VII. Language.

Exercise 14. Match words and word-combinations in column A with those in column B.

1) Product certification 2) accredited test standards 3) software package 4) certification mark 5) standards writing organizations 6) testing organizations 7) documented compliance 8) quality control measures 9) officially sealed 10) test rig

1) обладнання для випробувань 2) заходи з контролю якості 3) знак сертифікації 4) сертифікація продукту, виробу 5) акредитовані стандарти на тестування, випробування 6) офіційно проштампований 7) організація, яка розробляє стандарти 8) пакет програм 9) організація по тестуванню, випробуванням 10) документальна згода

VIII. Comprehension.

Exercise 15. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1) Product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and quality assurance tests.

2) Products, once certified, needn’t be endorsed with a quality mark.

3) An example of a national accreditor is the Standards Council of Canada.

4) Test reports that are only based on testing are done for the interests of the customer and are used to comply with code requirements.

5) A submitter (usually a manufacturer of a product) is not required to turn over his entire process standard to the certification organization.

6) Certifiers must observe the construction of test specimens to avoid any possible cheating.

Exercise 16. Answer the following questions to the text B:

1) What is product certification or product qualification?

2) What may certification of products indicate?

3) How does the process of certification start?

4) Do you know any example of a national accreditor?

5) What is submitter?

6) What actions precede the product testing?

7) Why do certifiers make tests of different products?

IX. Speaking.

Exercise 17. Describe the process of certification, name its components.

Exercise 18. Explain the principles of work of the Accredited Certification Organizations.

Exercise 19. Speak about ways of the product certification using the questions from the ex. 16 and information from the text.

Exercise 20. Role-play. Make up an interview. Imagine that you are an employee of one of the Certification Organizations. You are interviewed. So describe your work there, its advantages and difficulties. Use the vocabulary of the lesson.