English test by Tallinn Learning

Work tools and tech stack

I use… for…, We work with…, ticket, branch, deploy

This topic has 15 questions at level A2 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: talk about your tasks, write short work messages, understand dates, deadlines and tool names.

Sample questions with explanations

  1. I use Jira ___ tracking tasks.

    • at
    • ✓ for
    • to
    • with

    “Use something for + -ing”: for tracking tasks.

  2. Our tech stack ___ React, Node.js and PostgreSQL.

    • are include
    • include
    • ✓ includes
    • including

    “Our tech stack” = it → includes.

  3. Where does a team keep its code?

    • In a meeting
    • ✓ In a repository
    • In a sprint
    • In a ticket

    A repository stores the project code and its history.

Words and phrases (8)
tool
a program you use to do your work
tech stack
the technologies a team uses to build a product
repository
a place where the code of a project is stored
ticket
a task or issue in a tracking system
branch
a separate line of work in the code
to merge
to join changes from one branch into another
to deploy
to put a new version of software on a server
to update
to install a newer version