Pre-test English in the Workplace

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The most reliable, verified, concise and comprehensive description of an unknown specialized concept can be found in:

• daily newspaper

• bilingual dictioonary

• lexicon or encyclopedia

• research article

The most manageable and precise level of search criteria that include an object (keyword 1) and aspect (keyword 2) will be retrieved by the search sequence:

• keyword 1

• keyword 1 AND keyword 2

• keyword 1 NOT keyword 2

• keyword 1 OR keyword 2

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If I have difficulty selecting the correct specialized English term when searching for information, I use:

• Google translate

• only the established native-language terms with which I have become acquainted during lectures

• a specialized thematic dictionary

• a general bilingual dictionary

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In my assignment, I wanted to describe the impact of human activities on climate change. My initial search strategy returned an overwhelming number of documents. How do I proceed ?.

• I abandon the topic and ask for a completely different assignment.

• I define a more specialized theme within the topic, optimized the search strategy and proceed further.

• I look up the topic of climate change on Wikipedia and summarize this information in my assisgnment.

• In the faculty library, I look for a related article written by a well-known author and rework the content of that article.

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An MSc or PhD thesis requires an original scientific contribution by the students. How do I proceed ?.

• I collect the most interesting recent publications and use them as the basis for my thesis.

• I look for experiments in research articles published by other authors and describe these experiements.

• I formulate new information and conclusions by combining both my own research results and the existing information.

• I collect and discuss conclusions from any available research article, book, patent and Web document.

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In which list have the information sources been correctly ordered from the least to the most formally established and verified ?.

• blog, daily newspaper, scholarly journal, standard

• blog, standard, daily newspaper, scholarly journal

• daily newspaper, blog, standard, scholarly journal

• standard, scholarly journal, blog, daily newspaper

Look at the data on that picture from the bibliographic/catalogue database and answer questions 7 - 10

The record in this database refers to:

• newspaper article

• specialized book

• video film

• scientific journal

Look at the data on that picture from the bibliographic/catalogue database and answer questions 7 - 10

This information source was issued:

• as a self-published book by the author Barbara Zemljic

• in 2008 in Ljubljana by the publisher Umanotera

• in 2008 in partnership with www.planet-sprememb.si

• in the current year on the Webpage www.planet-sprememb.si

Look at the data on that picture from the bibliographic/catalogue database and answer questions 7 - 10

Who is the author ?.

• The author is www.planet-sprememb.si

• There are two authors: Barbara Zemljic and Lucka Kajfez - Bogataj.

• There are three authors: Zemljic, Kajfez and Bogataj.

• This is a general Webpage with no specific known author.

Look at the data on that picture from the bibliographic/catalogue database and answer questions 7 - 10

This information source is best defined as:

• documentary movie on ecology and the environmental protection of our planet.

• science fiction DVD

• book with color photographs and an associated soundtrack on human evolution

• Slovenian translation of an English TV series on the future of the planet Umanotera.