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Technical Communication 12th Edition Mike Markel, Stuart A Selber - Solutions
=+1. Study the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Grant Proposal Guide (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub _summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg). In what important ways does the NSF’s guide differ from the advice provided in this chapter?
=+ What accounts for these differences? Present your findings in a 500-word memo to your instructor.
=+2. TEAM EXERCISE Form groups according to major.Using the FedBizOpps website (https://www.fbo.gov), find and study an RFP for a project related to your academic field. What can you learn about the needs of
=+the organization that issued the RFP? How effectively does it describe what the issuing organization expects to see in the proposal? Is it relatively general or specific?
=+What sorts of evaluation techniques does it call for? In
=+your response, include a list of questions that you would ask the issuing organization if you were considering responding to the RFP. Present your results in a memo to your instructor.
=+3. Write a proposal for a research project that will constitute a major assignment in this course. Your instructor will tell you whether the proposal is to be written individually or collaboratively. Start by defining a technical subject that interests you. (This
=+subject could be one that you are involved with at work or in another course.) Using abstract services and other bibliographic tools, compile a bibliography of
=+articles and books on the subject. (See Chapter 6 for a discussion of finding information.) Create a reasonable real-world context. Here are three common scenarios from the business world:
=+• Our company has decided to purchase a tool to perform Task A. Which make and model of the tool should we purchase, and from which supplier should
=+we buy it? For instance, our company has decided to purchase 10 multimedia computers. Which brand and model should we buy, and from whom should we buy them? Is leasing the tool a better option than purchasing?
=+• Our company does not currently perform Function
=+X. Is it feasible to perform Function X? For instance,
=+we do not currently offer day care for our employees.
=+Should we? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so? What forms can day care take?How is it paid for?Following are some additional ideas for topics:
=+• the value of using social media to form ties with students in a technical-communication class on another campus
=+• the need for expanded opportunities for internships or service-learning in your major
=+the need to create an advisory board of industry professionals to provide expertise about your major
=+• the need to raise money to keep the college’s computer labs up to date
=+• the need to evaluate the course of study offered by your university in your major to ensure that it is responsive to students’ needs
=+• the advisability of starting a campus branch of a professional organization in your field
=+• the need to improve parking facilities on campus
=+• the need to create or improve organizations for minorities or women on campus
=+1. As the manager of Lewis, Lewis, and Wollensky Law, LPC, you have been informed by some clients that tattoos on the arms and necks of your employees are creating
=+a negative impression. Write a directive in the form of a memo defining a new policy: employees are required to wear clothing that covers any tattoos on their arms and necks.
=+2. Write a progress report about the research project you are working on in response to Exercise 3 on page 443 in Chapter 16. If the proposal was a collaborative effort, collaborate with the same group members on the progress report.
=+3. TEAM EXERCISE You are one of three members of the administrative council of your college’s student association. Recently, the three of you have concluded that your weekly meetings, which are open to all students, have become chaotic. There are two main reasons for this: you do not use
=+students. You have decided that it is time to consider adopting parliamentary procedures. Look on the web for models of parliamentary procedure. Is there one that you can adopt? Could you combine elements of several models to create an effective process? Find or write a
=+brief set of procedures, being sure to cite your sources.In a memo to your instructor, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the model you propose, and submit it along with the procedures.
=+1. An important element in carrying out a feasibility study is determining the criteria by which to judge each option. For each of the following topics, list five
=+necessary criteria and five desirable criteria you might apply in assessing the options.a. buying a smartphoneb. selecting a majorc. choosing a company to work ford. buying a care. choosing a place to live while you attend college
=+2. Go to www.usa.gov and select the “Government Agencies” tab. Choose an agency and navigate to its website. Then find a recommendation report
=+on a subject that interests you. In what ways does the structure of the report differ from the structure described in this chapter? In other words, does the
=+report lack some of the elements described in this chapter, or does it have additional elements? Are the elements arranged in the order in which they are described in this chapter? In what ways do the differences reflect the audience, purpose, and subject of the report?
=+3. TEAM EXERCISE Write the recommendation report for the research project you proposed in response to Exercise 3 on page 443 in Chapter 16. Your instructor will tell you whether the report is to be written
=+individually or collaboratively, but either way, work closely with a partner to review and revise your report.
=+A partner can be very helpful during the planning phase, too, as you choose a topic, refine it, and plan your research.
=+4. Secure a recommendation report for a project subsidized by a city or federal agency, a private organization, or a university committee or task force.(Be sure to check your university’s website; universities routinely publish strategic planning reports and other sorts of self-study reports.
=+which is the site for the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all of which publish reports on the web.) In a memo to your instructor, analyze the report. Overall, how effective is the report?
=+How could the writers have improved the report? If possible, submit a copy of the report along with your memo.
=+1. Using a search engine, locate three or four sample lab reports. In a brief memo to your instructor, compare and contrast the basic elements of the reports. In what ways do they follow a similar format? If the reports differ in format, why do you think the authors chose to present information
=+2. Locate a word-processing program with an equation editor, or download a free equation editor from the Internet. Practice creating four to six equations you might use in your field. If you do not regularly use equations, copy a few equations from science or math textbooks. In a brief memo to
=+3. Although you are likely to be unfamiliar with the subject of the following abstract (Agamy, 2013), the authors have made it possible for you to understand the logic of their article. In a brief memo to your instructor, identify
=+the concept that the authors wished to study, the methods they used, their principal findings, and their recommendations. What techniques did the authors use to make it possible to understand their logic? (Sentence
=+numbers have been added for convenience.)Sub chronic exposure to crude oil, dispersed oil and dispersant induces histopathological alterations in the gills of the juvenile rabbit fish (Siganus canaliculatus)
=+Abstract: (1) There is little existing information on the sub-lethal effects of experimental exposure of Arabian Gulf fish to oil pollution. (2) This study investigated the potential sub-lethal effects of the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of light Arabian crude
=+oil, dispersed oil and dispersant (Maxi Clean 2) on the gills of the juvenile rabbit fish (Siganus canaliculatus), observing several histopathological biomarkers at
=+different time points and different doses. (3) These laboratory exposures simulated a range of possible oil pollution events. (4) Significant alterations in four health categories (circulatory, proliferative, degenerative
=+and inflammatory) were identified and form the basis for understanding the short-term response of fish to oil. (5) Evaluations of histopathological lesions in gill tissue were carried out following 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and
=+21 days of exposure. (6) The main lesions observed and quantified were lamellar capillary aneurysms, vasodilatation of lamellae, hemorrhage, edema, lifting of lamellar and filamentary epithelium and epithelium
=+necrosis, epithelial and chloride cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia, fusion of adjacent lamellae, epitheliocystis
=+and inflammatory infiltration. (7) Exposure of juvenile fish to WAF, dispersed oil and dispersant caused significant changes in the gill lesions and reaction patterns. (8) Dispersed oil caused the most significant
=+effect followed by WAF and then dispersant. (9) The present study is one of the first which explores the relationship between oil pollution and epitheliocystis and reports that exposure to crude oil and dispersed oil increases the prevalence of epitheliocystis formation under controlled
=+4. TEAM EXERCISE Form groups of students from different majors. Each group member should locate author guidelines for a journal in his or her field. Often, author guidelines can be found on the website of a
=+journal or in the back of journal issues. As a group, compare the guidelines. How are the guidelines similar?
=+How are they different? Present your results in a memo to your instructor.
=+1. Add a parenthetical definition for the italicized term in each of the following sentences:a. Reluctantly, he decided to drop the physics course.
=+b. The Anthropology Club decided to use crowdfunding to finance the semester’s dig in Utah.c. The department is using shareware in its drafting course.
=+2. Write a sentence definition for each of the following terms:a. catalystb. job interviewc. website
=+3. Revise any of the following sentence definitions that need revision:a. A thermometer measures temperature.b. The spark plugs are the things that ignite the air-gas
=+mixture in a cylinder.c. Parallel parking is where you park next to the curb.d. A strike is when the employees stop working.
=+e. Multitasking is when you do two things at once while you’re on the computer.
=+4. Write a 500- to 1,000-word extended definition of one of the following terms or of a term used in your field of study. In a brief note at the start, indicate the audience and purpose for your definition. If you do secondary research, cite your sources clearly and accurately (see
=+Appendix, Part B, for documentation systems). Check that any graphics you use are appropriate for your audience and purpose.a. flextime
=+b. binding arbitrationc. roboticsd. an academic major (don’t focus on any particular major; instead, define what a major is)
=+e. bioengineering 5. Write a 500- to 1,000-word description of one of the following items or of a piece of equipment used in your field. In a note preceding the description, specify your audience and indicate the type of description (general or particular) you are writing. Include appropriate
=+graphics, and be sure to cite their sources correctly if you did not create them (see Appendix, Part B, for documentation systems).a. GPS device
=+b. MP3 playerc. waste electrical and electronic equipmentd. automobile jacke. bluetooth technology
=+6. Write a 500- to 1,000-word description of one of the following processes or a similar process with which you are familiar. In a note preceding the description, specify
=+your audience and indicate the type of description(general or particular) you are writing. Include appropriate graphics. If you use secondary sources, cite them properly (see Appendix, Part B, for documentation systems).a. how a wind turbine works
=+b. how a food co-op worksc. how a suspension bridge is constructedd. how people see
=+e. how a baseball player becomes a free agent
=+7. Study a set of instructions from Knowledge Hound:www.knowledgehound.com. Write a memo to your instructor evaluating the quality of the instructions.Attach a screen shot or a printout of representative pages from the instructions.
=+8. You work in the customer-relations department of a company that makes plumbing supplies. The head of product development has just handed you a draft (see
=+p. 574) of installation instructions for a sliding tub door.She has asked you to comment on their effectiveness.Write a memo to her, evaluating the instructions and suggesting improvements.
=+9. Write a brief manual for a process familiar to you. For example, you might write a procedures manual for a school activity or a part-time job, such as your work as the business manager of the school newspaper or as a tutor in the writing center.
=+10. TEAM EXERCISE Write instructions for one of the following activities or for a process used in your field.
=+In a brief note preceding the instructions, indicate your audience and purpose. Include appropriate graphics.
=+a. how to change a bicycle tire
=+b. how to convert a WAV file to an MP3 file
=+c. how to find an online discussion board and subscribe to it
=+d. how to synchronize files and folders across two devices
=+Exchange instructions with a partner. Each of you should observe the other person and take notes as he or she attempts to carry out the instructions.Then revise your instructions and share the revised version with your partner; discuss whether the revised instructions are easier to understand and
=+so, what made the difference. Submit the final version of your instructions to your instructor.
=+1. How effective is the Human Genome Project logo in the upper left-hand corner of the slide?
=+2. How well does the graphic of DNA support the accompanying text on chromosome facts?
=+3. Overall, how effective is the presentation graphic?
=+1. Learn some of the basic functions of a presentation software program. For instance, modify a template,
=+create your own original design, add footer information to a master slide, insert a graphic on a slide, and set the animation feature to make just the first bullet item on a slide appear and then show the next bullet item after a mouse click.
=+2. Using PowerPoint, create a design to be used for the master slide for a presentation to be delivered in one of your classes. If you are unfamiliar with how to create a master slide, consult PowerPoint’s help files. Be prepared to explain the design to your classmates.
=+3. Prepare a five-minute presentation, including graphics, on one of the topics listed below. The audience for your presentation will consist of the other students in your class, and your purpose will be to introduce them to an aspect of your academic field.
=+a. Define a key term or concept in your field.
=+b. Describe how a particular device or technology is used in your field.
=+c. Describe how to carry out a procedure common in your field.
=+Your instructor and the other students will evaluate the presentation by filling out the form in Figure 21.7.
=+4. TEAM EXERCISE Prepare a five-minute presentation based either on the proposal for a research project that you prepared in Chapter 16 or on your recommendation report for that project. Your audience will consist of the other students in your class, and your purpose will be
=+to introduce them to your topic. The instructor and the other students will evaluate your presentation by filling out the form in Figure 21.7. Your instructor might have you work on this assignment collaboratively.
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