ENGLISH EXAM – Professional English- December 2016

Surnames: Name:

I. Multiple choice. Choose the correct answer. Only ONE answer is correct.
Indicate your choice (A, B, C or D) in the answer box below. (15 marks)

1. The term Fog Computing’s often associated with Cisco. Cisco Fog Computing’s a
registered name;
The ‘s in the context of this sentence mean:
A is/of B of/of C is/is D has/of

2. VMI allows an enterprise to develop or acquire only one version of an application

and then universally deliver that app to employees regardless of their devices' mobile
platform.
The ‘s in the context of this sentence means:
A has B of C is D none of them

3. Spark's developers say it can run jobs 100 times faster than MapReduce when it’s
processed in memory and 10 times faster on disk.
The ‘s in the context of this sentence mean:
A has/has B of/is C is/is D of/has

4. The catalog's main purpose is to standardize the way each known vulnerability or
exposure’s identified
A is/of B of/is C has/is D of/is

5. A Flash Cookie’s a text file that’s sent by a Web server to a client when the client
requests content supported by Adobe Flash.
The ‘s in the context of this sentence mean:
A is/is B of/of C is/has D has/of

“Respect for People” is one of the two guiding principles of the Toyota Way, a
management philosophy originally developed for the manufacturing of automobiles.”

6. In the passage above the bold-typed participles are:

A gerund/noun B gerund/gerund
C adjective/noun D infinitive/shortening of relative clause

“In general, a controller is a hardware device or a software program managing or

directing the flow of data between two entities.”

7. In the passage above the bold-typed participles are:

A both of them are shortening of a Relative Clause
B infinitive/adjective
C noun/adjective
D gerund/gerund
“Copy Data Management is an approach to reducing storage consumption that involves
eliminating the unnecessary duplication of production data.”

8. In the passage above, the translation of the bold-typed participles is:

A noun/gerund B infinitive/infinitive
C gerund/gerund D adjective/gerund

“Digital asset management (DAM) is a business process for organizing, storing and
retrieving rich media and managing digital rights and permissions. Rich media assets
include photos, music, videos, animations, podcasts and other multimedia content.”

9. In the passage above, the translation of the bold-typed participles is:

A que almacena/que gestiona B almacenando/gestionando

C almacenar/gestionar D almacenar/gestión

10. The reduction of the relative clauses in

“Tesla Powerwall is a system of batteries that are mounted on a wall for
storing energy that is generated by solar panels and wind turbines.”

leads to the following:

A Tesla Powerwall is a wall-mounted battery system for storing generated
energy by solar panels and wind turbines
B Tesla Powerwall is a system of batteries mounting on a wall for storing energy
generating by solar panels and wind turbines
C Tesla Powerwall is a wall-mounted battery system for storing energy
generated by solar panels and wind turbines
D No reduction is possible.

11. The reduction of the relative clauses in

“There are several services which are based on subscriptions that can be
used to create access control lists for network border routers”
leads to the following:
A There are several subscription-based services that can be used to create access
control lists for network border routers
B There are several subscription-based services used to create access control
lists for network border routers
C There are several services based on subscriptions used to create access control
lists for network border routers
D There are several services basing on subscriptions using to create access
control lists for network border routers

12. The reduction of the relative clause

“EINSTEIN 3 uses inspection of packets which is deep and which is made in
real time” leads to the following:
A EINSTEIN 3 uses real-time-made deeping packet inspection
B EINSTEIN 3 uses inspection of packets being deep and made in real time
C EINSTEIN 3 uses real-time deep packet inspection
D None of the three options
13. “A system for the management of orders. This system belongs to an
organization”, is the same as:
A A system order management. This system belongs to an organization
B An organization’s order management system
C An organizations’ orders management system
D An order management system for an organization

14. “A man-in-the-middle attack” is the same as

A An attack that is produced in the middle of a man
B An attack that comes from the man who is in the middle
C A man in the middle that produces an attack
D The three options above can be good

15. Choose the most suitable translation of the following phrase:

“Una estrategia de gestión en la nube que ha sido bien implementada y el software
de gestión específico para una plataforma”
A A well-implemented cloud management strategy and platform-specific
management software
B A platform-specific management software well-implemented cloud
management strategy
C A strategy for management in the cloud that has been implemented well and
the software of management specific for a platform
D A well-implemented cloud strategy management and a specific platform
management software

Vocabulary: deliver: entregar; regardless of: independientemente de; exposure: revelación;

Answer Box:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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B
C
D
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II. Explain the following noun compounds. (8 marks)

1. Companies lacking skilled IT staff

2. Mission-critical applications in a private cloud setting

3. A century-old Ohio-based law firm

4. The victim's credit rating and future insurance costs

III. Rewrite the following phrases using suitable noun compounds. (8 marks)

1. A strategy for the management of human resources in companies that are large

2. All the instructions of the CPU that are issued by the guest

3. People who own businesses of size that is small to middle

4. Storage that is based on files, on blocks and on objects and that is highly scalable
under a system that is unified

Vocabulary: lack: carecer de; skilled: cualificado; setting: configuración; rating: valor; issue:
emitir, enviar, producir;
IV. Translate the following technical expressions into English using suitable noun
compounds (8 marks)

1. Dispositivos y sensores que están conectados via Internet

2. Tecnología para comunicaciones de bajo consumo que usa señales de radio

frecuencia

3. Políticas de control de acceso basado en roles o de control de acceso basado en

atributos

4. Modelo común de publicidad de pago por uso

V. Turn the following sentences into Technical Style (9 marks):

1. System 7 of signalling is an international standard of telecommunications that defines

how elements of the network in a public network of telephones that is switched (PSTN)
exchange information over a network of signalling that is digital.

2. SS7 uses signalling that is out of band, which means that information of signalling
travels on a channel of 56 or 64 Kbps that is dedicated and separate rather than within
the channel that is the same as the call of telephone.
3. In 2014, people who research on security in Germany demonstrated that people who
attack could exploit holes of security in SS7 to track movements and communications of
users of cell phones and eavesdrop on conversations.

Vocabulary: signal: señalizar; track: seguir la pista, rastrear; eavesdrop: escuchar a escondidas
VI. Read carefully the following passage from Word of the day, 9th December 2016 .
WhatIs.com.

A telepresence robot is a remote-controlled, wheeled device with a display to enable video chat
and videoconferencing.
Here are a few examples of telepresence robots:
iRobot's Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant (RP-VITA) is
designed for use in hospitals where it makes it possible for doctors to consult with patients,
guide staff and confer with other medical practitioners remotely.
Double Robotics' Double, which consists of a wheeled base integrated with an iPad, is designed
for a business environment to enhance telecommuting or teleconferencing.
Suitable Technologies' Beam+ is designed for in-home uses, such as mobile video chat,
oversight of children or elderly people and remote security monitoring. The vendor's Beam Pro
product is designed for the workplace.
 
Although telepresence robots aren't inexpensive, they are typically much more affordable than
the travel costs or fees they might replace. They also enable much more interactivity than
regular video chat. In a distance education class, for example, a telepresence robot can move
around the room and interact face-to-face with individual students, just as an on-premises
instructor might.
 
Telepresence robots can enable remote tour guides, administrative assistants, home visitors,
night watchmen and factory inspectors, among many other possibilities.

Vocabulary: wheel: rueda; confer: consultar; enhance: mejorar; telecommuting: teletrabajo;

A. Translate into Catalan or Spanish from “A telepresence robot is a …” to

“…is designed for the workplace” (8 marks):
B. Answer the following questions about the passage (4 marks):

1. The text explains …

a. as many as 3 different examples of telepresence robots

b. as many as 4 different examples of telepresence robots
c. all those telepresence robots that aren’t inexpensive

Option chosen: …………………

2. The second “it” on line 5 refers to:

a. the robot RP-VITA

b. hospitals
c. doctors
d. to consult with patients, guide staff and confer with other medical
practitioners remotely

Option chosen: …………………

3. A telepresence robot …

a. is controlled remotely by a display

b. has got a display
c. includes wheels to enable video chat and videoconferencing

Option chosen: …………………

4. Travel costs and fees that can be replaced by telepresence robots are …

a. more expensive than robots

b. cheaper than robots
c. as expensive as robots

Option chosen: …………………