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1) The passage discusses concerns about computers malfunctioning on September 9, 1999 (9-9-99) due to fears about Y2K issues. On this date, a phone call threatened to shut down the Bonneville Power Administration's electric grid but an alert operator was able to reroute power and fix the problem. 2) After inspecting BPA's control center, the U.S. Secretary of Energy declared that BPA and most of the country's power companies were ready for the year 2000. However, he acknowledged that about 1% were still not fully Y2K compliant. 3) The Secretary said September 9, 1999 was used more as an opportunity to focus on readiness

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Please Read The Following Instructions Carefully Before Attempting Any of The Questions

1) The passage discusses concerns about computers malfunctioning on September 9, 1999 (9-9-99) due to fears about Y2K issues. On this date, a phone call threatened to shut down the Bonneville Power Administration's electric grid but an alert operator was able to reroute power and fix the problem. 2) After inspecting BPA's control center, the U.S. Secretary of Energy declared that BPA and most of the country's power companies were ready for the year 2000. However, he acknowledged that about 1% were still not fully Y2K compliant. 3) The Secretary said September 9, 1999 was used more as an opportunity to focus on readiness

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FINALTERM EXAMINATION

SPRING 2006 Marks: 40


ENG101 - ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
Time:(Session
120min - 1 )

StudentID/LoginID: ______________________________
Student Name: ______________________________
Center Name/Code: ______________________________
Exam Date: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting any


of the questions:
1. Attempt all questions. Marks are written adjacent to each question.
2.Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalized in
any part of the
paper.
3. Read the given passage carefully before you attempt any question.
4. Do not ask any questions about the contents of this examination

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from anyone.
a. If you think that there is something wrong with any of the
questions, attempt
it to the best of your understanding.
b. If you believe that some essential piece of information is
missing, make an
appropriate assumption and use it to solve the problem.
c. Write all steps, missing steps may lead to deduction of marks.
**WARNING: Please note that Virtual University takes serious note of

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unfair means. Anyone found involved in cheating will get an `F` grade
in this course.
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Passage
Just as most of us were finally beginning to grasp the Y2K problem, the confusion that
may follow a computer's failure to read zero-zero as the year 2000. Along comes
September 9th, 1999.
Some older computers, we were told, might read 9-9-99 as a kind of shorthand used to
mark the end of a program and shut something down! Like the northwest electric grid of
the Bonneville Power Administration.
That got everyone's attention focused on the last big nationwide power company
readiness drill for the year two thousand.
Here in Washington State, and practically everywhere else in the United States and
Canada, September 9th arrived without a hitch.
At least not a computer hitch. But there was a telephone call that threatened BPA's power
grid, one of the biggest in the country. The call came from someone who persuaded
someone else to throw some switches. However, an alert operator rerouted power and
quickly fixed the problem.
Judi Johnson is a Bonneville Power Administrator; "There are people who would like Y2K
to be a real event."
After a tour of BPA's control center, energy secretary Bill Richardson declared it and the
nation almost ready for New Year's Day, 2000. He says, "I can report today that

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Bonneville is Y2K ready, and I have had reports from power companies all over the
country that they have all passed with flying colors."
The secretary acknowledged that 9-9-99 was never a serious concern but a way to focus
on 1-1-2000.
In the end, the energy secretary said, it was not so much a test of Y2K readiness, as it
was a show of confidence in the nation's electric companies even though, he
acknowledged, one percent is still not Y2K compliant.

For Teacher's use only


Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Marks
Question 11 12

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Marks

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one


Choose the best option.
The K in Y2K means ____________ .

kilogram
100

Kilometer

1000
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
It was feared that computers on September 9, 1999 would _________
start a virus spreading

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shut down all programs

send wrong messages to power companies

process faster than usual


Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
On September 9, 1999 at Bonneville Power Administration

a person broke in and set some switches

the computer shut down but was fixed

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a telephone call threatened to shut down power
nothing happened all day

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one


The secretary of energy thinks ______________.

almost all power companies in the world are ready for Y2K
there needs to be a lot of work done before Y2K

he had bad reports from power companies about September 9, 1999


almost all power companies in the US are ready for Y2K

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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As January 1, 2000 gets closer, _________ of the nations electric power companies are
ready.

99 percent

100 percent

1 percent
50 percent
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 3 )
How September 9, 1999 was was seen by most experts?

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Question No: 7 ( Marks: 3 )
What did alert operator do on September 9, 1999?
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 10 )
Write a précis of the given passage.
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 4 )
Describe what you think is going to happen on January 1, 2000?
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 4 )
What are you doing to get ready for January 1, 2000?
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 5 )
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions of time.
“Till” and “before” are examples of preposition of time. Others include “from”, “during”,
“after”, “for”, “by”, “at”, “on”, “in”, and “since”.
1. I got in touch with them_________________Eid.

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2. He will have to wait ______________ he gets his passport before traveling to
Indonesia.
3. Bats sleep __________ the day and only come out ___________ night.
4. They will be away ____________ the middle of February to the end of March.
5. The concert should end _____________ midnight.

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 6 )


Fill in the blanks with suitable idioms from the given options. You may need to change the
tense of the
verbs accordingly.
Like a fish out of water dress up to the nines
A vicious circle take the rap for (something)

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1. There is no need to _________________________ for the camp fire.
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2. She is always ___________________ what other people have done because she is
afraid of reprisals.
3. The middle-aged woman felt ___________________ at her daughter’s party.

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