5. Costs reached ......... in April.

an acme

an apex

a climax

a peak

7. Overhead levelled off when utility charges were ......... by the government.

cancelled

frozen

given

tapped

8. Prices were raised with the introduction of our new ......... of widgets.

batch

line

manager

team

9. Output ......... up with demand.

followed

kept

made

put

10. Although the company's overall ......... was weak, its bottom line was still in the black.

action

activity

performance

progress

1. Electronics is the study and utilization of systems that function by guiding electron flow in ......... such as semiconductors.

contrivances

devices

pieces

servers

2. Designing and building electronic circuits to solve ......... problems is the mandate of electronics engineering.

parallel

practical

partial

production

4. Electronic circuits are mainly used to control, process and distribute information, and for the ......... and distribution of electric power.

commutation

contamination

conversation

conversion

7. There are three divisions to an electronics system, an example of which is a television ..........

box

case

kit

set

8. First, the input is a broadcast signal either received by its antenna or ......... in through a cable.

cued

fed

led

sped

9. Second, processing circuits inside the TV ......... the brightness, colour and audio data from this signal.

contract

detract

extract

retract

10. Third and last, its output apparatus, a cathode ray tube, changes the electronic signals into a ......... image on its screen.

vague

valuable

viable

visible

2. Operational restructuring and automated procedures have presented secretaries with a broad range of new responsibilities formerly ......... for managerial levels.

assigned

maintained

reserved

restricted

3. Nevertheless, amid these changes their ......... duties have remained almost unchanged.

center

core

interior

special

6. Many secretaries also ......... travel arrangements and contact clients.

apportion

craft

handle

manipulate