UNIVERSIDAD DE EL SALVADOR

MODALIDAD A DISTANCIA
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y
MATEMÁTICA
CARRERA: LICENCIATURA EN INFORMÁTICA
EDUCATIVA
INGLÉS PARA INFORMÁTICA I
DATOS GENERALES:
Coordinador de Carrera: Gerson Isaac Vásquez Cruz
TAREA 3
PUNTAJE: 10% DE NOTA GLOBAL
Fecha límite de entrega en Plataforma Virtual: domingo 25 de noviembre a las 11:55 pm

DATOS PARA EL ESTUDIANTE:

DUE: _________________________________________________________________________
Sede: _________________________________________________________________________
Tutor/a: _______________________________________________________________________
Puntos obtenidos: _____________ Porcentaje Global: 10% Calificación: ___________

General instructions:
 Read each exercise carefully.

 Complete the exercises on the space provided. Do not add any extra pages.

 All answers must be written in English: pay close attention to spelling and

grammar.

 Type all your answers and send the task as a WORD or PDF document to

Moodle platform on the required date.

 PART I (40%)
A. Matching activity
Indications: Match each type of magnetic drive with its description

TYPE OF MAGNETIC ANSWER DESCRIPTION

DRIVE

(a)Hard drive ( ) Uses 3.5’’ disk, which can store 1.44MB

of data

(b)Floppy drive / ( ) Are connected to the USB port of the

diskette computer

(c)Portable external ( ) Reads and writes data on tapes

drive

(d)Magnetic tapes and ( ) Most PC’s have one internal…usually

drive called C: drive

B. Stating activity

Indications: State if the following words are nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Write n, v, adj or
adv next to each word.

Storage Magnetic

Formatted Partition

Backed up Securely

Virus Access
 C. Written activity

Formatted Virus Partition

Backed up Access Securely

Indications: write sentences using the words in the box above.

1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________

PART II (60%)
A. Written and grammar activity

Indications: A friend of yours sent you an email explaining that he just bought a new computer;
write a response giving him some tips and advices on how to protect his new computer’s hard
drive. A good response should be no less than 200 words.

Write answer here

 B. Use of Should and Shouldn´t

Indications: chose should or shouldn't.

1. You _________________be so selfish.

2. I don't think you _________________smoke so much.

3. You _______________________exercise more.

4. I think you _________________________try to speak to her.

5. You are overweight. You __________________go on a diet.

6. Where _________________ we park our car?

7. You ___________________never speak to your mother like this.

8. The kids _____________________spend so much time in front of the TV.

9. I think we __________________reserve our holiday in advance.

10. You ______________________not turn your computer off and on quickly

 C. MEMORY IN A FLASH!
Indications: Ejercicio 2B, página 57. Read full text on pages 58 and answer the following questions
in the blanks below.

1. What is a flash memory?

2. What are the differences between RAM memory and flash memory?

3. What can devices which use multi-level cell technology do?

4. What are the differences between flash drives and external hard drives?

5. What is the advantage of using U3 technology in flash drives?

6. How much data can a flash memory card hold?

7. What is the name of the flashcard created by Sony for its digital cameras?

D. Completing exercise
Indications: Ejercicio 2C, página 58. Find words or phrases in the text with the following meanings:

1. Permanent; able to hold data without power (lines 1-5)

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2. Able to be rewritten many times (lines 10-15)

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3. Different sections of a disk driver or storage area (lines 40-45)

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4. To make a copy of a file so that the original is not lost (lines 45-50)

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5. Transferred to another device (lines 60-65)

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6. A peripheral device that reads and writes flash memory cards (lines 60-65)

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7. A product that integrates two different technologies (line 65-70)

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