3.What are the compulsory components of CV and resume?
Q.4. What are the important interview skills?
Q.5. Differentiate a seminar paper from a conference paper.
Q.6. Write a note on the essentials of writing an expert technical lecture.
Long Answer Questions
Q.1.What interview skill are required for an engineering graduate to get a job in a multinational
company?
Q.2.How to write a statement of purpose for admission in higher studies. Briefly explain.
Q.3.What are the objectives of Group Discussion? Explain briefly the different types of Group
Discussion.
Q.4. Draft a suitable CV/ Resume inventing all the required details against a job position relevant to your
respective discipline.

Unit 3: Communication Skills for Presentation

Short Answer Questions
Q.1. Define the thesis and write a few objectives of the thesis.
Q.2. What do you mean by technical proposal? What are the different types of technical proposals?
Q.3. Exemplify the reference in a thesis.
Q.4. What are the optional elements of a technical report?
Q.5.Differentiate between solicited proposal and unsolicited proposal.
Q.6.What is the purpose of the letter of transmittal ?
Long Answer Questions
Q.1. Describe in short all the fundamental elements of structure of a technical proposal.
Q.2. How do ‘passion, poise and illustration’ contribute to an effective speech delivery?
Q.3.Write a note on ‘How to pitch up an idea:Process and preparation’.
Q.4. Discuss the structure of a thesis/ a project report.

Unit 4 : Communication and Leadership Development

Short Answer Questions
Q.1. How do feelings and intentions of an individual affect the Social competence?
Q.2.What is the role of Social competence in technical communication?
Q.3.What is Trust through Communication? Briefly explain.
Q.4.What is thinking skill? Briefly explain.
Q.5.Difference between Tact and Intelligence with suitable examples.
Q.6.Briefly explain different types of thinking skills.
Long Answer Questions
Q.1.What do you mean by leadership communication? How does it prove useful for an engineer?
Q.2.“Providing and Receiving feedback play a crucial role in communication and leadership development”
Justify.

Q.3.What is the role of context to build up Social competence?Briefly explain.

Q.4. How does emotional intelligence contribute to the engineers at their respective workplaces?Briefly explain?

Unit 5 : Digital Communication and Personality

Short Answer Questions
Q.1. Email is a tool to create content on social media. Justify.
Q.2.What is a webinar? What is its role in digital communication?
Q.3. Write short notes on the followings:
a.Podcasts
b.Blogs
Q.4. What are the different parameters to analyze personality?
Q.5.Briefly explain the different types of personality.
Q.6.Write a short note on one of the followings:
a. Concept of Personality by Maslow
b. Concept of Personality by Freud

Long Answer Questions

Q.1. How did Carl Jung challenge Sigmund Freud on the concept of personality? Illustrate
Q.2. How do Text and Technique play a crucial role in Effective and Ethical use of Social Media? Explain.
Q.3. How do Speech and Personality contribute to effective Social Media? Explain.
Q.4. Briefly explain different tools for personality assessment.