English for Specific Purposes

Electronic Engineering 65

 

 

DETAILED COMPREHENSION

 

12. Read the text again and choose the best option (a, b, c or d) to complete the following statements:

 

1. Instrumentation engineering may be studied as….

 

a) only a separate branch;

b) a separate branch of electronics engineering;

c) a separate branch or together with electronics engineering;

d) a separate branch or together with electrics engineering.

 

2. Instrumentation engineers are responsible for…

a) being the eyes and ears of any industrial undertaking;

b) design, construction and the entire instrumentation systems;

c) maintenance of instruments;

d) design of instruments.

 

3. Diverse handheld instruments are common in …

 

a) the household and laboratories;

b) medical centers;

c) industry;

d) laboratories.

4. Output instrumentation controls a desired output variable and…

 

a) control systems;

b) provides human control capabilities;

c) provides remote control;

d) provides either remote or automated control capabilities.

5. As electronic instruments were more dependable than mechanical instruments in 1970’s, …

 

a) it made maintenance costs higher;

b) it reduced maintenance costs;

c) it brought back mechanical pneumatic transmitters, controllers, and valves;

d) the maintenance costs stayed the same.

 

13. Answer the following questions:

 

1. What does instrumentation engineering focus on?

 

2. What is the aim of instrumentation engineers in industry?

 

3. Who chooses the type of instruments needed for ensuring better quality and efficiency of the end product?

 

4. Which trades is instrumentation engineer intertwined with?

 

5. What is an instrument?

 

6. What types of instruments according to their complexity are there?

 

7. How do transmitters work?

 

8. Which physical parameters does instrumentation measure?

 

9. What were the stages of development of instrumentation?

 

10. What did the transformation of instrumentation from mechanical pneumatic transmitters, controllers, and valves to electronic instruments result in?