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In general, the academic essay question for July 2014 was difficult but luckily the report
writing question was a clone of a question that came out in the past (about radio stations
and the promotional activities they did, if I remember correctly). Therefore, it is hoped
that many people will gain some marks here even if their essays were less than perfect.
A) Title
B) Introduction sentence.
(What are the stimuli?)
C) Overview/Trend
(What is the most outstanding idea that LINKS all stimuli?)
D) Key Features
(Most outstanding features as opposed to listing down the obvious features)
E) Conclusion sentence.
(Similar to Overview but just written from a different angle.)
Based on the format given, you could easily write 150 - 200 words.
Question:
Study the chart and table below. Using only the information provided, analyse the sales
of three fast food outlets in the first quarter of 2012. In your answer, you are to link the
information presented in both visuals. You should write a report withing 150 - 200
words.
A) Title:
Sales of Three Fast Food Outlets in the First Quarter of 2012
B) Introduction:
The stimuli present a line graph on the sales of three fast food outlets in the first quarter
of 2012 and a table on their promotional activities.
C) Overview/Trend:
In general, the sales of fast food outlets increases in direct relation with the amount of
promotional activities.
OR
In general, Ken Burger recorded the highest amount of sales especially when they carried
out promotional acitivities.
D) Key features:
ANALYSIS (within each stimulus)
LINE GRAPH:
* According the the line graph, among the three fast food outlets, Ken Burger is the most
popular choice followed by Mario Pizza and Ray's Fish & Chips.
* The highest recorded sales was by Ken Burger in April as it rose sharply from RM3000 to
more than RM4000 in sales.
* Sales for Ken Burger dipped between February and March to an all time low of below
RM1900.
* Mario Pizza achieved its highest sales of RM1500 between February and March before
dropping to less than RM500 at the end of April.
* Ray's Fish & Chips was the least popular among the three fast food outlets selling less
than RM500 for all four months.
TABLE:
* Ken Burger and Mario Pizza both carried out two promotional activities in the first
quarter of 2012.
* Ray's Fish & Chips carried out the least number of promotional activities which was to
give a free drink in March.
Sir Faizul
2015