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SECOND PARTIAL TEST_COMMUNICATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 37mins

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1.

VOCABULARY AND TERMS SECTION.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the right missing term.


  1. (a)   refers to physical parts of the computer, the things you can touch and feel.

2.

(a)   refers to the internal parts of the computer, the things you can see (or not), but can’t touch nor feel.

3.

_________ ________________ is based on using devices and new technology.

(a)  

4.

Hardware that we use to insert the information within the computer is known as _______ ___________.

(a)  

5.

Hardware or software that we use to get the information from the computer is known as ______ ___________.

(a)  

6.

How do we call the largest and most important integrated circuit on the computer’s motherboard?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

CPU

d)

Monitor

7.

The computer program and all the information that the computer will use must be converted into ...

a)

binary codes

b)

operating system

c)

bits

d)

bytes

8.

It often takes the form of a fake e-mail that looks like it came from a bank, a major company, an official from a foreign country, or from a Web site you like to visit.

a)

Spyware and worms

b)

Trojan Horses

c)

Computer virus

d)

Anti-virus software

9.

How do we call the programs that some artificial intelligence store?

a)

Deep Fritz

b)

AI programs

c)

Computer games

d)

Expert Systems

10.

Individual tower transmitter signals mesh together, so you and your computer can be on the move without losing a signal. And this is possible because of...

a)

Internet

b)

Artificial Intelligence

c)

WiMAX

d)

Wifi

11.

WRITING SECTION. INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following statement and decide whether to agree or disagree. Provide valid and detailed arguments to support your ideas. You must write everything withing 120 words.


Artificial intelligence programs can solve problems and make decisions ordinarily handled by humans.

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12.

READING. INSTRUCTIONS: Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.


Computers are machines that can help us in many ways. But they cannot think or do things on their own. Humans have to feed them with information and tell them what to do with it. They cannot come up with any new information. But they can save much time and work. For example, all the information and the office files can be stored in a computer's "memory". If a clerk were to trace any information from a particular file, the computer would only take seconds to find it. It would take a clerk days or even weeks to go through every file if no computers were used.The first computers were huge and costly. They filled up almost the whole floor of large offices. Later, because of the usefulness and demand for computers in business, scientists soon found ways to produce cheaper and smaller computers. They invented chips which made it possible to store more information in less space.


What does the author imply in this passage?

a)

A clerk would take more time to find information if he did not have a computer.

b)

Computers were huge and costly at the beginning, but then they were evolving.

c)

Computers store information an their memory so it is easier for a clerk to find information.

d)

Humans need to feed machines so the computers can work effectively with information.

13.

Read the excerpt and answer the question below.

UPDATED COMPUTERS


Today, computers are not only cheaper, but also more compact. They can just be placed on top of an ordinary writing table. They can even be carried from place to place easily. Computers are not only used in offices by companies, but they are also used at home, by families who can afford them.

Robots, on the other hand, are not mechanical people. They are only moving parts controlled by a computer. A robot can do the same work for twenty four hours, and yet, it does not complain or get tired. In the United States robots are computers that tell them where to guard and what to do. These robots are programmed to listen for certain noises and signals for help in case of trouble or danger.

In Japan and in some places in America, robots are used in factories to assemble cars. As computers become more common businesses and factories, people fear that one day computers and computer controlled robots will put human workers out of work.


What can we infer from this passage?

a)

A robot needs a computer to control it.

b)

Computers are used in different areas of life.

c)

In the United States, robots tell people what to do.

d)

Computers are making people feel useless.

14.

Read the following text and answer the question below.

A DEAD COMPUTER


Henry's computer began to act funny. It did this sometimes before. It might start acting slow, or programs would crash. That usually meant it was time to reboot. Except, this time, when he rebooted, the screen stayed back a long time. When the screen finally showed something, it was an error message.

Henry tried a few trick he knew, but nothing worked. He tried unplogging some of the devices. He tried booting a different way. He tried running some recovery software, but nothing worked. A sick felling crossed his mind. His brain was telling him he would lose everything! And yes, he lost everything!


What was most likely to happen to Henry's computer?

a)

It was too old, that's why it shut off completely.

b)

Henry might not have known how to use a computer, so it damaged.

c)

Someone might have played a joke to him.

d)

A virus (worms) was the responsible of the damage.

15.

Read the following passage and aswer the question.


STEVE JOBS


When he was a boy, he had a special hobby: he liked to take apart televisions and put them back together again. He was a very good student in school and even skipped a grade. After he finished grade four, he went into grade six, and in 1972, when he was seventeen, he graduated from high school. He then began his studies in Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. Deciding to quit was not at all easy. It was difficult, but as Jobs later said, “I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.” Two years later in 1974, he travelled to India, and while there he learned about Buddhism. After Steve Jobs returned to the United States, he found a job as a video game designer at a company called Atari, and two years after that, in 1976, when he was only twenty-one years old, he created his own company – Apple Computer – with his friend, Steve Wozniak. Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and had four children. Unfortunately, doctors discovered that he had cancer in 2003 and in 2011 he died at the age of only 56.


In paragraph 1, what does the word "them" refer to?

a)

Hobbies

b)

Computers

c)

Televisions

d)

Desicions