Q.1
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. When people send ... ... they often use lots of ... ... instead of ... ... the words out in full.
  • ... texts ... / ... abrevitions ... / ... speling ...
  • ... txts ... / ... abrvtions ... / ... spelng ...
  • ... txt ... / ... abrvtns ... / ... splng ...
  • ... texts ... / ... abbreviations ... / ... spelling ...
Q.2
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. But nowadays we can send ... ... , and even ... ... , to other people instantly ~ even when they are not sitting anywhere near their computer.
  • ... emails, ... / ... film and video clips ...
  • ... e-mails, ... / ... audio and video clips ...
  • ... e-mails, ... / ... audio and video files ...
  • ... emails, ... / ... audeo and vidio files ...
Q.3
After the nuclear power station accident at Chernobyl in 1986, some people began to ask, 'How about the computers? Didn't they automatically take control, to keep things safe and avoid a disaster?' And the reply came ... :
  • ... 'Where are the computers?'
  • ... 'What computers?'
  • ... 'We don't need computers.'
  • ... 'They don't want computers.'
Q.4
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. A spreadsheet is a program that offers you a big grid with several ... ... across and several ... ... down your page, where you can enter tables of figures and information, compare and calculate with them, and move them around.
  • ... columns ... / ... rows ...
  • ... series ... / ... sets ...
  • ... rows ... / ... columns ...
  • ... sets ... / ... series ...
Q.5
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. We are each born with a ' ... ... ' more powerful than almost any ever built by engineers. Typically it weighs about ... ... , and is similar in size to the capacity of a ... ... (1200cc). If you look after it properly it will serve you amazingly well for your whole life. What do we call it? (The answer will be in the Helpful Comment box, if you haven't already guessed!)
  • ... personal computer ... / ... a kilo and a half ... / ... small car engine ...
  • ... computer ... / ... a kilo ... / ... car engine ...
  • ... laptop ... / ... a couple of kilos ... / ... large car motor ...
  • ... mobile ... / ... three kilos... / ... small railway engine ...
Q.6
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. What we Brits refer to as a ... ... , is known in North America as a ... ... .
  • ... mobile (phone) ... / ... sell-phone ...
  • ... mobile (phone) ... / ... cellphone ...
  • ... mobile (phone) ... / ... cellular ...
  • ... mobile (phone) ... / ... celluloid ...
Q.7
Your phone or device may be loaded with lots of 'apps': but what is 'apps' short for?
  • Approvals
  • Applications
  • Apple software
  • Appearances
Q.8
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. Fifty years ago, nobody would have understood you if you said 'Point with your ... ... and ... ... on the window'!
  • ... finger ... / ... tap ...
  • ... needle ... / ... wipe ...
  • ... mouse ... / ... click ...
  • ... wand ... / ... bang ...
Q.9
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. The Turing Test is named after Alan Turing (in 1950), who had pioneered the use of computers during World War 2 ~ to break vast amounts of enemy military information, that were being transmitted in secret military codes. He was wondering about Artificial Intelligence: when would computers become so clever that we could no longer ... ... ?
  • ... distinguish what they were saying, from what a real human being might say?
  • ... distinguish their output from what a real human being might speak?
  • ... tell their output apart a real human being?
  • ... spot their words as not coming from a real live human person?
Q.10
Pick the best word/s to complete the gap/s in good clear English. There are lots of these available now, but if you want your document to look elegant it is better not to use too many different ... ... .
  • ... templates.
  • ... fonts.
  • ... styles.
  • ... headers.
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