Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division

First Semester 2018-2019

Comprehensive Examination
(EC-3 Regular)

Course No. : TA ZC312

Course Title : Technical Report Writing
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 50%
No. of Pages = 01
Duration : 3 Hours No. of Questions = 03
Date of Exam : 24/11/2018 (AN)
Note to Students:
1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book.
2. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3. Assumptions made if any, should be stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.

Q.1. Imagine yourself as the purchase officer of your company. Your office manager has asked
you to place an order for 50 tables and 50 office chairs, along with 6 desktop computers.
Prepare a memo informing him that the order has been placed. Indicate the expected time of
arrival and the cost in your memo. Assume that the copies will be sent to the Managing
Director and the Financial Manager. [10]

Q.2. Imagine yourself as the marketing manager of a reputed publishing house in New Delhi.
Draft a sales letter to be sent to IIT Delhi promoting the sale of a new book on technical
communication that your company has just published. [15]

Q.3. Over the past few years smog has been negatively affecting normal life in New Delhi and the
adjoining areas of the National Capital Region. As the Chairperson of the Pollution Control
Board of Delhi, you have been asked by the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment
to prepare a report on the wide-ranging impacts of this problem and the solutions to them.
Given this context, prepare a report outline with five topics and two subtopics for each topic.
[25]

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