Understanding Technical Texts

Understanding Technical and Scientific Texts

Multiple Choice

According to "Operating Your ACME W914," which setting would you use to take a clear picture of things that are both near and far away?

• Auto

• Portrait

• Night

• Landscape

Multiple Choice

Reread pages 4-6 about the shooting mode dial setting in "Operating Your Camera."

How can you prevent the flash from going off no matter how much light there is?

• Set the Flash button to FLASH

• Set the shooting mode dial to Night

• Set the Flash button to flash off

• Set the shooting mode dial to AUTO

Multiple Choice

Suppose Olive is looking at a picture she has already taken on her camera's view screen.

According to "Operating Your ACME W914 Camera," if she presses the left arrow, what will happen next?

• She will see the first picture she ever took.

• She will be ready to take a new picture.

• She will see the previous picture.

• She will delete the picture.

Multiple Choice

According to "Operating Your ACME W914 Camera", how can you permanently delete a picture from your camera?

• by pressing the ERASE button.

• by switching the shooting mode dial to AUTO.

• by turning the zoom lever to the left.

• by pressing the ON/OFF button.

Multiple Choice

How can the reader tell that "Digital Cameras" is a scientific text?

• It relates to the interests of many readers.

• It tells about chnages in equipment over time.

• It explains how digital cameras work.

• It gives directions for making a digital camera.

Multiple Choice

According to "Digital Cameras," what happened BEFORE an image appreared on the film used by cameras so long ago?

• The film went through a chemical process.

• The printed picture was exosed to light.

• The film was put into a memory card.

• The printed picture was ready to look at.

Multiple Choice

Reread paragraph 3 of Digital Cameras."

Which details from the paragraph BEST explains why some pixels will be black and the others will be white?

• The more pixels a camera has, the more details it can capture.

• When light hits the sensor, an electrial charge is created.

• The strength of each charge decides the color of each pixel

• When all the pixels are combined, the picture is formed.

Multiple Choice

According to "Digital Cameras," what happens immediately AFTER light enters a camera?

• The picture is stored on a memory card

• The image is transferred to a computer

• The lens focuses the light on a sensor

• The camera sets the shutter speed sutomatically.