Questões de Inglês

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTION.

The word “Despite” in the sentence “Despite attempts to normalize public employment in some countries” indicates

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The word “several” in “it’s true that several sensors are already collecting as much personal data as possible” (fourth paragraph) is a synonym for

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The first paragraph opens and ends, in this order, with

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Mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F) according to Text I. ( ) Internal steering by contract and performance related pay are two main ideas that come from Weber. ( ) Weberian ideals now belong to the past and are only used for historical interest. ( ) Employment flexibility is one of the tenets of the New Public Management. The correct sequence is:

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTION.

Text I compares New Public Management and Weberian administration. In this respect, analyse the following statements. I. The findings reported are not very telling as the sample is rather small. II. Some countries have made more progress than others in implementing NPM. III. The British, Danish, and Dutch showed a preference towards market provision. Choose the correct answer:

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTION.

The subtitle of Text II implies that the plan will

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTION.

When the author defines China as “the world’s most numerous dining tables”, he is referring to its

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The last paragraph states that, when developing campaigns and programs, auditors should not work

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

Mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F) according to Text II: ( ) There are already many studies on the social and political effects of the IoT. ( ) Research studies on security and privacy still need to be carried out. ( ) The report from the US Federal Trade Commission supported the unrestricted use of the IoT.

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The word “shoulder” in “few auditors shoulder as much burden as those who work with the government” means

Nos Referenciais Curriculares para a Rede Pública de Niterói (2010), pode-se encontrar um norteamento pedagógico em direção à busca da construção de uma identidade aberta à pluralidade cultural. Dentro desta lógica, o ensino da língua inglesa nas escolas deve buscar:

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Text II discusses issues related to the opening up of the Tapajós basin for trade. Based on the text, analyse the following statements: I. The Brazilian government is willing to build the dams without any international investment. II. Local politicians believe the project may bring economic development to the region. III. There might be considerable environmental impact if the plan is carried out. Choose the correct answer:

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During the panel presentation in New York, Erik Asgeirsson showed to be

As questões 06 a 10 referem-se ao Texto 2. Texto 2 Multicultural Education in Your Classroom By: E.K. Garcia America has always been referred to as a melting pot, but ideally, it's a place where we strive to invite everyone to celebrate exactly who they are. As the US. population is becoming increasingly diverse and technology makes the world feel increasingly smaller, it is time to make every classroom a multicultural classroom. Multicultural education is more than celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos and piñatas or reading the latest biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It is an educational movement built on basic American values such as freedom, justice, opportunity, and equality. It is a set of strategies aimed to address the diverse challenges experienced by rapidly changing U.S. demographics. And it is a beginning step to shifting the balance of power and privilege within the education system. The goals of multicultural education include creating a safe, accepting and successful learning environment for all, increasing awareness of global issues, strengthening cultural consciousness, strengthening intercultural awareness, teaching students that there are multiple historical perspectives, encouraging critical thinking and preventing prejudice and discrimination. According to the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), the advantages of multicultural education are helping students develop positive self-image, offering students an equitable educational opportunity, allowing multiple perspectives and ways of thinking, combating stereotypes/prejudicial behavior and teaching

students to critique society in the interest of social justice. Contrary to popular belief, multicultural education is more than cultural awareness, but rather an initiative to encompass all under-represented groups (people of color, women, people with disabilities, etc) and to ensure curriculum and content including such groups is accurate and complete. Most curriculums focus more on North America and Europe than any other region. Most students have learned about genocide through stories of the Holocaust, but do they know that hundreds of thousands of people are being killed in places like Darfur and Rwanda? Despite our close proximity to Latin America, American schools typically spend little time reading Latin American literature or learning about the culture and history. _______, multicultural education is most successful when implemented as a schoolwide approach with reconstruction of not only curriculum, but also organizational and institutional policy. Educators must be aware, responsive and embracing of the diverse beliefs, perspectives and experiences. They must also be willing and ready to address issues of controversy. These issues include, but are not limited to, racism, sexism, religious intolerance, classism, ageism, etc. (Adapted from http://www.teachhub.com/multiculturaleducation-your-classroom Accessed on 21 April 2016) In the fragment, “Despite our close proximity to Latin America, American schools typically spend little time reading Latin American literature or learning about the culture and history.”, the underlined term can be substitute by:

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTION.

The first paragraph describes the

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The sentence that informs that one of the challenges associated with governmental-level internal auditing is the problem of continuity is:

As questões 13 a 15 referem-se ao Texto 4. Texto 4 (...) In describing methods, the difference between a philosophy of language teaching at the level of theory and principles, and a set of derived procedures for teaching a language, is central. In an attempt to clarify this difference, a scheme was proposed by the American applied linguist Edward

Anthony in 1963. He identified three levels of conceptualization and organization, ________ he termed approach, method, and technique. The arrangement is hierarchical. The organizational key is that techniques carry out a method which is consistent with an approach . .. An approach is a set of correlative assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning. An approach is axiomatic. It describes the nature of the subject matter to be taught. .. . ... Method is an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language material, no part of which contradicts, and all of which is based upon, the selected approach. An approach is axiomatic, a method is procedural. Within one approach, there can be many methods . .. ... A technique is implementational - that which actually takes place in a classroom. It is a particular trick, stratagem, or contrivance used to accomplish an immediate objective. Techniques must be consistent with a method, and therefore in harmony with an approach as well. (Anthony 1963:63-7) According to Anthony's model, approach is the level at which assumptions and beliefs about language and language learning are specified; method is the level at ________ theory is put into practice and at _____ choices are made about the particular skills to be taught, the content to be taught, and the order in ______ the content will be presented; technique is the level at _____ classroom procedures are described. (RICHARDS, J; ROGERS, T; SWAN, M. (1999) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP. 15th edition) Observe the fragments below: “He identified three levels of conceptualization and organization, _________ he termed approach, method, and technique.” “...method is the level at ________ theory is put into practice and at _____ choices are made about the particular skills to be taught, the content to be taught, and the order in ______ the content will be presented; technique is the level at _____ classroom procedures are described.” The best sequence to fill in the blanks in the following sentences is:

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The word “policy” in “corporate ‘no-cloud’ policy” (second paragraph) refers to a(n)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The sentence that warns about the harmful effects advances in technology may bring is:

“A aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira deve garantir ao aluno seu engajamento discursivo, ou seja, a capacidade de se envolver e envolver outros no discurso. Isso pode ser viabilizado em sala de aula por meio de atividades pedagógicas centradas na constituição do aluno como ser discursivo, ou seja, sua construção como sujeito do discurso via Língua Estrangeira.” (PCNs, 1998:19) Aponta-se como característica desta perspectiva de ensino de língua estrangeira o desenvolvimento:

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The fifth paragraph stresses as an advantage of cloud computing its

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Mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F) according to Text I. ( ) Private sector auditors have more responsibility than government auditors on risk-taking decisions. ( ) The weight government auditors take upon themselves is quite heavy. ( ) Part of the auditor's job is one of mediation between the public and the government. The correct sequence is:

As questões 06 a 10 referem-se ao Texto 2. Texto 2 Multicultural Education in Your Classroom By: E.K. Garcia America has always been referred to as a melting pot, but ideally, it's a place where we strive to invite everyone to celebrate exactly who they are. As the US. population is becoming increasingly diverse and technology makes the world feel increasingly smaller, it is time to make every classroom a multicultural classroom. Multicultural education is more than celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos and piñatas or reading the latest biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It is an educational movement built on basic American values such as freedom, justice, opportunity, and equality. It is a set of strategies aimed to address the diverse challenges experienced by rapidly changing U.S. demographics. And it is a beginning step to shifting the balance of power and privilege within the education system. The goals of multicultural education include creating a safe, accepting and successful learning environment for all, increasing awareness of global issues, strengthening cultural consciousness, strengthening intercultural awareness, teaching students that there are multiple historical perspectives, encouraging critical thinking and preventing prejudice and discrimination. According to the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), the advantages of multicultural education are helping students develop positive self-image, offering students an equitable educational opportunity, allowing multiple perspectives and ways of thinking, combating

stereotypes/prejudicial behavior and teaching students to critique society in the interest of social justice. Contrary to popular belief, multicultural education is more than cultural awareness, but rather an initiative to encompass all under-represented groups (people of color, women, people with disabilities, etc) and to ensure curriculum and content including such groups is accurate and complete. Most curriculums focus more on North America and Europe than any other region. Most students have learned about genocide through stories of the Holocaust, but do they know that hundreds of thousands of people are being killed in places like Darfur and Rwanda? Despite our close proximity to Latin America, American schools typically spend little time reading Latin American literature or learning about the culture and history. _______, multicultural education is most successful when implemented as a schoolwide approach with reconstruction of not only curriculum, but also organizational and institutional policy. Educators must be aware, responsive and embracing of the diverse beliefs, perspectives and experiences. They must also be willing and ready to address issues of controversy. These issues include, but are not limited to, racism, sexism, religious intolerance, classism, ageism, etc. (Adapted from http://www.teachhub.com/multiculturaleducation-your-classroom Accessed on 21 April 2016) According to the text, Multiculturalism Education has become an important issue in American classrooms because they:

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

Text I deals with cloud computing and cyber security. In this respect, analyse the following statements: I. The risks of breaches in cloud computing are minimal. II. Cloud computing has developed beyond projections. III. Results of a survey indicate users are becoming more confident about security. Choose the correct answer:

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The title of Text II introduces a

As questões 06 a 10 referem-se ao Texto 2. Texto 2 Multicultural Education in Your Classroom By: E.K. Garcia America has always been referred to as a melting pot, but ideally, it's a place where we strive to invite everyone to celebrate exactly who they are. As the US. population is becoming increasingly diverse and

technology makes the world feel increasingly smaller, it is time to make every classroom a multicultural classroom. Multicultural education is more than celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos and piñatas or reading the latest biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It is an educational movement built on basic American values such as freedom, justice, opportunity, and equality. It is a set of strategies aimed to address the diverse challenges experienced by rapidly changing U.S. demographics. And it is a beginning step to shifting the balance of power and privilege within the education system. The goals of multicultural education include creating a safe, accepting and successful learning environment for all, increasing awareness of global issues, strengthening cultural consciousness, strengthening intercultural awareness, teaching students that there are multiple historical perspectives, encouraging critical thinking and preventing prejudice and discrimination. According to the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), the advantages of multicultural education are helping students develop positive self-image, offering students an equitable educational opportunity, allowing multiple perspectives and ways of thinking, combating stereotypes/prejudicial behavior and teaching students to critique society in the interest of social justice. Contrary to popular belief, multicultural education is more than cultural awareness, but rather an initiative to encompass all under-represented groups (people of color, women, people with disabilities, etc) and to ensure curriculum and content including such groups is accurate and complete. Most curriculums focus more on North America and Europe than any other region. Most students have learned about genocide through stories of the Holocaust, but do they know that hundreds of thousands of people are being killed in places like Darfur and Rwanda? Despite our close proximity to Latin America, American schools typically spend little time reading Latin American literature or learning about the culture and history. _______, multicultural education is most successful when implemented as a schoolwide approach with

reconstruction of not only curriculum, but also organizational and institutional policy. Educators must be aware, responsive and embracing of the diverse beliefs, perspectives and experiences. They must also be willing and ready to address issues of controversy. These issues include, but are not limited to, racism, sexism, religious intolerance, classism, ageism, etc. (Adapted from http://www.teachhub.com/multiculturaleducation-your-classroom Accessed on 21 April 2016) The word “consciousness” is formed by a process called suffixation. The word formed by the same process is:

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

Text II concludes that, if the IoT ecosystem is to be trusted, it should focus on the needs of

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

Text II discusses the implications of blockchain for the accounting profession. Based on the arguments presented, analyse the following statements: I. New technologies have affected CPA’s work but not its relevance. II. Blockchain technology will allow CPAs to shift their attention to other areas. III. Accounting professionals should not waste time trying to understand new technologies. Choose the correct answer:

As questões 13 a 15 referem-se ao Texto 4. Texto 4 (...) In describing methods, the difference between a philosophy of language teaching at the level of theory and principles, and a set of derived procedures for teaching a language, is central. In an attempt to clarify this difference, a scheme was proposed by the American applied linguist Edward Anthony in 1963. He identified three levels of conceptualization and organization, ________ he termed approach, method, and technique. The arrangement is hierarchical. The organizational key is that techniques carry out a method which is consistent with an approach . .. An approach is a set of correlative assumptions dealing with the nature of language teaching and learning. An approach is axiomatic. It describes the nature of the subject matter to be taught. .. . ... Method is an overall plan for the orderly presentation of language material, no part of which contradicts, and all of which is based upon, the selected approach. An approach is axiomatic, a method is procedural. Within one approach, there can be many methods . .. ... A technique is implementational - that which actually takes place in a classroom. It is a particular trick, stratagem, or contrivance used to

accomplish an immediate objective. Techniques must be consistent with a method, and therefore in harmony with an approach as well. (Anthony 1963:63-7) According to Anthony's model, approach is the level at which assumptions and beliefs about language and language learning are specified; method is the level at ________ theory is put into practice and at _____ choices are made about the particular skills to be taught, the content to be taught, and the order in ______ the content will be presented; technique is the level at _____ classroom procedures are described. (RICHARDS, J; ROGERS, T; SWAN, M. (1999) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP. 15th edition) In accordance with the descriptions of approach, method and technique, the alternative that presents two techniques is:

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

The phrase “so does awareness of the associated risks” (third paragraph) implies that this kind of awareness