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Question:

Multiple choice question

Contribution can mean playing an important part in affecting or causing something.

For example:

The new teaching method contributed to improved test scores.

This meaning of contribution can also be negative - for example:

Low motivation and not enough practice contributed to the student's low test scores.


	one thing that helps to cause something
	influence
	take away from
	affect

Which answers are closest to this meaning of contributed? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	take away from
	influence
	one thing that helps to cause something
	affect

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Question:

Multiple choice question

This exercise focuses on words that go together with contribution.

A contributing factor is part of the cause of something, it is not the only cause.

Remember that in academic contexts, a contributing factor is something that has either a negative or positive effect on someone or something.


	He had no parents.
	He has a good lawyer.
	He did not finish school.
	He was very poor when he was a child.

Which of the following are contributing factors that can cause someone to become a criminal? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	He had no parents.
	He has a good lawyer.
	He was very poor when he was a child.
	He did not finish school.

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Question:

Multiple choice question

A valuable contribution is one that helps many people. Many people add information to Wikipedia entries - but not all these contributions are useful.

Look at Wikipedia's explanation of "university".

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.


	Tell Wikipedia why you think the definition is - or is not - useful.
	Tell Wikipedia that you like this definition.
	Add a picture of your own university.
	Suggest ways in which Wikipedia can make this definition easier to understand.

Wikipedia says that a “university is an institution of higher learning and research”. Universities grant “degrees in a variety of subjects” and “provide both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.”

How can you make a valuable contribution to Wikipedia's definition of "university"? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

	Suggest ways in which Wikipedia can make this definition easier to understand.
	Add a picture of your own university.
	Tell Wikipedia that you like this definition.
	Tell Wikipedia why you think the definition is - or is not - useful.