Answer these questions

1. What different things can you do to a window?

2. Match these words to A-L in the screenshot below.

a. Scroll bar ____ e. Title bar ____ i. Left hand pane ____
b. Menu ____ f. Icon ____ j. Tab ____
c. Minimize button ____ g. Folder ____ k. Check box ____
d. Maximize button ____ h. Filename ____ l. Radio button ____

3. Match actions 1-7 to their results a-g.

1. Double click on the title bar___
2. Click on a menu ____
3. Right click on an icon ____
4. Slide the scroll bar down ____
5. Click the Minimize button ___
6. Drag the title bar___
7. Select the icon ____
a. To open a new menu
b. And the window fills the screen
c. If you want to move the window
d. To hide the window
e. To scroll the window down
f. To open it g. And its background changes color

4. Do you buy things on the internet? Why/Why not?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet shopping?

6. Read this magazine article about Dalya’s job. What are three parts of an
e-commerce system?

7. Which does Dalya find most difficult to set up? How do you know it?

8. Find words in the article that match these definitions.

a. Put together two or more things so that they work well together (paragraph 2)

___________________

b. Smaller parts of something bigger (paragraph 2) ___________________

c. Computer programming instructions (p3) ___________________

d. Taking a series of steps to do something (p4) ___________________

e. The place to send goods (p4) ___________________

f. The items that a customer wants to buy (p4) ___________________

g. Looking after money in an organization (p4) ___________________

9. Read the article again and answer these questions.

a. For which component is appearance important?

b. Which component involves integration with something else?
c. What do e-commerce websites use cookies for?
d. For which component is programming mentioned?
e. Which item involves integration with more than one other component?
f. Where does the company get delivery information from?
g. Why is EDI useful?

10.There are three acronyms in the article. Underline them and their
meanings.

11.Put these stages of the software development process in the best order.

- The customer checks and approves the final version _____

- Speak with the people who will use the new software and analyze how
they will use it _____
- Plan the project, write the specifications and prepare instructions for the
programmers _____
- Test and debug the code _____
- Write the code _____
 12. Read this interview from Computer World, an online magazine, in
which Jess Wong, a systems analyst, talks about her job. Which of the
stages does she mention?

13. Read the interview again and answer these questions.

a. Why does Jess talk to the client at the beginning of the process?
b. Why are the interviews sometimes difficult?
c. What does the specification document contains, besides writing?
d. Why does the analyst want the client to check the specification document?

14.Complete these definitions with the word in the box. Use the stages in 9
and the interview in 10.

Approve – analyse – debug – detail – interview

a. All the separate features and pieces of information about something

__________________.
b. Think about something very carefully, step-by-step __________________.
c. Officially say that you are happy with something __________________.
d. Ask someone questions formally in order to find out information
__________________.
e. Find problems in a computer program and correct them
__________________.

15. Answer these questions

a. How do you feel about interviews?
b. Have you had an interview?
c. What was the interview for?
d. What happened in the interview?
e. How did you feel?
 f. What might you be asked about in a job interview?
g. At what stage in the interview can you usually ask questions?
h. What might you ask the interviewer about?

16.Read the job advertisement and choose one of the jobs to apply for. Then
follow these steps. So you are going to do everything.
I. Interviewers, think of questions to ask the interviewee. Interviewees,
predict what questions you might be asked and prepare answers. Make
sure you questions and answers include these topics
 Experience
 Personal skills
 Technical skills
 Why the candidate wants the job