EXAM ENGLISH FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 – UNIT

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KEY
Language
1- Match the prefixes in the box to these numbers
Dual- Giga- Kilo-
Mega- Micro- Milli-
Nano- Quad- Tera-

1,000,000,000,000 tera- 1,000 kilo- 1,000,000 mili-

1,000,000,000 giga- 0,000000001 nano- 4 quad-
1,000,000 Mega- 0,000001 Micro- 2 dual-

2- Look at these instructions. Underline the imperatives. What softeners does the speaker
use?
Choose ‘Properties’ from the menu. Choose the ‘Details’ tab.
Just select ‘Manage’. Just right-click where it says ‘Disk 0’
Select ‘Install date’. Can you scroll up to the top?
Softeners
Just, can you?
3- Choose the correct option for these instructions.
Plug
a) the projector cable into the laptop
b) off the hard drive
c) away the hard drive.

Plug
a) on the laptop
b) the power cable into a power socket
c) less the power supply.

Switch
a) out the lights
b) more the optical drive.
c) on the computer

Push
a) the ‘Fn’ key and the key with a creen picture at the same time.
b) on the OS.
c) with the mainboard.

When finished, turn

a) by the DIMM slot.
b) off the computer and projector.
c) less the Power Supply.

Disconnect
a) off the hard drive.
b) the projector from the computer.
c) away the BIOS.
4- Complete the gaps with because, so, to, or for.
1- Back up everything _________ safety
for
2- Put the DVD in the drive _________ that the computer restarts from the operating system DVD.
so
3- Press ‘F2’ key while rebooting the computer ________ enter the BIOS
to
4- During the installation process, the computer will ask you some questions _______ it needs to
know some information, such as where you are.
because
5- You might want to partition the hard drive ________ use the different partitions for different
purposes
to
6- Change the boot drive to the optical drive __________ that the computer restarts from the
operating system DVD.
so
Vocabulary
1- Are these items Internal componentes (I), peripherals (P) or Storage (S): For some items ,
there may be more than one possible answer.
1- external drive P|S 7- mouse P
2- hard disk drive I|P|S 8- memory I
3- headphones P 9- monitor P
4- optical drive I|P|S 10- power supply unit I
5- keyboard P 11- printer P
6- solid state drive I|P|S 12- screen P

2- Match these words to A-L in the screenshot below.

1- scroll bar 5 title bar 9 left-hand
pane
2- menu 6 icon 10 tab
3- ‘Minimise’ 7 folder 11 check box
button
4- ‘Maximise’ 8 filename 12 radio button
button
3- Label the photos with the multimedia equipment in the box

headphones videocamera
microphone Virtual reality goggles
projector Webcam
Speakers

Speakers Proyector Headphones Virtual reality goggles

Microphone Video camera Webcam
4- Select the correct word that match these definitions
1 start again
a) partition
b) restart
c) BIOS

2 split a hard drive into parts that act like separate drives
a) user account
b) partition
c) licence terms

3 software built into a computer that controls how it starts up

a) boot drive
b) reboot
c) BIOS

4 the drive that the computer reads first when starting up

a) back up
b) boot drive
c) restart

5 Software comes with this to show you are the owner

a) product key
b) reboot
c) process

6 settings for a user

a) partition
b) boot drive
c) user account
7 switch a computer off and on again
a) BIOS
b) reboot
c) back up

8 a series of actions to do something

a) partition
b) product key
c) process

9 copy data to another place so that you don’t lose it

a) back up
b) boot drive
c) restart

10 rules about how you can use software

a) product key
b) licence terms
c) reboot
Reading
1- Read this email quickly. What does Kamal want to do?
Subject: Connecting a projector
Hi Kamal,
It should be quite easy to connect your laptop to a projector. First, check that both the laptop and
the projector are off. Then connect the projector cable to the laptop: just plug it into the video
socket. Most laptops have one, usually at the back or side. After that, insert the projector’s power
cable into a power socket and turn on the computer and the projector. Next, the computer has to
find out the projector’s resolution: press the ‘Function’ key (‘Fn’) on the laptop and, at the same
time, press the key with a picture of a screen on it. The ‘Fn’ key is usually on the bottom left, near
the ‘Shift’ key, and the key with the screen picture on it is usually on the top row of keys, on the
left.
Don’t forget to switch off the equipment and unplug the projector from the computer when you’ve
finished.
Best wishes,
Natasha
He wants to connect a projector to a laptop.
2- Put these steps in reinstalling an operating system in the correct order.
6 During the process, the computer will restart by itself several times.
7 Near the end of the process, you can partition the hard drives.
3 In the BIOS, set the first boot drive to DVD. Then reboot again.
8 At the end of the process, the operating system will ask for the product key, time, date,
network type and details for user accounts.
2 First, put the installation DVD into the optical drive. Then, reboot the computer while you
press the ‘F2’ key. The BIOS will now start.
4 This time, the computer will boot from the DVD and installation will begin.
1 Before you start, back up everything.
5 Near the start of the process, it will ask you to agree to the license terms.

Before you start, back up everything.

First, put the installation DVD into the optical drive. Then, reboot the computer while you
press the ‘F2’ key. The BIOS will now start.
In the BIOS, set the first boot drive to DVD. Then reboot again.
This time, the computer will boot from the DVD and installation will begin.
Near the start of the process, it will ask you to agree to the license terms.
During the process, the computer will restart by itself several times.
Near the end of the process, you can partition the hard drives.
3- Read this web article:
Open source: the way forward?
With open source software, what do people think Sometimes people worry about open source
about first? Money, usually, because open source operating systems. They think that their
software is free. But this isn’t the only important favourite software won’t run on open source
thing. First, there is freedom from the software operating systems. However, this isn’t true
vendors. Organisations say that freedom is the because there is a lot of office software, such as
number one reason to choose open source word processors and spreadsheets, for open
software. With open source software, an source operating systems. However, this isn’t
organisation desn’t have to follow the software true because there is a lot of office software,
vendor’s decisions. With proprietary software such as word processors and spreadsheets, for
the vendor controls software updates. For open source operating systems. In fact, there are
example, users can’t add features to proprietary many kinds of this software and they work well.
software themselves but they can add features to It is only special areas, such as graphics design,
open source software. where proprietary software is clearly better.
Also, with open source software companies have
more control of their data. Proprietary software
often stores data in special ways that only the
vendor understands. So, when a company wants
to change to another vnedor’s software, moving
the data to the new software can be very
difficult. Open source software is different; open
source vendors explain their data clearly and
openly so that they are not a secret. Because of
this, moving data isn’t a problem.
Answer the following questions:
How is open source software from propietary software?
How is it different from propietary software?

- Open source software is usually free, whereas proprietary software usually has a price.

- Open source software can be written by anyone, from people who program as a hobby
to large companies.

- Proprietary software is more common in everyday computer applications than open source
software (though in some situations, for example, on servers, open source software is quite
common).

- Some names of open source software may be mentioned, such as Linux (common varieties
of
which are Ubuntu, SUSE, Red Hat), OpenOffice, Libre Office, Android (for mobile phones) and
GIMP (an open source alternative to Photoshop).
Writing
1- Write an email to your manager giving recommendations deciding whether to use an open
source OS, a proprietary OS or some of each.
Listening