Otázky k ústní zkoušce pro technické fakulty (Tech Talk)
11. 1. 2010
TECH TALK - ZKOUŠKA
1. Describe the jobs of the following professions. Mention their advantages and disadvantages:
- architect
- field service engineer
- help desk technician
- software engineer
- warehouse manager
- quality controller
2. Have you ever bought a thing which did not work properly? What was it? What did you do?
3. Specify the carver, the skycar, the segway and compare them with other vehicles like cars, bicycles, motorbikes.
4. Describe three items from a secret agent kit. Find your own gadget and describe its function.
5. Retell the story about the man who planned to fly across the desert in a weather balloon.
6. What can be wrong with the following device or equipment? Ask about the causes and suggest the troubleshooting.
- photocopier
- heating system
- computer
- vacuum cleaner
- refrigerator
- old car
- old computer
7. Speak about the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and use the following numerical expressions:
- 50 km
- 1930s
- 221
- 201
- 4 b kwh
- 35,396,000 m3
- 21.5 bar
- 2.500.000 m3
- 5,218
- 1934
- 44 °C
- $ 500,000
- $ 1.25
8. Explain how to play geo-caching. Explain the rules of another play of your own choice.
9. Describe the machines in pictures a – e, page 38. Explain why they cannot work, suggest appropriate changes.
10. Describe the picture on page 41 and explain what these people should and what they should not do.
11. Explain how to change oil and oil filter in a car.
12. Describe an object (its shape, colour, size, material, it is made of, etc.) of your own shape (a tool, a toy, a musical instrument, etc.) and explain what the thing is for.
13. Create a test of your own choice. Explain what it measures and how it works.
14. Design one or more security devices to stop:
- stealing
- spying
- people making private photocopies
- people making private telephone calls
- hackers breaking into intranet
- misuse of the Internet by employees
- unauthorized people entering the company
15. Design one or more security devices to protect these things:
- your company’s PCs
- employees’ mobile phones
- employees’ personal possessions (briefcases, wallets, handbags, etc.)
- company buildings
- company vehicles
16. Explain the way from the airport to your partner’s factory
17. Say what you know about the Great Sphinx and use these numerical expressions:
20m
74m
6m
200m
4,500 or perhaps 7,000 - 9,000
8m
60m