BBI 2420 ORAL INTERACTION SKILLS SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR BBI 2420 FINAL EXAM

BBI 2420 ORAL INTERACTION SKILLS SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION

Items Read the dialogue below. Choose the most appropriate language form or language expression as indicated. (Two old friends met at a shopping complex on a Saturday afternoon.) Ann : Hi! Liza. Sorry, Im late. Liza: Ann: Liza: Ann: 1 Hello Ann. Yeah, tell me about it. I had to circle the place several times just now. Looks like the whole world is here. Anyway, am so glad to see you again. __________ ( 1. To respond ). Its been so long since we met. __________ (2. To ask an open question ) I am with Healthy Living. Have you heard of us? I think soDirect Sales, right? A B C D A B C D Really? Me too. Pleasures mine. So glad? What are you doing at present? Are you still with Healthy Living? Do you still work for your dad? How have you been?

Items Which word is NOT correctly matched with its phonetic transcription?

A B C D A B C D

career carrier pepper climber face hit chip ham

/ k'ri / / 'kr / / 'peip / / 'klam / / / / / fes / hi:t / p / hm /

Items In each of the following utterances, the word in bold indicates the word which is stressed as it is spoken. Choose the most appropriate response. 9 Shahrul: Harith, please come to my office right now. Harith: __________________________________ A B C D Could you please give me a minute? Whats the meeting about? Do you want to see Hashim as well? Yes, sir. Im on my way.

Items Choose the most appropriate answer for each of the following.

BBI 2420 ORAL INTERACTION SKILLS SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION

13.

Fillers (e.g. err, hmm) are useful in a conversation when the speaker is A B C D getting excited. lost for words or ideas. highlighting what was said earlier. trying to encourage another speaker.

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To be effective, visual aids in an oral presentation should have the following features except A B C D relate to key ideas simple and organised easy to read at a glance comprehensive and detailed

15.

In a conversation, when a person exclaims, Oh, my goodness! Look at the time. Its getting late, he/she is A B C D saying goodbye and taking leave giving a reason to end the conversation signaling the pre-closing of the conversation showing appreciation because he/she had such a good conversation that he/she lost track of time

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You are in a bus and you want to move to the back, but there is a student blocking your way. What would be an appropriate thing to say? I II III IV A C Excuse me, please. My friend is at the back. You are blocking my way. Please move out of my way. I only III & IV only B D II only II, III & IV only

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Which of the following questions is/are appropriate when making small talk with someone you do not know very well? I II III IV A C What do you do for a living? Did your husband give you this phone? Are you married and do you have any children? How much did you pay for this beautiful handbag? I only III & IV only B D I & III only II, III & IV only

Items Choose the grammatically correct question from the following sets. 30 A B C D A B When you hope to graduate? Which PPL centre you are attached to? How many times you have meeting with your tutor? What challenges do you face as a part-time student? Where you teach? How you find your workload?

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C D

What subjects do you teach? How long you have been teaching?

Items Below is an excerpt from a conversation. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate answer. Shukri : Lee Shukri : Lee : : Have you read the book, Who Moved My Cheese? No, Whats it all about? Its about (34. __________ ) with change in our work and life. Is it one of those self-help books?

Shukri : Well, you could (35. __________ ) that, but this one is written in the form of a story with four mice characters who live in a maze. So, its quite different from the usual self-help books. Lee : The title does sound catchy. Whats with the cheese in the story? Cheese? Oh, thats a metaphor that the writer (36. __________ ) to represent what we want to have in life, you know, a good job, health, moneyand each of us has an idea of what cheese we want. deal dealt deals dealing say said says saying use uses will use is using

Shukri :

34

A B C D A B C D A B C D

35

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BBI 2420 ORAL INTERACTION SKILLS SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION

ANSWER KEY

1 2 5 6 9 13 14 15 16 17 30 31 34 35 36

B A C B D B D C A A D C D A B