Test 1

Look at the text below. In 35 seconds, you must read this text aloud
as naturally as clearly as possible. You have 35 seconds to read
aloud.

1. The termcloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on how the
Internet is depicted in computer network diagrams and is an abstraction for
the complex infrastructure it conceals. Web hosting refers to hosted and
dedicated web applications and web content.
2. Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network
access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be
rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service
provider interaction.
3. On-demand self-service focuses on delivering IT services driven by user
requests.Users accessing services via Internet technologies expect a secure,
always-on computing infrastructure that delivers as easily and reliably as
electricity from a wall outlet, requiring a fundamental change in how
services are delivered.
4. Data is the most important component ofdatabase management system from
end users point of view. The data act as a bridge between the machine
components and user components. The database contains the operational
data and the meta data. There are number of users who can access or
retrieve data on demand using applications and interfaces provided by
database management system.
5. The system should provide some resilience to user errors and allow the user
to recover from errors. This might include an undo facility, confirmation of
destructive actions. Protection or Securitymeasures to prevent unauthorized
access. Maintainingthe database and associated programs over the lifetime
of the database application and files.
6. A transaction is a set of operations and may be stand-alone specified in a
high level language like SQL submitted interactively, or may be embedded
within a program.An application program may contain several transactions
 separated by the Begin and End transaction boundaries.Logical unit of
database processing that includes one or more access operations.
7. Basic unit of data transfer from the disk to the computer main memory is
one block. In general, a data item will be the field of some record in the
database, although it may be a larger unit such as a record or even a whole
block and it also helps to find the address.

You will hear a sentence. Please repeat this sentence exactly as you
hear it. You will hear the sentence only once.

1. Source documentation is written text that accompanies computer software.

2. The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a programming language.
3. Online world maps helps to trace the location.
4. Message is a specification of a communication between objects.
5. Life is too short for anything mediocre.
6. Do not compare yourself with others, thats just deadly.
7. The problem of waste disposal is becoming very serious.
8. Nanotechnology is the engineering of tiny machines.
9. Eco-tourism is responsible travel that conserves the environment.
10. Cloning is a recent breakthrough in the field of Genetics.
11.The pattern of the oscillation is called waveform.
12. Digitization is the process of converting information into a digitalformat.

Look at the graph below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the

microphone and describe in detail what the graph is showing. You
will have 40 seconds to give your response.

1.
SUMMARY:

This diagram shows how a selection of 100 second-year university students

traveled to university. 60 students said that they traveled by train, 30 stated that
they traveled by car, while 10 students stated that they traveled by both car and
train. One could conclude that most respondents traveled to university by train, a
minority traveled only by car, while a small number of the respondents, 10%,
traveled by both train and car.

2.
Timetable: Monday (Semester I)
9 am Introductory Statistics
10 am Psychology I Lecture
11 am
12 pm Lunch
1 pm
English Literature Tutorial
2 pm
3 pm Economics I Lecture
4 pm

SUMMARY

The table shows a school timetable for Monday in Semester I. Lectures start
at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. The first lecture is Introductory Statistics at
 9 a.m. The next lecture is at 10 a.m.Psychology I. Lunch is at 12 noon.
There is an English Literature tutorial which lasts from 1 until 3 p.m. The
last lecture is Economics I, which starts at 3 p.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.

3.
SUMMARY:
The line graph represents the average energy consumption per household in
the UK. It can clearly be seen that during first 4 hours Britain consumed less
amount of electricity in summer and winter. On the other hand, as time
passed the electricity consumption rose gradually in both the seasons until
during night they used less electricity. To sum up,the average consumption
per household was the highest in summer and used less amount in winter.
4.
SUMMARY:
This pyramid graph shows the Japan population in 1990. At the left side, we
can see the male scale and at the right side we can see the female scale. For
the both genders, the highest number of the population is situated between
40 to 44 years old, and the second is situated between 15 to 19 years old. To
conclude, it is possible to see a superior number of females than males after
65 years old.
5.
SUMMARY:
New York is the city that has more rainfall, with average 47.5 inches,
followed by Dallas with has 33.7 inches, Honolulu with has 22 inches and
Phoenix, that has a fewer level with less than 10 inches of rainfall. To
conclude, this city has less rainfall than others, because it is situated in a
desert.
6.

SUMMARY:
This horizontal bar graph depicts various shopping methods which are effect
the satisfaction of consumers. The survey is done with a customer base of
500.The Vertical axis displays the various shopping methods like local shop,
internet, supermarket and private shopping used by consumers. As per
records displayed, percentage of neutral consumers is almost same in all
methods, where has percentage of consumers who are positively effected can
be seen in private shopping methods.
 7.

SUMMARY:

The flow chart illustrates the process on how a person could become a doctor. First
a person will have to complete a 4 year bachelors degree followed by 4 years in
medical school. After which they will have to take part in an intern ship program
for a period of 3-7 year. After a completing the intern ship program if a person
doesnt want to specialize they could direct sit for the licensing exam but if they
want to specialize they will have to complete a fellowship for 1-3 years and then
take the licensing exams. The final step is to receive the medical license.

Look at the graph below. In 25 seconds, please speak into the

microphone and describe in detail what the graph is showing. You
will have 40 seconds to give your response.
General Awareness question answers

1. Where would you see the exhibits of dinasours? A MUSEUM

2. Which country is in the southern hemisphere?AUSTRALIA
3. In which season people will be least likely to go skiing?IN SUMMER
4. Which of these was last to be explored, Himalayas, the moon or
Australia?The Moon
5. Would letter or email would be fastest way to get a message to your
teacher?EMAIL
6. Which would be better to report the population of a major global city-
hundred, millions or billions?MILLIONS
7. The work is due for submission, one month from 15thJune, on what date
it be submitted?15th JULY
8. Who would you consult to treat a fear of crowded places, a philosopher
or psychologist?A PSYCHOLOGIST
9. How would most people travel to work each day, in big cities like Hong
Kong, Tokyo and New York?BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
10. Would a supermarket, a caf or book store probably have the widest
range of product available?A SUPERMARKET
11. In which room of their home would someone usually wash their
clothes?IN THE BATHROOM