Tutorial Questions

Question 1: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

a. Academic referencing shows your readers where the original words and / or ideas have
come from. It protects you from accusations of _____________ (copying/ plagiarism/
referencing/ counterfeiting). During your university studies, you will need to use
academic ______________ (copying/ plagiarism/ referencing/ counterfeiting) to show
that you have been reading academic texts.

b. Accurate referencing also demonstrates that you can understand and use the
conventions of the academic ________________ (referencing / style/ reference /
career) . Many people use referencing in their later _____________ (studies/ career/
referencing/ style) when giving presentations in the workplace or to clients.

c. Appropriate academic vocabulary is an important aspect of good writing. You need to

____________ (illustrate/ plagiarize/ critical / clarify) that you can join the academic
community and speak their language and follow their conventions which include
precise, unemotional language which reflects understanding and ______________
(illustrate/ demonstration/ critical / clarify) thought.

d. Quotations should be integrated into your writing so that they support what you are
attempting to show or _____________ (accusations / accusing/ argue / saying). By
following the rules, you can avoid the embarrassment and penalties of
________________ (accusations / accusing/ argue / saying) of plagiarism.

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Question 2: Identify the informal expressions in the following sentences.

Sentence Correct
With women especially, there is a lot of social pressure to conform to a
certain physical shape.
When a patient is admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit, the clinical team
should avoid the temptation to start specific treatments immediately.
Therefore after six months the dieter is behaving according to all twenty-
six goals and she has achieved a big reduction in sugar intake.
Modern houses have so many labour-saving things that it is difficult for
the person at home to have adequate exercise by doing chores, cooking,
and looking after a family.
Simply making the effort to reclaim this wasted stuff for fertilizer would
have a positive effect on greenhouse releases.
It is difficult to imagine exactly what is meant by saying that such a
classification is natural as any collection of things could be classified in
this way.
These exercises can easily be incorporated into an exercise routine, with
each exercise done again a number of times.
Fleming did well in isolating a streptococcus from the cerebrospinal fluid
of the patient.

Question 3: Fill in the blanks below with appropriate formal/ informal words.

Formal Word Informal Word

seem
climb
help
cease
commence
use
decrease
demonstrate
depart
want
enquire
finish
tell
reside
retain
understanding
deficiency
opportunity
perspiration
house
sight

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Question 4: Rewrite the following paragraphs in a more academic style.
I would call Wagner a subjective artist. What I mean is that his art had its source in his
personality; his work was virtually independent, I always feel, of the epoch in which he lived.
On the other hand, I always consider Bach an objective artist. You can see that he worked
only with the forms and ideas that his time proffered him. I do not think he felt any inner
compulsion to open out new paths.

Question 5: Following is an extract from a research paper

Miyajima H. (2007) & Ebihara K. (2013) observes that a series of corporate governance
reforms in the late 1990s affected the boardrooms of Japanese corporations that replaced the
traditional board structure. Furthermore, Saito (2009) indicates that in response to the
declining corporate performance and escalation of corporate scandals (Gilson and Milhaupt,
2005; Hirata 2004), the corporate governance reform movement commenced in Japan in
1997. Under these reforms, some of the prominent characteristics of the Anglo-American
corporate governance model were introduced, which include the introduction of outside
directors to the traditional all-insider boards, establishment of the three-committee system
(i.e., audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee), reduction of the
board size, and some others. Furthermore, in line with these reforms, the Commercial Code
of Japan was amended in 2002 that allows the adoption of the committee system (Saito 2009;
Hirata, 2004). With the establishment of such audit committees, the traditional auditors
board was replaced by the new three-committee system. The amended Code required at least
three members in such a committee of whom the majority of directors (i.e., two thirds) to be
outside directors. Nevertheless, it should be noted that although several firms introduced
outside directors into its corporate boards, only 1.7 percent of firms adopted the full three-
committee system (Japan Corporate Auditors Association: JCAA, 2004).

Required: In the above extracted text, identify four mistakes based on the Harvard style of
referencing and suggest corrections.

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Question 6: You are provided the following information on two reference materials in
the end reference list of a thesis.

Kotler, P. (2011), Marketing Management, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Fresner, J 1998, Cleaner production as a means for effective environmental
management, Journal of cleaner production, Vol. 6 No. 34, pp. 171179.

Required: Identify four mistakes in the above end-reference list and suggest corrections
based on the Harvard style of referencing.

Question 7: Is the Question Too Broad or Too Narrow?

Question Narrow/Broad?
A. What marketing strategies does the Coca-Cola company currently apply?
B. What is the Coca-Cola company's future marketing plan?
C. What marketing strategies has the Coca-Cola company used in the past?

A. What impact has deregulation had on the airline industry?

B. What percentage of commercial airline crashes was traced to negligent
maintenance during the 10 years immediately preceding and following
deregulation?
C. What impact has deregulation had on commercial airline safety?