INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SANTARÉM

Escola Superior de Gestão e Tecnologia

ENGLISH EXAMINATION
TESP – Tecnologias e Programação de Sistemas de Informação 14th December 2015

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Read the following text carefully:

1 Just what is it that motivates someone to try to break into computer systems?
Some people just enjoy the adrenaline thrill of proving they can do it. Some years ago
some electronic New York City subway signs were changed. They said ‘Hackers
Quarterly’ instead of the name of the station. This is the work of harmless but
5 slightly annoying geeks. These types of hackers are often classified as ‘Cyberpunks’.
They are usually male, between 12 and 30, white, educated and very bored. If they
cause a tiny bit of disruption, they feel cool and superior.

HACKING FOR PERSONAL PROFIT

10 A hacker in France managed to reprogram the exchange rates of ATM
machines so he could get thousands of dollars for his euros. Although this is serious,
it was something he simply did to make a small profit.

INVADING PRIVACY
15 You might be surprised who can read your e-mails. A woman in Canada thought
she had found the perfect boyfriend over the Internet. She had recently had a
tattoo done of Bugs Bunny, had split up with a boyfriend, had learnt to cook Japanese
food and was thinking of going to India. She joined an online dating service and
started e-mailing this guy. After a few days, he mentioned he had separated from his
20 girlfriend, he casually mentioned he loved Japanese food, had always adored Bugs
Bunny... The guy had managed to read her e-mails to her friends and family. Because
she had chosen the same password for lots of different things he was even able to
look at her bank account to see if she would be a rich girl to marry or not. This is why
you must never choose the same password for everything.
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CRIMINAL HACKERS
Criminal hackers go one step further. They use their knowledge to spy on
different companies and get paid for it. Many have connections with organised
criminal groups. With so much of our world being controlled by computers, it would be
30 easy for a hacker to create total chaos. If they could disrupt electricity stations,
water supplies or even air traffic control, they could do serious damage.
Source: Club (abridged)
 I - Reading Comprehension

A) Who or what do these words refer to in the text?

1. They (l. 3) ______________________________

2. They (l. 6) ______________________________
3. his (l. 11) _______________________________
4. she (l. 18) ______________________________
5. it (l. 28) _______________________________

B) Go through the text and find words/ expressions that mean the same as:

1. enter illegally ___________________________

2. irritating ______________________________
3. very small ______________________________
4. separate ______________________________

C) Complete the sentences with information from the text:

1. Some years ago hackers managed to change__________________________

2. A hacker in France could make profit by ____________________________
3. The man a Canadian woman met through an online dating service could find
about her personal life because ___________________________________

D) Answer the following questions on the text using your own words:

1. Why do some people try to break into computer systems?

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2. In what ways do hackers invade privacy?
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3. What do you understand by criminal hackers?
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 II - Vocabulary

A. Complete the following text with the words given.

In the most basic sense, programming means creating a set of instructions for (1)_________
some specific (2) ______. In this sense, many of our daily (3) _________ can be described
as programmatic — they involve specific steps that often follow a set order. For instance, if
you get home from (4) ________ and want to make yourself a peanut butter and (5)_______
sandwich, you know that you will have to get two slices of bread, butter each piece,
(6)_________ peanut butter on one slice and jelly on the other, and finally put the two
together.
In the context of (7) __________, (8) __________ means creating a set of (9) _______
not for a person but for a (10) _________, in order to accomplish a specific task. To do so,
you use a set of directives — a programming (11) _________— known to both the
programmer and the computer (12) __________ system. The kind of things we program
computers to do is different from what we “program” ourselves to do.

Words:
computer task operating school spread computing
jelly completing language instructions activities programming

B. Choose the correct option.

1. Computers, cellphones, cameras and televisions are technological...

a) tools b) devices c) elements d) games

2. The computer … the knowledge and data that we save.

a) gives b ) stores c) puts d) keeps

3.… is any part of your computer that has a physical structure.

a) Webcam b) Hardware c) Software d)Modem

4. You can … the files that you want to share.

a) create b) play c) upload d) write

5. Hackers can … viruses that can get into your personal computer and …
valuable data.

a) create/ ruin b) find/ solve c) search/ help d) clean/ save

 III - GRAMMAR

A. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. You ________ (buy) a faulty camera at the shop last month.

2. It rained all day. We ________ (not go) to the beach.
3. I ________ (not finish) my essay if dad doesn’t help me.
4. They _______ (not pay) us very much at the office.
5. When I ______ (be) a child, I _______ (not speak) English.
6. My house ________ (not be) as large as yours.
7. I ______never _______ (travel) to foreign countries before.
8. “_______you _______ (like) to listen to my new CD?”
9. She ________ (have) a holiday since 1987.

B. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean exactly the same.

1. The plan hasn’t been approved by the Government.

The Government _____________________________________________
2. He was going to buy a house but he didn’t have enough money.
If he ______________________________________________________
3. He gave up smoking in 1993.
He hasn’t ___________________________________________________
4. You should take a road map. You may get lost.
Take ______________________________________________________
5. If you hurry, you’ll catch the bus.
Unless _____________________________________________________
6. Somebody accused me of cheating in the maths exam.
I _________________________________________________________
7. It was very late but we went on working.
Although ___________________________________________________
8. That’s the factory. I work in that factory.
That’s ______________________________________________________
9. “Don’t drive so fast”, her mother said.
Her mother warned ____________________________________________
10. We saw some people. Their car had broken down.
We saw _____________________________________________________
 IV - Writing

A. Translate the following text into Portuguese.

Programming Languages

Just as there are many human languages, so there are many computer languages. In
the early days, people programmed using the computer’s binary code, or what we call “machine
language”. When this became difficult, mnemonics were used to make life easier. This is
called “assembly language” programming. Finally, there are the “high-level” languages like
BASIC, FORTRAN and ALGOL. These are much more similar to everyday language, and are
translated directly or indirectly into the computer’s machine code using the computer’s
firmware.

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B. Choose one of the topics given and write about it in more or less 100 words.

1. “The internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete
substitute for life.”
Andrew Brown

2. “Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power.
Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help
us know what to say.”
Jonathan Sacks
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