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Technical solution review

pros and cons, trade-off, I’d recommend… because…

This topic has 15 questions at level B1 on key words and typical phrases. Each answer comes with a short explanation, and you get a review of your mistakes at the end. Module goal: discuss tasks and present results to business people and stakeholders.

Sample questions with explanations

  1. Option A is faster, ___ option B is easier to maintain.

    • because
    • ✓ but
    • if
    • so

    “But” shows contrast between two ideas.

  2. I’d recommend PostgreSQL ___ it supports complex queries.

    • although
    • ✓ because
    • but
    • so that

    “Because” explains the reason for your recommendation.

  3. What is a trade-off?

    • A code editor
    • A free tool
    • A type of bug
    • ✓ You get one advantage but lose another

    A trade-off is a balance between two things you can’t both have.

Words and phrases (8)
approach
a way of doing something
trade-off
you get one benefit but lose another
pros and cons
good and bad sides
scalable
able to work with more users or data
pull request
a request to add your code changes
to recommend
to say something is a good choice
maintainable
easy to change and support
performance
how fast a system works