Task 8. Translate the following sentences

1. Computer information systems may be designed to take care of just one operational area, but today’s more complex systems are more likely to be designed to integrate a variety of operational procedures. 2. New methods are developed to deal with the complex process of designing and maintaining computer systems. 3. A website designer wants to enable the data or his website to be easily processed by a number of different programs. 4. Each element of the system has a particular function and each unit must be designed to interact with the other elements of the system. 5. Although the complexity of the tasks to be performed and the number of the users to be served will help to determine the type of computer to be used, there may be a number of different hardware configurations that will meet the need. 6. When users of a system access the data for some useful purpose, they are accessing the data in order to learn from it or to add it to other types of data for decision making. 7. A computer information system must be seen as a system that is used to transform data into useful information. 8. If the information system is to be successful, it must be designed to provide information in a way that is usable and useful to all management personnel. 9. Using centralised system, computer communications will undoubtedly be used to transmit data electronically between locations. 10. To update or modify an existing system the same procedures can be used. 11. As the process of systems analyses and design has been formalised, a new kind of professionals, known as systems analysts has emerged with the special skill and knowledge required to deal with all aspects of systems development. 12. The systems analysts’ function is to design and implement system that facilitates the storage and processing of data, and methods for accessing that data.

Task 9. What do you know about programming? Answer the Internet Quiz.

1. When creating a computer program, the _____ designs the structure of the program.

a) end user

b) systems analyst

c) programmer

d) all of the above

e) none of the above

2. Checking a computer program for errors is called _____.

a) bugging

b) debugging

c) correcting

d) syntaxing

3. The computer itself uses _____ language.

a) natural

b) assembly

c) machine

d) high-level

e) none of the above

4. The language which is best for mathematical models is _____.

a) FORTRAN

b) BASIC

c) Java

d) C

e) COBOL

5. The term BASIC is an acronym for _____.

a) Balanced Assembly System Integrated Code

b) Basic All System Internal Code

c) Beginner's Assembly Syntax Instruction Code

d) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Codу

6. A programming language which looks like normal English is a(n) _____ language.

a) normal

b) high-level

c) natural

d) 4GL

7. The process of writing the computer instructions is called _____.

a) coding

b) compiling

c) debugging

d) interpreting

8. The most widely used language for business programs is _____.

a) FORTRAN

b) BASIC

c) Java

d) C

e) COBOL

9. The _____ must decide what a new program is to accomplish.end user

a) systems analyst

b) programmer

c) supervisor