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instruments they need for their activities. In essence there are three
reasons for this:
– Because of their experience, the user and the maintenance team
know the little details, which make all the difference (and those which
mostly “hinder” the smooth progress of their work).
– They get used more easily to equipment they have helped to choose.
– They are not so easily influenced by attractive advertising, or by
purely economic criteria, which makes the overall analysis more
objective. So, economic conditions and assessments generally being
what they are, we find ourselves left with technical criteria. The
following are those that seem to be the most important.

III Answer the questions:
1 What is practicing metrology?
2 What does the choice of an instrument depend on?
3 What types of utilization can be distinguished?
4 What is the role of the buyer?
5 Why are the team and the users responsible for maintaining the
instruments?

IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1 Tests of assessment preliminary to … would 1 equipment
be greatly recommended. 2 purchase
2 It seems to be of paramount importance that 3 requirements
the team responsible for … the instruments. 4 maintaining
3 The users and the … team know the little 5 maintenance
details which make the difference. 6 rejected
4 A few years ago a survey showed that the
percentage of … instruments could reach
50%.
5 The choice of the material or the … must be
based on specifications.
6 Of course the economic … are obviously
taken into account.

V Give English equivalents of the following:
1 економічні умови
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