English Quiz: Minimum Competence Assessment

What is the depth of Lake Chad today?

• About two metres.

• About fifteen metres.

• About fifty metres.

• The information is not provided.

In about which year does the graph in Figure 1 start?

• 20,000 BC

• 11,000 BC

• AD 1000

• The information is not provided.

Why has the author chosen to start the graph at this point?

• To highlight the last Ice Age

• To show the disappearance of Lake Chad

• The information is not provided.

• To emphasize the reemergence of Lake Chad

Figure 2 is based on the assumption that ...

• the animals in the rock art were present in the area at the time they were drawn.

• there was no attempt to domesticate the animals which were depicted in the rock art.

• The information is not provided.

• the artists who drew the animals were highly skilled.

The disappearance of the rhinoceros, hippopotamus and aurochs from Saharan rock art happened ...

• in the middle of the period when Lake Chad was at its highest level.

• at the beginning of an uninterrupted dry period.

• at the beginning of the most recent Ice Age.

• after the level of Lake Chad had been falling for over a thousand years.

Which one of the following describes a feature of the ACOL flu immunisation program?

• A small bonus will be offered to participants.

• Immunisations will be given during working hours.

• Daily exercise classes will be run during the winter.

• A doctor will give the injections.

Fiona wanted the style of this information sheet to be friendly and encouraging. Do you think she succeeded? Explain your answer by referring in detail to the layout, style of writing, pictures or other graphics.

• Yes, the layout and style are friendly and encouraging.

• No, the information is presented poorly.

• No, the layout and style are too formal.

• Yes, the pictures and graphics are engaging.

This information sheet suggests that if you want to protect yourself against the flu virus, a flu injection is ...

• as effective as exercise and a healthy diet, and less troublesome.

• a good idea, but not a substitute for exercise and a healthy diet.

• more effective than exercise and a healthy diet, but more risky.

• not worth considering if you have plenty of exercise and a healthy diet.

After Fiona had circulated the information sheet, a colleague told her that she should have left out the words 'Anyone interested in being protected against the virus' because they were misleading. Do you agree that these words are misleading and should have been left out? Explain your answer.

• Yes, those words are misleading and should have been omitted.

• No, those words are necessary to convey the message clearly.

• Yes, those words could confuse the readers.

• No, those words provide important information.

According to the information sheet, which one of these staff members should contact Fiona?

• Steve from the store, who does not want to be immunised because he would rather rely on his natural immunity.

• Michael from accounts who would like to be immunised but will be on leave in the week of May 17.

• Julie from sales, who wants to know if the immunisation program is compulsory.

• Alice from the mailroom who would like to be immunised this winter but is having a baby in two months.