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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FOURTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017

HS 210: LIFE SKILLS

Max. Marks: 50 Duration: 2 Hours

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PART A
Answer all questions.

. (a) Suppose you are working in a well-reputed aerospace company at Industry-

University Relation Department and you are in charge of internship offerings to
college students. A student has sent you a request to change the internship dates
allotted for them due to the schedule of their internal exams at college.
Compose an e-mail to the student informing the difficulty to change the dates and to
do arrangements in their college itself. (4)
(b) Identify the communication network related to each of the following situations.

(i) A film star interviewed by an interviewer

(ii) Teachers, conveying instructions to students, discussed in Principal’s meeting.

(iii) Software Engineers’ discussion to select a website layout.

(iv) Communication between a boss and his/ her subordinate. (2)
(a) Identify which of the following problems on solving require convergent thinking
and which require divergent thinking.

(i) What happens when the air we breathe is green in colour?

(ii) Solve (x? + x3 + x* )(x* + 2x3 + 3x4 + 4x5) = 0.

(iii) What about the computers in year 2080?

(iv) Possibility of a World War for food. (2)
(b) You were asked to collect details about any one of your friend using mind

mapping technique, so that you will be able to remember the details. Prepare a

mind map drawing for the requirement. (4)
Two Professors initiated to give an engineering design task based on their course and
decided to team students based on their CGPA. Professor A teamed his students such
that students having same CGPA form one team. Professor B teamed his students as
each team contains students having different range of CGPA values.

(i) Out of these teams identify heterogeneous & homogeneous teams.

(ii) By which teaming, a better outcome is expected.

(iii)How heterogeneous & homogeneous teams differ from each other? (6)
Explain moral reasoning development over different stages according to Kohlberg's
theory. (6)

. (a) Match the given phrases to the correct leadership styles. (3)
Affiliative Try to do this
Authoritive People come first
Coaching Do what I know
Coercive What do you think?
Democratic Come with me
Pace Setting Do what I tell

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