Sana’a University Final Exam – Technical Report

Faculty of Engineering Writing

Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

Question 1: Choose the Correct Word to Fill in the Blanks! 20 Marks

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1. There is always the that the plane will be early. (Opportunity/
Chance/Possibility)

2. The strike will all trains in the London (Effect/Affect)

area.

3. managing the shop, he teaches in the evening. (Beside/Besides)

4. Can you switch to 4 for the news? (Channel/Canal)

5. Our team has a good of winning. (Opportunity /

Chance/Possibility)

6. You should travel early to traffic jams. (Avoid/Prevent)

7. I am getting fed up with her complaints. (Continual/

Continuous)

8. It took two policemen to the traffic. (Direct/Conduct)

9. I you to put all your money into a savings account. (Advise/Advice)

10. Did Alexander Fleming penicillin? (Invent/Discover)

11. The cuts in spending will have a serious on the (Effect/Affect)

educational system.

12. Staying indoors was a thing to do in this (Sensible/Sensitive)

kind of weather.

13. The wants to see you in his office. (Principle/Principal)

14. Goods cannot be exchanged unless a sales can be (Recipe/Receipt)

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Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

shown.

15. The airlines are going to their fares again. (Raise/Rise)

16. Did you to switch off the kitchen light? (Remind/Remember)

17. Does the sun in the east or in the west? (Raise/Rise)

18. Would you me to finish early tonight. (Remind/Remember)

19. He made ____________ faces and made the children laugh. (Fun/Funny)

20. I am very tired; I’ll just go and down for a few (Lie/Lay)
minutes.

Question 2: Multi-Choice – Select the Correct Answer (ONE Answer) 20 Marks

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1. What should be included in the title page of the report?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Title, author’s Title, report, Title, side headings, Title, references, reports
name, class, date bibliography date
2. In a technical report Which of these must be avoided.
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Facts Logical Objective evaluation Subjective/personal

conclusion evaluation
3. Reports that provide data or findings, analyses, and conclusions are

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Informational Progress reports Summaries Analytical reports
reports
4. When you’re writing a report, be sure to adapt to your audience by
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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Faculty of Engineering Writing
Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

being sensitive to controlling your style both a and b None of the above
their needs. and tone
5. True or False: Technical writing is considered as same as general writing.

(a) (b)

True False
6. True or False: It is recommended to use Familiar/Easy words in technical writing.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

True False
7. True or False: You should always define technical terms for your audience/readers.
(a) (b)

True False
8. In the final report revision, you should check all of the following except:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Logic and Style and design Length and number Visuals

completeness of words
9. Technical writing explains, describes, and defines by using which different methods?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Definition of terms Description and Visual and verbal All of the above
background (history) illustrations
of the concept
10. True or False: There is only one correct way to develop and design a report.

(a) (b)

True False

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Sana’a University Final Exam – Technical Report
Faculty of Engineering Writing
Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

Question 3 30 Marks
Look at the sample Introduction below and try to identify the sections of the introduction which
describe the following elements:
(Some of these sections may not be included in the introduction)

1. Purpose

2. Background

3. Scope

4. Methodology

5. Assumptions

6. Plan of the report

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Faculty of Engineering Writing
Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

1. Introduction
Internet of Things (IoT) is the transformation process in numerous aspects of our daily life. IoT
technologies differ from previous innovations as they are universal, and encourage solutions to
be intelligent and autonomous/independent [1]. Advances in the IoT are a major strategic
technology trend [2]. Universal sensors and the ability to bridge the gap between the physical
world and the machine world were perceived as the conceptual framework for the new learning
model. The thinking behind this great model shift is the ability to embed sensors into any object
and use Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication to connect billions of objects/devices to the
current Internet infrastructure. The entirety of the physical world is coming online rapidly.

IoT is developing quickly and becoming an increasingly growing topic that creates excitement
and anxiety around the world [3]. There are plenty of indications showing that the IoT will to
change many sectors, including higher education institutions, especially universities. Now,
universities has an opportunity to lead the technical development and the innovations models for
the IoT, and to build the leaders of the IoT into the future, as well as to address the TIPPSS
risks which stands for Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety, and Security related to the
IoT.

The IoT is a global physical network which connects devices, objects and things to the Internet
infrastructure to communicate or interact with the internal and the external environment as
illustrated in Figure 1, and for the purpose of exchanging information through the information
sensing devices according to specific protocols. Thus, IoT is enabling connectivity for anything
and for anyone to be networked around the world anytime, and anywhere using any network or
any service [4] to achieve the goal of intelligent identifying, tracking, and managing things [5].
It is an extension and expansion of Internet-based network, which expands the communication
between human to human (H2H), human to things (H2T)or things to things (T2T) [6] as
presented in Figure 2.

A number of research organizations and analysts have predicted about the future of IoT and its
potential impact on the Internet: billions of physical devices, all over the world, that have digital
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Electrical Engineering Department 3. August 2022 1-4

sensors and are interrelated by controlling any network. According to the research conducted by
Juniper [7], an estimated 13.4 billion devices were connected in 2015, which represent more than
the total of population on the earth at the time, and this number is expected to triple to 38.5 billion
devices by 2020. The opportunity of interacting with lots of everyday objects connected to the
Internet allows individual to access unlimited information anytime and anywhere. This vision
opens a new horizon of ideas and developments that is already being considered by research
scholars and academics.

The IoT vision is grounded in the belief that the firmly fixed advances in microelectronics,
communications and information technology we have witnessed in current years will go on into
the predictable future [8]. Applications for the IoT are already being used in sectors like
healthcare and customer service. Now, universities and schools are joining the party. Some of the
ways the IoT can benefit education may be apparent, while others are not as obvious. So this
paper will present the biggest implications/suggestions for connected devices in higher education
and how they could shape the learning for the next generation.

The future of universities is not about using and employing the available technology. It is about
how universities will adapt to the changing needs of the future knowledge worker, the future of
work, and the economy. This paper presents an overview of IoT in higher education institutions,
especially in universities and takes a look at several emerging trends that are evolving higher
education, and explore the potential impact of IoT and the future of the IoT in higher education.
In addition, exploring some of IoT challenges regarding higher education sector.
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