Text 3 How to become a Computer Consultant

The first key point to realize is that you can't know everything. However, you mustn't become an expert in too narrow a field. The second key point is that you must be interested in your subject. The third key point is to differentiate between contract work and consultancy. Good contractors move from job to job every few months. A consultant is different. A consultant often works on very small timescales – a few days here, a week there, but often for a core collection of companies that keep coming back again and again.

There's a lot of work out there for people who know Visual Basic, C++ and so on. And there are lots of people who know it too, so you have to be better than them. Qualifications are important. Microsoft has a raft of exams you can take, as does Novell, and in my experience these are very useful pieces of paper. Exams like Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer are well worth doing. The same goes for Novel Linux Certification. However, this won't guarantee an understanding of the product, its positioning in the market, how it relates to other products and so on. That's where the all-important experience comes in.

Ключи к заданиям для самостоятельной работы

1.

1. checking; 2. to type; 3. changing; 4. work; 5. to hack into; 6. phoning; 7. to scroll; 8. paying; 9. to learn; 10. switching off.

2.

1. After entering the selection criteria, click on the Find button.

OR After you enter the selection criteria, click on the Find button.

OR Before clicking on the Find button, enter the selection criteria.

OR Before you click on the Find button, enter the selection criteria.

OR Enter the selection criteria; then click on the Find button.

2. Each MP3 file has a tag which permits extra information to be stored.

3. If you forget to save regularly, you risk losing data.

4. Start the search by clicking on the Find button.

5. The user is aware of the effects of different applications programs but/however, operating systems are invisible to most users.

6. Each side of a DVD has two layers, giving enormous storage capacity.

OR Each side of a DVD has two layers which gives enormous storage capacity.

7. The supervisor program remains in memory, therefore it is referred to as resident.

8. DVD drives read DVD disks (by) using blue laser light.

9. Input and output operations are invoked by applications programs but / although / however they are carried out by the operating system.

3.

MP3 is a set of standards for compressing and storing digital audio and video. Whereas CDs and WAV files require about 11 MB for one minute of sound, MP3 files give you the same sound quality in a format which requires only about 1MB for each minute so a single track takes only three to five megabytes.

Computers store sound as digital information. They do this by sampling - taking a sample of the sound thousands of times per second. CDs store information in a format called CD-DA. This samples 44,000 times per second and is broadly similar to WAV.

MP3 files depend on the fact that our brains do not detect all sounds. An MP3 encoder removes from a WAV file all but the parts we don't hear. Sounds above 16kHz are inaudible for most people so these can be removed. Quieter sounds masked by loud sounds of a similar frequency are also removed. The result is an MP3 file which is much smaller than the WAV original.

4.

1. Avoid leaving the email subject line blank.

2. Never send very large attachments without asking the recipient's permission.

3. You must not use the same password all the time.

4. Don't use capital letters; it's considered shouting.

5. Before joining a new online group, you should observe for a while.

6. It's a good idea to check out the FAQ page before you ask questions.

7. Never email any information you want to keep secure.

8. You had better not leave a running machine unattended.

9. I recommend you delete flames. Don't start a flame war.

10. You should not borrow from someone's website without asking permission.

5.

1. …is combining; 2. …by clicking…; 3. … at processing; 4. … amazing fractals; 5. … Finnish graphic arts industry; 5. a fantastic, thin laptop

6.

1. to find/find; 2. getting; 3. to locate; 4. orbiting; 5. built; 6. to calculate; 7. using; 8. build; 9. to be broadcast; 10. flash

7.

1. To improve your marketability to potential employers by upgrading your skill-jet.

2. Whose training should I undertake? Whose certificates should I get? How certain can I be that your salary will rise as a result of my training?

3. Microsoft Word

4. Taking a training course and self-study

5. The amount of work you’ll have to do to get up to speed for the exams and the difference between passing or failing the exam.

6. Because the exams have time limits, and you need to get used to answering the requisite number of questions within the allotted time.

7. The title of a course; details of what the course offers; whether there are pre-requisites for attendants; what the training company is prepared to do if attendants don’t have the minimum knowledge necessary to be on the course.

8. You lose your certification until you take an update.

8.

a. MCSA; b. MCSE; c. MCT; d. MCSD

9.

1. True; 2. False; 3. False; 4. True; 5. False; 6. True; 7. True.

10.

1.c; 2.d; 3.h; 4.f; 5.g; 6.e; 7.b; 8.a.

11.

1.b; 2.b; 3.b; 4.c; 5.a; 6.c; 7.a; 8.b; 9.c; 10.c; 11.c; 12.b; 13.a; 14.c; 15. b; 16.c; 17.b; 18.a; 19.c; 20.c; 21.a; 22.c; 23.a.

12.

1.d; 2.a; 3.c; 4.e; 5.b.

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