Basic English for Computing / Basic English for Computing (Units) / UNIT 28
.doc28 Interview: Systems Manager
Tuning-in
Task 1 Study the job advertisement below and decide whether the statements (1-7) are true or false.
The successful applicant:
1 will develop new systems him/herself 5 must know VB
2 must have at least five years' work experience 6 must know SQL
3 must have worked in a company 7 will work alone.
4 must be a good communicator
Listening
Task 2 Bill is a Systems Manager with Britain's largest brewer. Listen to Part 1 of the interview and find the answers to these questions.
1 Which division of the company does Bill work for?
2 List his responsibilities.
3 Complete the missing steps in this procedure:
a Fault reported
b ___________ f ___________
с Fault investigated and fixed g Activity recorded
d ____________ h ___________
e Details downloaded to a PC i New parts ordered
4 Why does the company buy in systems?
5 What does Bill look for when buying a new system?
Speaking
Task 6 Work in pairs, A and B. Your partner has one of the computing jobs listed in Unit 2 7. Find out about his/her occupation by asking questions like these.
Where do you work? How long have you been working there?
What do you do? What qualifications do you have?
Try to identify his/her occupation when you have asked these questions.
Student A Your job description is on page 118.
Student В Your job description is on page 119.
Problem-solving
Task 7 Study this diagram which shows some of the staff in a large data processing department. Use the information to complete the gaps in this text.
When a user wants a batch job to be processed by the data processing
department, they take their work to the 1 __________ who are supervised
by the 2_________.When the job has been organized, it is passed on to
the data preparation section which is supervised by the 3 ___________
Here the work is put onto disk by the 4___________. The data is then
ready to be processed by the computer. The computer is operated by the
5 ___________ who are supervised by the 6 ___________. The computer
operators get any storage disks to be loaded into the computer from the
7___________ who looks after the 8___________. When the work has
been processed, the output is collected by a 9 __________ who returns it
to the 10_________.
Computing words
Task 8a Match words from columns A and В to make common computing terms.
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A hardware systems file swipe voice computer bulletin electronic |
В card board recognition wallet crime engineer server analyst |
Task 8b Which words in column В are commonly found with the verbs in column A?
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A analyse browse debug delete edit install open run save select |
В data databases documents files folders hardware folders needs options programs requirements software texts webpages websites |