There are different types of assignments with different writing structures. These include;
Mostly these types of assignments, lecturers, etc., typically give short questions/or essay tests to see how well students have grasped course concepts, their meaning and significance. In order to understand the short question, you must not memorize the information and expect to do well in short question. The best thing is to understand course material and concept.
There are six basic types of short-answer questions. Understanding each will improve your performance on short-answer quizzes, tests and exams. When answering short-answer questions, make sure the format and type of answer you provide matches the type of question being asked.
Definition questions require you to define a concept.
Question: "What is a supply curve?"
Answer: "A supply curve shows the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity supplied. Typically, the price appears on the left vertical axis and the quality supplied on the horizontal axis."
Explanation questions require you to explain why something is true or how something functions.
Question: "Why do males in in the agricultural sector earn more money than their equally qualified female counterparts.?"
Answer: "Today, women make up nearly half the workforce across all sectors, but their paychecks still lag far behind men's. Women are paid less than men in nearly every occupation agricultural sector inclusive."
Example questions simply require a specific real-world example of a concept or phenomenon.
Question: "Provide two examples of pairs of goods that are substitutes."
Answer: "Margarine and butter, and tea and coffee are examples of pairs of goods that are substitutes."
Relationship questions require you to state or show how two or more things relate to one another. Are they complimentary? Are they the same? Are they different? Are they opposites? How does the existence of one affect the other? Etc. Relationship questions can be a bit more challenging than other types of short answers but are very doable if you're prepared.
Question: "In a competitive market, what is the relationship between supply and demand?"
Answer: "Demand refers to the quality of a good or service consumers are willing to buy at a given price. Supply represents the quantity of a good supplied by producers at various prices. The price resulting from where supply and demand meet is referred to as the equilibrium price.
As the name suggests, calculations questions require you to calculate or compute a numerical answer or response.
Question: "If the demand for used motorcycle purchases in the United States is represented by P = 1000 - .2Q and the supply of used motorcycles is represented by P = 400 + .2Q what is the market equilibrium price and quantity?"
Answer: "The market equilibrium price (P) is 700. The market equilibrium quantity (Q) is 1,500."
Graphing questions typically require an answer in the form of a graph.
Question: "Draw a diagram of a supply curve that shows the relationship between quantity supplied and price."
The answer is shown below.
