5. Language work: Job requirements

Study some of the requirements for the job of Computer Network Support Person.

Essential

1. Diploma in computing or telecommunications engineering

2. Good communication skills to discuss requirements with users

3. Deductive ability for analyzing faults

4. Able to work quickly under pressure

5. Normal colour vision to follow colour-coding of wires

Desirable

6. Interest in technology to keep up with new developments

7. Physically fit for lifting, carrying, and bending

We ran describe the essential requirements like this.

They must have a diploma in computing or telecommunications engineering.

They must have normal colour vision.

We can describe the desirable requirements like this.

They should have an interest in technology.

They should be physically fit.

6. Study the requirements for a Computer Technical Salesperson. Decide which are essential and which are desirable. Then describe each requirement using must have/be or should have/be.

1. a certificate or diploma in computing

2. experience in the computer industry

3. able to put technical ideas into everyday language

4. able to persuade and negotiate

5. a qualification in marketing

6. a thorough understanding of the product

7. a driving licence

8. a high level of communication skills

9. patient, persistent, and diplomatic 10 able to work away from home

7. Finish the sentences.

1. The company will install a new computer system….

2. If I had fit new locks after the burglary….

3. The information from the survey will be processed by computer if ….

4. I would have got the program to work on my computer if …..

5. All children will become computer literate while they are in school if ….

6. If all access devices were not hardware based….

7. If the emergency services had been equipped properly….

8. The rooms will be equipped with video cameras if….

9. If the police officers had been equipped with batons and riot shields….

10. The factory will employ over 2000 people if….

Revising

1. Say “True” or “False”. If “False” then what?

1. The central processing unit is made up of three components.

2. The control unit directs the flow of information within the processor.

3. The processor cannot operate on any information if that information is not in main storage.

4. Secondary memory and internal memory are located in the same place in the computer system.

5. Only after the data has been processed by the CPU can results be transmitted to an output device.

6. FORTRAN is very wordy and therefore not as sufficient a computer language as COBOL in solving scientific problems.

7. Software packages are not written in high-level languages.

8. An example of an application program is calculating the stress on a roof.

2. Match the following:

to surf the Web to download to equip to retrieve to upload to scan

1. to read something quickly in order to find a particular piece of information

2. to get back something after you have put it somewhere

3. to copy a file from the Internet onto your own computer

4. to copy something from your computer onto the Internet

5. to look at information on the Internet, especially when you look quickly in order to find something that interests you

6. to provide a person, group, or organization with the things they need for a particular kind of activity or work