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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 5th September
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The diagram shows the production of circuit boards. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
Here is a summary of the process by which IC-operated circuit boards are manufactured.
Generally speaking, there are three stages, the first being the preliminary treatment of the unadorned boards. This is followed by IC application, involving a feedback loop in the event of defects, ultimately leading to some operational trials and cosmetic touches, and an end-product ready for integration into electronic goods.
Regarding the first stage, the base material is delivered in bulk for cutting to appropriate size, and fire-proofing, after which the units are cleaned of detritus (including the doubtlessly copious quantities of sawdust).
Moving to the mid-processes, machines perform the intricate IC-attachment and soldering, although, reassuringly, human eyesight is required for the subsequent inspection and checks. Compromised boards are stripped (through an undisclosed mechanism), with the chips discarded, this presumably being more cost-effective than fault finding and repair. Then follows a return for IC-attachment creating a cyclic path that could conceivably continue indefinitely until a fault-free product eventuates.
Considering the final part, various tests confirm functionality. Failing these, the boards are entered (again) into the central cycle, providing a scrupulous dual assurance of quality, leaving only fully-secured products to be suitably packaged for transportation onwards to factories.
One might imagine that, with miniaturisation and advancing technology, the process may, in time, become fully automated.
