Review Test PJI1A Intelligent Business: Unit 2 – Projects Name: Teacher: TOTAL (60 points to pass) MARK Number of points (max. 100 points) I. Listening: III. Grammar: II. Vocabulary: IV. Translation: I. Listening: (max. 20 points) points ------------------------ II. Vocabulary: (max. 34 points) points A. Translate the following expressions into English: (2 points each) maximalizovat zajišťovací sumu – _____________________________________________ předpovídat náklady spuštěného projektu – ______________________________________ obviňovat subdodavatele ze závad a zpoždění – _____________________________________ vypracovat proveditelný plán pro mimořádné události – ______________________________ odvrátit selhání záložních zařízení – ___________________________________________ schválení předložených požadavků na pracovní sílu – ______________________________ navrhnout a uskutečnit účinné omezení – _______________________________________ dostatečně zhodnotit časově náročné výběrové řízení – _____________________________ B. Write expressions the following definitions refer to: (2 points each) 1. a person or group of people who are considered to be an important part of an organization because they have responsibility within it or receive advantages from it: 2. the process of arranging for somebody outside a company to produce goods or provide services for that company: C. Complete the sentence with one of the following phrases; translate the selected phrase into Czech. (2 points each) ENDEAVOUR, DEADLINES, SPECIFICS, KEY FEATURES, ENCOUNTER, SERIES 1. One of the _________________________ of a well-managed project is its detailed and perfect organization. In Czech: _____________________________________ 2. The last public _________________________ of the two CEOs took place at the engineering trade fair in Vienna, and it was very informal. In Czech: _____________________________________ 3. The project team has to predict any difficulties and its members have to be prepared to solve a _________________________ of complex tasks. In Czech: _____________________________________ D. Complete the sentences with correct forms of the following verbs; some verbs are not used: (1 point each) COST – PAY – PASS – STAY MOVE – FIX – HIT – BUMP UP 1. ____________________ the objectives means setting final goals that need to be achieved. 2. Have you ever been unfair and _________________________ risk to somebody else? 3. It’s estimated that human errors _________________________ the European economy €30 billion last year. E. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word given in brackets. (1 point each) 1. The management’s __________________________ over the future development is so big that they haven’t been able to reach any conclusion at all. (AGREE) 2. If you really want to save some money, consider __________________________ some of your less important business activities. (SOURCE) 3. A new market research will show our company what the __________________________ to our major difficulty is. (SOLVE) 4. The project has to be finished with all __________________________ no later than next Friday. (DELIVER) 5. Do all of you think that the project of the new robot is __________________________? (DO) III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) 1. The CEO’s concern ________ the future development is gone now. 2. Bob has been chosen to oversee ________ the pilot project. 3. Our company took ________ 5 new construction engineers last month! 4. Fortunately, corner-cutting is not peculiar ________ many companies here. 5. Although this supplier isn’t very reliable, we have decided to get ________ with them. 6. The development points ________ more sophisticated electronic systems. B. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same as the sentence above. (3 points each) 1. Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down. At the time the factory ______________________ Sarah __________________________ there for five years. 2. When they left college, Mary and Sue started making films together. They still make films. Mary and Sue ___________________________ since they ________________________. 3. Jane is from New Zealand. She is travelling around Europe at the moment. So far she has travelled about 1,000 miles. She will travel additional 2,000 miles before returning home. By the end of her trip, Jane ______________________________________________ more than 3,000 miles. C. Fill the gaps with the definite article the, indefinite article a(n) or no article: (1 point each) Well, as you know, last year we made _______ decision to move our operations to Cambridge, because it’s very important for _______ biotechnology companies to recruit _______ scientists from _______ best universities. We’re in _______ very competitive jobs market here in Cambridge and we motivate our employees by offering them _______ excellent working conditions. We’ve built up _______ excellent team, and we’re doing some very important research in _______ field of _______ gene therapy. D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. (2 points each) 1. _______ Opera House is located on _______ Fourth Avenue in _______ Denver. A: The ... the ... ø B: ø ... ø ... ø C: ø ... the ... ø D: The ... ø ... the 2. _______ President of _______ IMF and _______ Prime Minister Gordon Brown came to _______ Masaryk University on _______ foot. A: ø ... the ... ø ... the ... ø B: The ... ø ... ø ... the ... ø C: The ... the ... ø ... ø ... ø D: ø ... ø ... the ... the ... the 3. Harry Potter goes to _______ school in _______ Hogwarts, goes there by _______ train and reads _______ Daily Prophet. A: the ... ø ... the ... the B: the ... ø ... ø ... the C: ø ... the ... the ... ø D: ø ... ø ... ø ... ø IV. Translation: (max. 16 points) points Translate the following sentences into English: (8 points each) Vybraný projektový tým se musí ujistit, že zdroje byly správně rozděleny a že náklady nejsou navyšovány, protože pokud by stavba nebyla předána včas a v rámci rozpočtu, mohlo by to finančně zruinovat celý projekt. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Předpokládejme, že se naše továrna musí vypořádat s naléhavou situací, kdy zákazník odmítl prodloužit konečný termín pro dodání zboží. Jak byste se chopili tohoto problému a jaké řešení byste navrhli? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________