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Progress Test 1

This document contains a progress test covering various topics related to computers and IT. The test includes sections on vocabulary, language, reading comprehension, writing, and listening. Students are to complete sentences, put words in the correct order, determine if reading comprehension statements are true or false, respond to writing prompts, and correct listening mistakes.

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Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________

Progress test 1 (Units 1–2)


Section 1: Vocabulary
Complete these sentences. Use one or two words in each gap.
1 A(n) hard drives________ stores large amounts of data.
2 Please disconnect the external ________ hard drive from the computer.
3 I really like the people I work with: my colleague________ are all great
people!
4 The motherboard________ is the internal part of the computer that
everything else connects to.
5 Use the scroll bar________ at the side of the window to move down so
that you can see the
whole page.
6 A big advantage of open source________ software is that it’s usually
free.
7 You may have to partition________ your disks while installing the
operating system if you
want to
divide your big drive into some smaller ones.
8 Don’t forget to backup ________ your data so that you always have a
copy!
Section 2: Language
Put these words in the correct order to make sentences and questions.
1 check / every / emails / I / day / my
I check my emails every day___
2 company / software / does / develop / your / ?
Does your company develop software?________
3 a / computer / latest / need / new / OS / run / the / to / we
We need a new computer to run the latest OS________
4 personal / use / must / purposes / staff / not / for / computers
Staff must not use computers for personal purposes________
5 problem / afraid / a / the / there’s / I’m / with / software
I’m f________
6 projector / you / off / could / turn / that / just / ?
Could you just turn off that projector?________
7 unplug / first / headphones / you / video camera / could / from / the /
the / ?
Could you unplug the headphones from the video camera first ?
________
8 operators / off / to / computer / their / day / need / computer / all / switch
/ every
All computer Operators need to switch off their computerz every
day________

Section 3: Reading
Read the job advertisement. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Ordinary people can buy the company’s products in shops. (T / F) F
2 ADS now has offices in nine countries. (T / F) T
3 The company is having problems now. (T / F) F
4 Clients like ADS because of its low prices. (T / F) F
5 If you haven’t worked in IT before, you could apply for this job if you
have a
Diploma in
Software Development. (T / F) T
6 You need to understand more than one OS to do this job well. (T / F) T
7 Working for several years in a small company isn’t useful for this job.
(T / F) F
8 This job is suitable for people who don’t need to live close to their
family. (T / F) F

Atlantic Digital Services


Atlantic Digital Services (ADS) is a software development company providing
services to other companies. With over 2000 employees in seven different
countries, we are able to help a wide range of clients in many different parts of
the world. We are growing very quickly and plan to open offices in two more
countries later this year. Our customers keep coming back to us because we can
develop high quality software to their specifications very quickly and because
of our great customer service.
Software developer positions available
We have positions available in our new international offices for people with the
following:
• a Diploma in Software Development with good grades
• experience developing software for the Windows and Linux
operating systems
• two years’ experience in a company similar to ours
Applicants must be happy to travel to our international offices for some
projects, which may last from a few weeks to a year.

Section 4: Writing
Use the prompts to complete this email to Fred, who has never used a
computer before. Explain how to connect an external drive to a computer
and save files to it. Include a greeting and a signing off and remember to
introduce the topic.
(1) ________ ________,
Here’s how to connect your (2) ____________________________________ .
First,
(3) ____________________________________ (connect / USB cable / hard
drive / computer). Then (4) ______________________________________
(click / ‘Start’ menu / open / Windows Explorer). Next, (5)
____________________ ________________________ (right-click /
‘Computer’) and (6) ___________ ___________________________ (should /
see / hard drive). Now (7) _____________________________________ (drag
and drop files / folders / hard drive).

(8) _________________,
____________________
Section 5: Listening
► 08 Listen and correct the mistakes. Underline one incorrect word and
write the correct word on the line.
1 a /-core processor dual________
2 a quad-speed /DVD / _blueray__drives_____
3 a 3.5-millimetre /plug/ __socket______
4 a millimetre _micrometre_______
5 80 nanometres ____18____
6 a 56-kilobyte file ___26_____
7 4.2 megahertz __2.4
8 4 gigabytes _TB_______

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