Kumaraguru College of Technology

Coimbatore – 641 006

Department of Science & Humanities/

English Division

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CONTENTS

LANGUAGE LABORATORY:

1. Listening And Typing

1.1. BBC 1 - 5

1.2. BBC 2 - 9

1.3. BBC 3 - 14

2. Listening And Comprehending

2.1. LP 1 - 18

3. Reading Comprehension - 19

4. Editing - 22

CAREER LAB:

1. Presentation –

1.1. EXAM - 29

1.2. BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY - 31

2. Interview Queries - 35

3. Role Play - 38

4. Resume Writing - 40

5. Report Writing - 43

6.Group Discussion - 46

LANGUAGE LABORATORY

1 .LISTENING

1.1 BBC 1

CHARACTER SKETCH:

CHARACTER DESIGNATION

CLIVE HARRIS MANAGING DIRECTOR

DON BRADLEY SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR

KATE MECANA HEAD OF SALES DEPARTMENT

EDWARD GREEN MARKETING EXECUTIVE

JENNY ROSE HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION

SALIE CLIVE’S SECRETARY

GERALDINE RECEPTIONIST

DEREK JONES HEAD OF R&D DEPARTMENT

BOB & PETE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

SCENE-1

GERALDINE : Good morning Bibary systems, can I help you.

JENNY : Good morning, GERALDINE.

GERALDINE : Good morning, JENNY. Here is your newspaper and the post.

JENNY : Thank you.

HARRIS : Good morning JENNY, good week end.

JENNY : Excellent thank you.

HARRIS : So cold this morning

JENNY : Very cold

HARRIS : Good morning GERALDINE

GERALDINE : Good morning Harris. Your newspaper and the post

SCENE -2

JENNY : Good morning, Kate

KATE : Good morning JENNY .How are you?

JENNY : I am fine, thank you

DON : Good morning, JENNY

JENNY : Good morning, Don

EDWARD : Good morning. My name is Edward green. I am here to see Don Bradley.

GERALDINE : Hey yes one more minute please….Hello JENNY Edward green is in Reception.

Please sit down.

EDWARD : Thank you.

JENNY : Are you Edward green?

EDWARD : Yes…

JENNY : I am JENNY. Ross. How do you do ?

EDWARD : Hello, Pleased to meet you.

JENNY : Welcome to bribery systems.

EDWARD : Thank you.

JENNY : I am the head of administration in marketing department. My boss is Don Bradley

well our boss is Don Bradley. Let me show you the department.

SCENE-3

JENNY : This is the marketing department. This is my desk and that is Don’s office. He is

not here at the moment. This is your desk, telephone, pc and pen drive. Let me take

your coat.

EDWARD : Thanks.

JENNY : Over here is the stationary cupboard, papers, pencils, files etc. Help yourself for

you need….Here is the photo copier and fax machine and here is the coffee

machine. Would you like to have a cup of coffee?

EDWARD : No thanks.

SCENE-4

JENNY : Kate, this is Edward green our new marketing executive.

KATE : Ha, yes Edward .Hello welcome to Bibary systems marketing department.

Excuse me….

EDWARD : Hello Kate Mecana.

EDWARD : What is Kate’s job?

JENNY : She is head of sales….She is good.

EDWARD : Where does she fit into the company’s structure?

JENNY : Here is company’s marketing structure. You see Danny in the marketing

structure and he is on the board, Kate reports to Don … you are here and you

report to Don.

JENNY : This is the board room. Here we have a range of products i.e. toys. Come on

lets go to R&D workshop.

EDWARD : I am sorry, R&D?

JENNY : That’s research and development.

EDWARD : Ha right.

SCENE-5

GERALDINE : Thank you for calling good bye…

JENNY : The managing director’s office is on first floor…Clive Harris….we call him

Clive. This is Clive secretary Sally..

EDWARD : Hello JENNY and you have met our receptionist GERALDINE

GERALDINE : Hi

JENNY : So, this research and development department. This is Bob and Peat…They

are research assistants and through here is Derek Jones office. He has a team

of six people…Derek, this is Edward Green our new…

DEREK : Please…

JENNY : I think you’re busy, sorry.

DEREK : No, please wait…ya finished…Good…Do you like it?

EDWARD : What is it?

DEREK : It is a toy, it’s a new electronic toy.

EDWARD : It’s very good….Edward Green, pleased to meet you.

DEREK : Derrick Jones welcome to bribery systems.

EDWARD : Thank you.

SCENE-6

DON : Edward Green starts today. He is the new marketing executive.

CLIVE : Oh yes… Is he good?

DON : I don’t know.. He is young, intelligent, he is well qualified but of course he has

no experience.

DEREK : So that’s the exciting product range. This is the very new product. In fact this is

a prototype.

EDWARD : What is it?

DEREK : It is called the Big Boss…

EDWARD : Big boss! What does it do?

DEREK : Ha Ha Ha…Say Hello Big Boss

EDWARD : Hello Big Boss.

DEREK : No No … into the microphone.

EDWARD : Hello Big Boss

DEREK : Try again.

EDWARD : Hello Big Boss

BIG BOSS : Hi Edward, welcome to bribery systems.

CLIVE : what do you think Don

DON : I don’t like this design.

CLIVE : I agree, its not good… I like this one… He is angry.

DON : Yes I think he is very funny…

DEREK : What do you think..?

EDWARD : What about glasses?

DEREK : That’s very good ,good idea, brilliant.

1. LISTENING

1.2 BBC 2

CHARACTER SKETCH:

CHARACTER DESIGNATION

PHIL WATSON MARKETING DIRECTOR

DON BRADLEY SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR

KATE MECANA HEAD OF SALES DEPARTMENT

EDWARD GREEN MARKETING EXECUTIVE

JENNY ROSE HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION

GERALDINE RECEPTIONIST

DEREK JONES HEAD OF R&D DEPARTMENT

SMITH MANAGING DIRECTOR RUYJ AGENCY

SAKAI JAPANESE PARTNER

SCENE-1

EDWARD GREEN : My name is Edward Green. I would like to speak to Mr. Smith.

RECEPTIONIST : I am sorry. Mr. Smith isn’t available.

EDWARD GREEN : Ok. I will ring back. Does Mr. Smith have a direct line?

RECEPTIONIST : I am sorry, but the number is confidential.

EDWARD GREEN : Ok Thank You.

SCENE-2

JENNY : It’s very difficult to speak to Mr. Smith.

EDWARD GREEN : Yes. I know.

SCENE-3

GERALDINE : Good Morning. RUYJ advertising.

DON BRADLEY : Good morning. This is Don Bradley. Can I talk to Phil Watson? Please.

GERALDINE : What company are you from?

DON BRADLEY : Bibary Systems.

GERALDINE : I will put you through

SCENE-4

DON BRADLEY : Good Morning. Can I talk to Phil please?

RECEPTIONIST : Can I ask who is calling.

DON BRADLEY : Don Bradley from Bibary Systems.

RECEPTIONIST : Well Mr. Bradley, I am afraid Phil is not in the office at the moment.

Can I take the message or would you like to ring him on his mobile

phone.

DON BRADLEY : I will try his mobile. Can I have the number please?

RECEPTIONIST : 080254377.

DON BRADLEY : Just let me check that 080254377.

RECEPTIONIST : That’s it.

DON BRADLEY : Thanks.

SCENE-5

PHIL WATSON : Hello, Phil Watson

DON BRADLEY : Hello Phil, this is Don Bradley.

PHIL WATSON : Hello Don, sorry to keep you waiting. How are you?

DON BRADLEY : I am fine, thanks. Can we meet, we have a new product and I want

you to see it.

SCENE-6

RECEPTIONIST : Hello, Mr. Smith’s office.

EDWARD GREEN : Hello, My name is Edward Green from Bibary System. I rang earlier. I

would like to speak to Mr. Smith please.

RECEPTIONIST : I am afraid. Mr. Smith isn’t in the office at the moment. Can I ask

what it is about?

EDWARD GREEN : It is very important. I represent Bibary Systems. We have got a new

Product and I want Mr. Smith to see it.

RECEPTIONIST : Please send the product specifications by mail Mr. Green.

EDWARD GREEN : I would like Mr. Smith to see the product and would like to talk to

Mr. Smith direct. When is the good time to call?

RECEPTIONIST : You could try ringing this afternoon.

EDWARD GREEN : Thank You. Good Bye

SCENE-7

CALLER : Yes, Can I speak to Peter.

DERRICK : Peter hill?

CALLER : No. Peter Toyoma.

DERRICK : There is no one here called Peter Toyoma.

CALLER : Is that extension 367.

DERRICK : No. You have got the wrong number. This is 412.

CALLER : I’m sorry. Could you please connect me to the switch board?

DERRICK : Yes. Hang on.

SCENE-8

EDWARD GREEN : Hello. This is Edward Green. I rang earlier. I would like to speak

to Mr. Smith pleases.

RECEPTIONIST : I am afraid. Mr. Smith is in meeting.

EDWARD GREEN : Is he free later this afternoon.

RECEPTIONIST : I don’t think so. Mr. Smith is very busy at the moment.

EDWARD GREEN : I will ring again tomorrow.

RECEPTIONIST : I am afraid. Mr. Smith isn’t in the office tomorrow.

SCENE-9

GERALDINE : Good Morning, Bibary Systems. How can I help you?

SAKAI : Hello, My name is Sakai. I would like to speak to Mr. Harris

please.

GERALDINE : Please hold the line Mr.Sakai. I will put you through.

HARRIS : Hello.

GERALDINE : Mr.Sakai is on the line.

HARRIS : Put him through.

HARRIS : Hello, Mr.Sakai.

SAKAI : Hello, Mr. Harris. How are you?

HARRIS : I am very well. Thank you. How are you?

SACHAI : I am fine. I am calling about our meeting.

HARRIS : Yes.

SCENE-10

JENNY : Good Night Edward.

EDWARD GREEN : Good Night. I am going to phone Mr. Smith number once again.

JENNY : Good Luck.

EDWARD GREEN : Its 6’o clock. May be Mr. Smith is still at work. May be his

secretary Isn’t there.

JENNY : I don’t think….

EDWARD GREEN : Just wait.

SCENE-11

EDWARD GREEN : Ah! Mr. Smith.. My name is Edward Green.

MR.SMITH : Yes.

EDWARD GREEN : You don’t know me but I work in Don Bradley’s office at Bibary

System.

MR.SMITH : Yes

EDWARD GREEN : I spoke to your secretary today.

MR.SMITH : Yes

EDWARD GREEN : You publish your catalogue this month. And we have an exciting

new Product.

MR.SMITH : I have all the products I need.

EDWARD GREEN : I would like you to have a word with Big Boss.

MR.SMITH : I am sorry….

EDWARD GREEN : I will put our new product on the line now.

BIG BOSS : Hello, Mr. Smith. My name is Big Boss. I am 18 inches high. I

am voice activated. And I want to be in your catalogue.

1 .LISTENING

1.3 BBC 3

CHARACTER SKETCH:

CHARACTER DESIGNATION

CLIVE HARRIS MANAGING DIRECTOR

DON BRADLEY SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR

KATE MECANA HEAD OF SALES DEPARTMENT

EDWARD GREEN MARKETING EXECUTIVE

JENE ROSE HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION

SALIE CLIVE’S SECRETARY

GERALDINE RECEPTIONIST

DEREK JONES HEAD OF R&D DEPARTMENT

BOB & PETE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

SCENE 1:

EDWARD : So Mr. Smith when can we meet?

SMITH : I am busy the whole week.

EDWARD : Maybe the week after,

SMITH : Talk to my secretary.

EDWARD : You print your catalog this month don’t you?

SMITH : Yes.

EDWARD : Could you possibly see the product this week? It won’t take long.

SMITH : Ok. Be here on Wednesday morning 8 sharp! I’ll give you 20 minutes.

EDWARD : Thank your Mr. Smith! I’ll see you on Wednesday morning at 8’ o clock.

JENNY : Well done!

SCENE 2:

HARRIS : Good morning Geraldine!

GERALDINE : Good morning Mr. Harris!

HARRIS : Jenny! Could you ring up Mr. Sakaai‘s office in Japan? We need to

set up a meeting. Not this week, but the meeting must be before

November the 3rd. I would like Kate, Don Bradley and Derek to be

There. Clive Harris!

DEREK : Clive! Its Derek!

HARRIS : Hello Derek! What can I do for you?

DEREK : Could you come down to the development workshop for a second?

HARRIS : Derek… I am busy!

DEREK : Come on! It’ll take five minutes.

HARRIS : Alright! I’ve got five minutes. I am seeing Kate Mc Anna at 11.

JENNY : Hello! Could I speak to Mr. Sakaai’s secretary? This is Jenny from

Bibary systems in the UK. Mr. Harris would like to arrange a

meeting with Mr. Sakaai. I wonder if you can check Mr. Sakaai ‘s

European it nary.

SCENE 3:

GERALDINE : Yes….yes…yes… I’ll make sure he gets the message. Alright

Goodbye.

Mr. Harris I just got a call from Mr. Peter’s secretary. I am afraid

he is going to be fifteen minutes late for his appointment this

afternoon.

HARRIS : Ok! That’s no problem.

GERALDINE : Good morning. Bibary systems…well…. Mr. Green can see you at

11 o’clock on Monday. Is that alright? No I am sorry.. on Tuesday

He has a meeting in the morning. Is the afternoon possible? Alright!

Thank you! Hello Bibary systems!

SCENE 4:

DEREK : What do you think?

HARRIS : We’ll miss the launch date!

DEREK : No! it’ll be on schedule.

HARRIS : February the 15th?

DEREK : It will be ready on February the 15th.

HARRIS : We must meet the deadline.

SCENE 5:

JENNY : Kate… have you got a minute?

KATE : What‘s wrong Jenny?

JENNY : I have a problem. I am trying to arrange a meeting with Mr. Sakaai.

He is in the UK for these 3 days, the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd of

November. But he is only available on the 1st and the 2nd. That’s the

Monday and the Tuesday. Clive Harris is in Scotland on the Tuesday

and Don cant make it Monday morning and u and Derek are both in

meetings on Monday afternoon. What am I to do?

KATE : Set up an evening meeting.

JENNY : No… Sakaai’s secretary says he has dinner engagements on the 2nd and

the 3rd.

KATE : Monday evening?

JENNY : Mr. Sakaai arrive at the airport at 9’o clock on Monday morning and it

Is a 9 hour flight. Monday evening is not a good time for the meeting.

He will be jet lagged.

KATE : Then Derek and I will have to change our arrangements. May I see my

diary? Change our 10’o clock meeting with Mr. Clarke. Make it at half

past 8 on the 4th.

JENNY : You are giving a dinner party on the 4th.

KATE : 8:30 AM… not 8:30 PM.

JENNY : That’s going to be a long day!

SCENE 6:

EDWARD : Good morning!

JENNY : Hi Edward! How is it going?

EDWARD : Its going very well!!

KATE : You look very happy!

EDWARD : I am happy! I met Mr. Smith this morning at 8.30.!

KATE : That’s very good!! And??

EDWARD : Mr.Smith liked Big Boss!

KATE : Good!

EDWARD : But he didn’t like the name.

KATE : Why not?

EDWARD : He says Big Boss isn’t a good name! he wants to call it Tycoon Tim.

But he thinks Big Boss will sell!

KATE : Well done! Its your first marketing success!

2. LISTENING AND COMPREHENDING

2.1. LP1

1. Would you like to join us for lunch?

2. The teacher intended to return the paper, but she left them at home.

3. When do you expect to start your new job?

4. Because the sun was in a rise we had to wear dark glasses.

5. The bus is scheduled to stop here every quarter hour.

6. You will have to make up your mind soon because the dead line is day after

tomorrow.

7. How long does it take you to get a work?

8. No matter how hard I look, I can’t see the bird singing on the tree.

9. What is the fastest way of going to California?

10. Louis mailed the letter in January but it did not reach Bolivia until March.

11. Why hasn’t your garden grown well this year?

12. With only 10 second remaining in the game the player seized the ball from his

opponent and made a goal.

13. Ed was about to shut the door, when the phone rang.

14. What would you have done if the teacher had asked you about economics?

15. The flight arriving from Kuwait due at 5:30 will be 20 minutes late.

16. Can you tell me which of those buildings is the Bank?

17. There won’t be any seats left for the Basket ball tonight.

18. To sell more goods many stores are now staying open late at night.

19. How do you find living in the city?

20. Modern washing machines have greatly reduced the amount of work that doing

laundry requires.

21. Which of the girls would you like to have accompanied us?

22. I’m not too sure I understand what your problem is?

23. Richard was hardly working at all, when the Supervisor opened the door.

24. Even though we arrived at the theatre late, the play hadn’t begun yet.

25. He has been looking for a better paying job for the last two months, but still

hasn’t found one.

3. READING COMPREHENSION

The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that its introduction into

education would remove the conventionality, artificiality, and backward-lookingness

which were characteristic of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So,

too, in their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical authors in the

original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition of mediaeval

scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has

almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull and as dogmatic

an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid.

The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child

something about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with

the results of scientific discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to think

logically and inductively by studying scientific method. A certain limited success has

been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at all in the second. Those

privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary or public

school education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and

chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright

boy can pick up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours.

As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably a farce.

Actually, for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination

system, it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn

precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and to reproduce it

when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or not. The way in which educated

people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not to say more dangerous

ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of education in the

method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The

only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal

experience, and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible,

the best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire

some of the techniques of science and a still smaller minority who are able to use and

develop them.

1. The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster’ has

A. no interest in teaching science

B. thwarted attempts to enliven education

C. aided true learning

D. supported the humanists

E. been a pioneer in both science and humanities.

2. The author’s attitude to secondary and public school education in the sciences

is

A. ambivalent

B. neutral

C. supportive

D. satirical

E. contemptuous

3. The word ‘palpably’ most nearly means

A. empirically

B. obviously

C. tentatively

D. markedly

E. ridiculously

4. The author blames all of the following for the failure to impart scientific

method through the education system except

A. poor teaching

B. examination methods

C. lack of direct experience

D. the social and education systems

E. lack of interest on the part of students

5. If the author were to study current education in science to see how things have

changed since he wrote the piece, he would probably be most interested in the

answer to which of the following questions?

A. Do students know more about the world about them?

B. Do students spend more time in laboratories?

C. Can students apply their knowledge logically?

D. Have textbooks improved?

E. Do they respect their teachers?

6. ‘Astrology’ is mentioned as an example of

A. a science that needs to be better understood

B. a belief which no educated people hold

C. something unsupportable to those who have absorbed the methods of

science

D. the gravest danger to society

E. an acknowledged failure of science

7. All of the following can be inferred from the text except

A. at the time of writing, not all children received a secondary school

education

B. the author finds chemical reactions interesting

C. science teaching has imparted some knowledge of facts to some

children

D. the author believes that many teachers are authoritarian

E. it is relatively easy to learn scientific method.

4. EDITING

1. I has suffered from acute asthma for twenty years.

Error :have

Reason :the verb should agree with the subject in person and number

Correction :I have suffered from acute asthma for twenty years.

2. The company president has taken steps to ensure that she can handle the pressure and

anxiety associated with the job, including joining a yoga class and enlisting the

support of a network of friends.

Error : company

Reason :error in possessive case.

Correction : The Company’s president has taken steps to ensure that she can

handle the pressure and anxiety associated with the job .

3. union insisted on an increase in their members’ starting pay, and threatened to call a

strike if the company refused to meet the demand

Error :the

Reason :error in article

Correction: :The union insisted on an increase in their members’ starting pay,

and threatened to call a strike if the company refused to meet their demand

4. Television viewers claim that the number of scenes depicting alcohol consumption

have increased dramatically over the last decade.

Error :have

Reason :error in subject verb agreement

Correction :Television viewers claim that the number of scenes depicting

alcohol consumption has increased dramatically over the last decade

5. Employees with less personal problems are likely to be more productive.

Error :lesser

Reason :Error in comparative degree

Correction :Employees with lesser personal problem are likely to be more

productive

6. The three richest men in America have assets worth more than the combined assets

of the sixty poorest countries of the world.

Error :poorest

Reason :error in adjective.

Correction : The three richest men in America have assets worth more than

the combined assets of the sixty poor countries of the world.

7. Shipwrecked on a desert island, coconuts and other fruits formed the basis of the

sailor’s diet.

Error :desert island

Reason :spelling mistake

Correction : shipwrecked on a deserted island, coconuts and other fruits

formed the basis of the sailor’s diet

8. Fifty percent of the people alive today have never made a phone call, but thirty

percent still have no electricity connections to their homes.

Error :but

Reason :Error in subject verb agreement

Correction : Fifty percent of the people alive today has never made a phone

call and thirty percent still has no electricity connections to their

homes.

9. The farmer should not have been so careless as to leave the door of the house

unbolted when he had gone to bed.

Error : as

Reason :omission of as.

Correction : The farmer should not have been so careless to leave the door

of the house unbolted when he had gone to bed.

10. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuity , has designed a very unique

cooling system for our new plant in Spain.

Error :very unique

Reason :redundancy error.

Correction : The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuity , has designed a

unique cooling system for our new plant in Spain.

11. The students have discovered that they can address issues more effectively through

letter-writing campaigns and not through public demonstrations.

Error : and not through

Reason :redundancy error.

Correction : The students have discovered that they can address issues more

effectively through letter-writing campaigns than through public

demonstrations.

12. After hours of futile debate, the committee has decided to postpone further

discussion of the resolution until their next meeting.

Error : until

Reason : Error in subject verb agreement

Correction : After hours of futile debate, the committee have decided to

postpone further discussion of the resolution till their next meeting.

13. I lie down and sleep every night.

Error :lie down and

Reason :error in word .

Correction : I lay down to sleep every night.

14. Last Monday I will have bought four bushels of corn.

Error :Last Monday I will

Reason : Error in tense

Correction : Last Monday I bought four bushels of corn

15. The students at King High are smartest than the students at Lincoln High.

Error : smartest

Reason :Error in degree of comoparision

Correction :The students at King High are smarter than the students at Lincoln

High

16. If you want to arrive on time you better leave quick.

Error :quick

Reason :Error in adverb .

Correction : If you want to arrive on time you better leave quickly.

17. I told him that he did a well job on the assignment.

Error : well

Reason :Error in adjective

Correction : I told him that he did a good job on the assignment

18. He said that I should really start to instruct the kids, including to teach them reading.

Error :instruct and to teach

Reason :Gerund

Correction :He said that I should really start to instructing the kids, including

to teaching them reading

19. I cannot except any kind of personal check.

Error : except

Reason :word error

Correction : I cannot accept any kind of personal check.

20. There are many affects of global warming that are starting to show up.

Error :affects

Reason :word error.

Correction : There are many effects of global warming that are starting to

show up.

21. I ain’t going to listen to her anymore.

Error : ain’t

Reason :Error in verb.

Correction : I am not going to listen to her anymore.

22. He use to be my friend.

Error :use to

Reason :Error in verb.

Correction : He used to be my friend.

23. Irregardless of your opinion on abortion, you must admit that there are many

perspectives in the debate.

Error :Irregardless

Reason :Error in spelling .

Correction : Regardless of your opinion on abortion, you must admit that there

are many perspectives in the debate.

24. One should do his/her duty

Error :his/her

Reason :Error in subject verb agreement.

Correction : One should do one’s duty

25. You aren’t suppose to mess with her

Error :suppose

Reason :past participle should be used

Correction: You aren’t supposed to mess with her

26. Reading is my favorite hobby even though to play baseball is Joseph’s.

Error :to play

Reason :gerund

Correction : Reading is my favorite hobby although to play baseball is

Joseph’s.

27. I walk in the street

Error :walk

Reason : preposition

Correction : I walk along the street

.

28. Everyone are excited about the party next weekend, and I am definitely one of the

people who are going.

Error :are

Reason : concord

Correction : Everyone is excited about the party next weekend, and I am

definitely one of the people who are going.

29. Here's some good advise for students who want to find the perfect internship

Error : advise

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CAREER LAB

1.PRESENTATION

1.1.EXAM

A test or an examination (or "exam") is an assessment, often administered on paper or

on the computer, intended to measure the test-takers' or respondents' (often

a student) knowledge, skills, aptitudes, or classification in many other topics

(e.g., beliefs). Tests are often used in education,professional

certification, counseling, psychology (e.g., MMPI), the military, and many other fields.

The measurement that is the goal of testing is called a test score, and is "a summary of the

evidence contained in an examinee's responses to the items of a test that are related to the

construct or constructs being measured."Test scores are interpreted with regards to

a norm or criterion, or occasionally both. The norm may be established independently, or

by statistical analysis of a large number of subjects.

A standardized test is one that is administered and scored in a consistent matter to ensure

legal defensibility. A large proportion of formal testing is standardized. A standardized

test with important consequences for the individual examinee is referred to as a high

stakes test.

The basic component of a test is an item, which are stored in an item bank. Items are

often colloquially referred to as "questions," but not every item is phrased as a question;

it may be such things as a true/false statement or a task that must be performed (if a

performance test).The earliest known standardized tests (which included both practical

and written components) are the ChineseImperial Examinations which began in 587.

In Europe, traditionally school examinations were conducted orally. Students would have

to answer questions posed by teachers in Latin, and teachers would grade them on their

answers. The first written exams in Europe were held at Cambridge

University, England in 1792 by professors who were paid a piece rate and realized that

written exams would earn them more money.

Many possible item formats are available for test construction. These include: multiple-

choice, free response, performance or simulation, true/false, and Likert-type. There is no

"best" format to use; the applicability depends on the purpose and content of the test. For

example, a test on a complex psychomotor task would be better served by a performance

or simulation item than a true/false item. Knowledge of how to do something does not

lend itself well to either free-response or multiple-choice questions. It may be

demonstrated only outright by a performance test. Art, music, and language fall into this

category, as do non-academic disciplines such as sports and driving. Students

of engineering are often required to present an original design or computer

program developed over the course of days or even months.

A practical examination may be administered by an examiner in person (in which case it

may be called an audition or a tryout) or by means of anaudio or video recording. It may

be administered on its own or in combination with other types of questions; for instance,

many driving tests in theUnited States include a practical examination as well as a

multiple-choice section regarding traffic laws.

Tests of the sciences may include laboratory experiments (practicals/laboratory sessions)

to make sure that the student has learned not only the body of knowledge comprising the

science but also the experimental methods through which it has been developed. Again,

the use of explicit criteria is generally beneficial in the marking of practical examinations

or performances.

1. PRESENTATION1.2 BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY

Bluetooth is a wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs). It was originally conceived as a wireless alternative to RS232 data cables. It can connect several devices, overcoming problems of synchronization.

Origin of the name

The word Bluetooth is an anglicized version of Old Norse Blátönn or Danish Blåtand, the

name of the tenth-century king Harald I of Denmark andNorway, who united dissonant

Scandinavian tribes into a single kingdom. The implication is that Bluetooth does the

same with communications protocols, uniting them into one universal standard

It is possible that the name may have been inspired less by the historical Harald, than by

the loose interpretation of him in The Long Ships byFrans Gunnar Bengtsson, a

Swedish Viking-inspired novel.

Origin of the Bluetooth logo

The Bluetooth logo design merges the Germanic runes analogous to the modern Latin

letters H and B:  (for Harald Bluetooth)   (Hagall) and  (Berkanan) merged together,

forming a bind rune.

Implementation

Bluetooth uses a radio technology called frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which

chops up the data being sent and transmits chunks of it on up to 79 frequencies. In its

basic mode, the modulation is Gaussian frequency-shift keying (GFSK). It can achieve a

gross data rate of 1 Mb/s. Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information

between devices such as mobile phones, telephones, laptops, personal

computers, printers, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, digital cameras,

and video game consoles through a secure, globally unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and

Medical (ISM) 2.4 GHz short-range radio frequency bandwidth. The Bluetooth

specifications are developed and licensed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).

The Bluetooth SIG consists of companies in the areas of telecommunication, computing,

networking, and consumer electronics.

Uses

Bluetooth is a standard and communications protocol primarily designed for low power

consumption, with a short range (power-class-dependent: 1 meter, 10 meters, 100 meters)

based on low-cost transceiver microchips in each device. Bluetooth makes it possible for

these devices to communicate with each other when they are in range. Because the

devices use a radio (broadcast) communications system, they do not have to be in line of

sight of each other.

Bluetooth profiles

In order to use Bluetooth, a device must be compatible with certain Bluetooth profiles. These define the possible applications and uses of the technology.

List of applications

Wireless control of and communication between a mobile phone and a hands-free headset. This was one of the earliest applications to become popular.

Wireless networking between PCs in a confined space and where little bandwidth

is required.

Wireless communication with PC input and output devices, the most common

being themouse, keyboard and printer.

Transfer of files, contact details, calendar appointments, and reminders between

devices withOBEX.

Replacement of traditional wired serial communications in test equipment, GPS

receivers, medical equipment, bar code scanners, and traffic control devices.

For controls where infrared was traditionally used.

Sending small advertisements from Bluetooth-enabled advertising hoardings to

other, discoverable, Bluetooth devices[citation needed].

Two seventh-generation game consoles, Nintendo's Wii [6]  and Sony's PlayStation

3, use Bluetooth for their respective wireless controllers.

Dial-up internet access on personal computers or PDAs using a data-capable

mobile phone as a modem.

Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1 vs. Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 in networking

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi have many applications in today's offices, homes, and on the move:

setting up networks, printing, or transferring presentations and files from PDAs to

computers. Both are versions of unlicensed wireless technology.

Wi-Fi is intended for resident equipment and its applications. The category of

applications is outlined as WLAN, the wireless local area networks. Wi-Fi is intended as

a replacement for cabling for general local area network access in work areas.

Bluetooth is intended for non resident equipment and its applications. The category of

applications is outlined as the wireless personal area network (WPAN). Bluetooth is a

replacement for cabling in a variety of personally carried applications in any ambience.

Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth exists in many products, such as telephones, the Wii, PlayStation 3, Lego

Mindstorms NXT and recently in some high definition watches, modems and headsets.

The technology is useful when transferring information between two or more devices that

are near each other in low-bandwidth situations. Bluetooth is commonly used to transfer

sound data with telephones (i.e. with a Bluetooth headset) or byte data with hand-held

computers (transferring files).

Bluetooth protocols simplify the discovery and setup of services between devices.

Bluetooth devices can advertise all of the services they provide. This makes using

services easier because more of the security, network address and permission

configuration can be automated than with many other network types.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is more like a traditional Ethernet network, and requires configuration to set up

shared resources, transmit files, and to set up audio links (for example, headsets and

hands-free devices). Wi-Fi uses the same radio frequencies as Bluetooth, but with higher

power, resulting in a stronger connection. Wi-Fi is sometimes called "wireless Ethernet."

This description is accurate, as it also provides an indication of its relative strengths and

weaknesses. Wi-Fi requires more setup but is better suited for operating full-scale

networks; it enables a faster connection, better range from the base station, and better

security than Bluetooth.

Computer requirements

A personal computer must have a Bluetooth adapter in order to communicate with other

Bluetooth devices (such as mobile phones, mice and keyboards). While some desktop

computers and most recent laptops come with a built-in Bluetooth adapter, others will

require an external one in the form of a dongle.

Unlike its predecessor, IrDA, which requires a separate adapter for each device,

Bluetooth allows multiple devices to communicate with a computer over a single adapter.

Operating system support

Apple has supported Bluetooth since Mac OS X v10.2 which was released in 2002.

For Microsoft platforms, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later releases have native

support for Bluetooth. Previous versions required users to install their Bluetooth adapter's

own drivers, which were not directly supported by Microsoft. Microsoft's own Bluetooth

dongles (packaged with their Bluetooth computer devices) have no external drivers and

thus require at least Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Linux has two popular Bluetooth stacks, BlueZ and Affix. The BlueZ [9]  stack is included

with most Linux kernels and was originally developed by Qualcomm. The Affix stack

was developed byNokia. FreeBSD features Bluetooth support since its 5.0

release. NetBSD features Bluetooth support since its 4.0 release. Its Bluetooth stack has

been ported to OpenBSD as well.

Mobile phone requirements

A mobile phone that is Bluetooth enabled is able to pair with many devices. To ensure

the broadest support of feature functionality together with legacy device support,

the OMTP forum has recently published a recommendations paper, entitled "Bluetooth

Local Connectivity"; see external links below to download this paper.

This publication recommends two classes, Basic and Advanced, with requirements that

cover imaging, printing, stereo audio and in-car usage.

Specifications and features

The Bluetooth specification was developed in 1994 by Jaap Haartsen and Sven

Mattisson, who were working for Ericsson Mobile Platforms inLund, Sweden..The

specification is based on frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology.

The specifications were formalized by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The

SIG was formally announced on May 20, 1998. Today it has a membership of over

11,000 companies worldwide. It was established by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Toshiba,

and Nokia, and later joined by many other companies.

2. INTERVIEW QUERIES

1.Tell me about yourself? I am Athipathy and I am native of Mettupalayam.I did my undergraduation in Information Technology at Kumaraguru College of Technology,Coimbatore and my master,s degree in Business administrtion at IIM,NewDelhi.I am working as software architect at MM Tecnologies,Chennai. For the past two years I have developed many realtime working software for Robots wich perform the task like cooking,washing clothes,dishwashing etc., I am intrested in working for a company like this as it perform more such projects. Thankyou for giving me this nice opportunity for introducing me. Thankyou for patient listening.

2.Why are you applying for this particular job?I would like to work for the company which perform innovative and create

projects for realtime application. I have a strong foundation in realtime system design as that ia my area of intrest. I have done many papers and projects related to it.My research area for doctrate degree is also realtime systems.

3.What do you know about our company?I Know all the research activities carried out by this renowned company. The

project in the field which other companies dare to do are all done in this prominent concern. There is no IT based article which do not appreciate the concern's project and software.

4.What make you qualified for this particular job?I have done my final year project in the realtime ystems field and I have two years

experience in working as software architect for realtime system projects. So I think I can apply more tools that I learnt in that job.

5.What can you do for us that someone else cant?I am skilled in architecting the software in a less cost effective and less time

consuming manner. I would concise the project durationa and bring more profit to the company.

6.Why should we hire you?Because I ave all the qualifications and required skills to be a software manager in

your company. I am very flexible and hardworking. My friendly approach to the team mates can help me to extract work from them easily.

7.What do you look for in a job?I look job for some challenging projects that no other could do. I expects rewards

and credits when such projects are performed succesfully. I need to maintain a good relationship with clients. I seek for an nice opportunity to grow in my carrer.

8.Why are you looking to make a carrer change?

I am looking to make carrer change because I have a keen intrest in developing projects in different fields. I am very much intrested in the new carrer as I want to be more expossure in the software techniques.

9.Why did you leave your last job?As I have intrest in learning methodologies and looking for a new learning

opportunity where I could fine tune myself. But also I like my last job and that collegues very much.

10.Why do you want to work for us?I want to work for this company as this is a renowned company.I believe that the

company has effecient infrastructure to cope up with today's rquisities. The work culture of this company is the culture which I am looking for.

11.How long will It take you to start making a meaningful contribution?It will helpme to put my effort which are necessary to make an immediate

meaningful contribution. I will learn the new aspect of the job quickly.

12.What are your strengths?I will be commited to my job. I am creative too.I am a flexible person which gives

strong client relationship and I can work under pressure.

13.What are your weekness?I have the tendency to take on too many projects because of my overconfidence in

my skills and involve in every problem in deep manner.

14.What are your carrer goals?To achieve the highest position in my carrer with my projects and I want to

introduce many new technology in my field .I want to take my company to the peak.

15.How would you describe yourself?I describe myself as a enthusiastic, successful person with creativity, And I learn

every thing quickly and easily with good concentration.

16.Hoe would your collegues describe you?My collegues describe me as very enthusiastis , hard working and easy going

person.

17.How would your boss describe you?He describe me as a hardworking and a person with more creativity and also he

describe as a good leading person.

18.What did you most like/dislik about your past job?I liked the job as I learnt to make me ready for new challenges. I learnt to achieve

them in a easy way.I dislike that job because I outgrew that job.

19.Describe a situation in your past where you showed initiative?During the recession period I followed new approach to overcome the financial

crisis which made the company's turn over to hundred crores.

20.What were your main responsibilities in your last job?To have a good relationship with client.To have a friendly relationship among colleguesTo increase company's turnover.

21.What do you consider your greatest accomplishments?I have achieved an increase in sales by 10% my projects helped the company to

increase in turnover by 2%.

22.Describe your management style?I have a friendly relationship with my team mates which helps to extract more

work from them.

23.Do you work better in teams or imdependently?I have experience in both working as teams and as an individual. So I feel

comfortable in both .

24.How do you work under pressure?I am an enthusiastic person so that I can come over that work pressure and do my

job perfectly.

25.What other jobs have you applied?I have got an offer from wipro company for the post of system architect.

3. ROLE PLAY

Situation: How a husband reacts when her wife lost her wedding ring.

Athipathy: Hi dear! What are you doing in kitchen? Didn’t get ready?Dinesh kumar: I am preparing special dish today, since our wedding day today.

Athipathy: Oh, so what you are going to prepare?Dinesh kumar: Alwa...

Athipathy: What? Alwa ah?Dinesh kumar: Yes dear, all these days you were giving to me know. So for a change I am giving you today.

Athipathy: Oh no, it’s not a time to play or joke dear. Get ready soon I’ll give you a big surprise.Dinesh kumar: Oh, what surprise darling?

Athipathy: First you get ready I’ll give you.Dinesh kumar: Mmm, okay in few minutes I’ll get ready and I’ll come. He presents her a diamond ring:

Athipathy: Dear! Still getting ready?Dinesh kumar: Coming coming.

Athipathy: Hey you look pretty in this saree dearDinesh kumar: Is it? Thank you darling.

Athipathy: Okay show your hand.Dinesh kumar: Oh going to present me something?

Athipathy: Yes, wear this ring.Dinesh kumar: Wow, really superb darling. Thank you so much. Both of them plan to go to his friend’s home:

Athipathy: Dear, my friend has invited us to his home for lunch. Come we’ll go.Dinesh kumar: Okay we will go. Both reach his friends home:

A: Welcome Mr& Mrs X. Come in.Dinesh kumar: Thank you.

A: This is my wife B.Dinesh kumar: Hello!

Athipathy: Hello!B: Please take your seat. What do you want to have?Dinesh kumar: Anything. B goes to prepare. Conversation is going on between them. By noon all are having their lunch. Conversation goes on. By evening they are leaving.

Athipathy: Okay da, it was a nice time with you. I’ll meet you tomorrow in office.A: Okay. Nice time with you too.

Athipathy: Bye.Dinesh kumar: Okay Mrs. A, nice time with you. Come to my home one day when you are free. Bye. They leave their home. Mrs.X did not notice her ring has missed in Mrs.A’s home. They reach their home.

Athipathy: Good time we had know dear.Dinesh kumar: Ya, nice time we had today. Now only she notices her ring was missing.Dinesh kumar: Oh dear, my ring is missing. I don’t know where I left.

Athipathy: What do you say? It’s diamond ring dear. Conversation continues. Calling bell rings. She goes towards the door crying. She was surprised by seeing Mrs.A standing out.Dinesh kumar: Come in. Welcome

A: Thank you. You have missed your ring in my home. I found it in my dinning table. That’s why came running to your home.Dinesh kumar: Yes I was searching for that. Thanks a lot. I was upset that I have missed it somewhere.

A: Oh, just relax. You have got it back know then why do you feel.Dinesh kumar: Okay I am cool now.

A: Okay it’s time for me to leave. Bye. Other day will come and be with you for a long time.A: Ya sure. Bye. She is happy now because she has got back her ring which her husband gifted her.

4. RESUME WRITING

COVERING LETTER

5th March ,2009 Mettupalayam.

FromG.Athipathy,27-9-5a co_operative colony ,5th street ,Mettupalayam-641301.

ToThe General Manager,Indo German Institute of Advanced Technology,Chennai-641052

Dear sir,Sub: Application for the post of Trainee Program Engineer.Ref: Your advertisement in “The Hindu” dated 28th February,2009.

With reference to the above cited advertisement, I am submitting the application for the post of Senier Software Engineer in your organization. I strongly believe that I have a required qualifications , skills, attitude and motivation required for that post. As an IT professional, I have put an efforts in mastering language like J2EE,C,C++ and have also carried out mini projects.

I assure that if I am given this job, I will strive toward the progress of the company and will work hard to the entire satisfaction of all my superiors. Expecting an interview call letter at the earliest.

Thank you for going through this application.

Yours sincerely, G.Athipathy.

Encl:Resume

RESUME

G.Athipathy,27-9-5a co-operative colony,5th street,Mettupalayam-641301638 701.Mobile:9965386636,E.Mail:athipathy24@gmail.com.

Career objective:Seeking a challenging and to be part of Information Technology industry

especiallyIn programming with challenging work environment in a reputed IT company and

achieve excellentThrough the responsibility during my professional life, by putting my best efforts,

dedication and smart work.

Educational Qualification:

1.B.Tech, Information Tecnology-2009, Kumaraguru College of Technology,Coimbatore.2.Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate-2005, Vidhya Vikas Boys Higher Secondary Schook,Tiruchengode.3.Secondary School Leaving Certificate-2003. Vidhya Vikas Boys Higher Secondary Schook,Tiruchengode.

Functional skills:

Motivating others Advising people Public speaking Organising Functions

Personal skills: Hard working Optimistic Working under stress

Technical skills: # Attended workshop on Robotics in Anna University in the year 2006 # Participated in national level Technical Symposium in IIt, Chennai in the year 2007

# Attended company talk of Wipro Technologies in the year 2008.

Achievements:

# Got best C-debugger award in the year 2006 # Best program organizer award in the year 2007 # Best team leader award in the year 2008.

Personal details:Age : 20Date of Birth : 24.02.1990Sex : MaleMarital status : SingleNationality : IndianHobbies : painting,gardening,reading book.Permanent address : 27-9-5a,co_operative colony,5th street,mettupalayam-641301.

Decleration:I hereby declare that the particulars mentioned above are true to the best of my

knowledge.

Place: Mettupalayam . Date: 13.03.2009.

5. REPORT WRITING

CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY

Prepared by: G.Athipathy.

Approved by: R.Vidyavathi Ramakrishanan.

Prepared for: Communication skills laboratory

Date:19.03.2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - 44

BACKGROUND - 44

PROCEDURES - 44

RESULTS - 45

DISCUSSION - 45

CONCLUSION - 45

RECOMMENDATIONS - 45

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Need for Cryptography.

Principles of security

Modern cryptography and symmetric encryption

Recommendations to prevent damage in spite of adversarial attacks

BACKGROUND:

The generic name for the collection of tools designed to protect the data from

the hackers is Computer security. Networks security measures are needed to protect the

data during transmission. Cryptography refers almost exclusively to encryption. The

process of converting ordinary information (plaintext) into unintelligible gibberish (i.e.,

ciphertext) Decryption is the reverse, moving from unintelligible ciphertext to plaintext.

A cipher (or cypher) is a pair of algorithms which creates the encryption and the

reversing decryption. The detailed operation of a cipher is controlled both by the

algorithm and, in each instance, by a key.

PROCEDURES:

All encryption algorithms are based on two general principles:

Substitution in which each element in the plain text are mapped into another element.

Transposition in which elements in the plain text are rearranged. The fundamental

requirement is that no information to be lost. Most systems referred to as product systems

involve multiple stages of substitution and transposition. If both the sender and receiver

use the same key, the system is referred to as symmetric, single key, secret key or

conventional encryption. If the sender and receiver each use a different key, the system is

referred to as asymmetric or public key encryption.

The plaintext (bit, letter, group of bits or letters)is given as input to the

encryption algorithm. The output is the ciphertext(coded message)is transmitted to the

decryption algorithm to on the receiver side to get the original message.

Hash function algorithm is applied to a block of data of any size which

produces a fixed length output. It makes both hardware and software implementations

more practical.

RESULTS:

Cryptography is a method for providing network security. It results in data

confidentiality. Data confidentiality is the protection of transmitted data from passive

attacks. In the context of network security access control is the ability to limit and control

the access to host systems and applications via communication links. The goal of

cryptanalysis is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus

permitting its subversion or evasion. The purpose of the hash function is to produce a

finger print of a file, message or other block of data.

DISCUSSIONS:

The results clearly indicate that cryptography is the important mean to

provide security to the data transmitted over the network from sender to the receiver. It is

widely used in operating systems like APPLE, MICROSOFT, NOVELL and SUN. It is

also used in hardware like cell phones, Atm machines and wireless Ethernet cards.

CONCLUSION:

Thus the cryptography provides way to transfer confidential files and data

without being invaded by the hackers. This helps a lot for the government and the

military.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

In view of the development of global information and communications

networks and the need to ensure concerted solutions, efforts should be made to transfer

file or data in the secured manner.