Questões de Concurso
Comentadas sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata - Prova 2 |
Q359325
Inglês
Based on the text, judge if the items below are right (C) or wrong (E).
Amy Larkin believes the worldwide scarcity of resources is affecting the world’s economy.
Amy Larkin believes the worldwide scarcity of resources is affecting the world’s economy.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata - Prova 2 |
Q359322
Inglês
Based on the text, judge if the items below are right (C) or wrong (E).
Wall Street and the City experts foresee a complete market breakdown
Wall Street and the City experts foresee a complete market breakdown
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata - Bolsa-prêmio de vocação para a Diplomacia - Objetiva |
Q358530
Inglês
Based on the text presented above, judge the items below.
Few signs of human life were detected in the excavation site
Few signs of human life were detected in the excavation site
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata - Bolsa-prêmio de vocação para a Diplomacia - Objetiva |
Q358529
Inglês
Based on the text presented above, judge the items below.
The site was named ‘Thing’ for lack of a better way to describe it
The site was named ‘Thing’ for lack of a better way to describe it
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353934
Inglês
The text’s title and subtitle present conflicting information.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353932
Inglês
The Physician’s Health Study II was unique because it involved more than 14,000 researchers.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353931
Inglês
The findings of the research corroborate with the belief that pills cannot replace healthy eating habits.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353930
Inglês
The possibility of hosting the Olympic Games made the government invest more on controlling Fukushima’s nuclear crisis.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353929
Inglês
The percentage of Tokyo residents who supported the Olympics in the city increased after the earthquake/tsunami of 2011.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353927
Inglês
Since the 1960’s Olympic Games, the cost of each event has nearly doubled.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCU
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - TCU - Auditor Federal de Controle Externo |
Q353925
Inglês
Tokyo’s Prime Minister said that the earthquake/tsunami did not and will not harm the city of Tokyo.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEFAZ-ES
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - SEFAZ-ES - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Estadual |
Q353183
Inglês
Based on the text it is correct to affirm that
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEFAZ-ES
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - SEFAZ-ES - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Estadual |
Q353181
Inglês
According to the text
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
FUNASA
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 1 e 2
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CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 2 |
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 1 |
Q353142
Inglês
Texto associado
1 Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively
to assure the conditions for people to be healthy. This requires
that continuing and emerging threats to the health of the public
4 be successfully countered. These threats include immediate
crises, such as the AIDS epidemic; enduring problems, such as
injuries and chronic illnesses; and growing challenges, such as
7 the aging of the populations and the toxic by-products of a
modern economy, transmitted through air, water, soil, or food.
These and many other problems raise in common the need to
10 protect the nation’s health through effective, organized, and
sustained efforts led by the public sector.
Internet: <www.publichealthpolicy.org> (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
It can be inferred from the text that one of the possible measures public health officials could take is the launching of a national obesity awareness campaign.
It can be inferred from the text that one of the possible measures public health officials could take is the launching of a national obesity awareness campaign.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
FUNASA
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 1 e 2
|
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 2 |
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 1 |
Q353141
Inglês
Texto associado
1 Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively
to assure the conditions for people to be healthy. This requires
that continuing and emerging threats to the health of the public
4 be successfully countered. These threats include immediate
crises, such as the AIDS epidemic; enduring problems, such as
injuries and chronic illnesses; and growing challenges, such as
7 the aging of the populations and the toxic by-products of a
modern economy, transmitted through air, water, soil, or food.
These and many other problems raise in common the need to
10 protect the nation’s health through effective, organized, and
sustained efforts led by the public sector.
Internet: <www.publichealthpolicy.org> (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
In the text, “enduring problems” (l.5) are the sorts of problems that take a very long time to be solved.
In the text, “enduring problems” (l.5) are the sorts of problems that take a very long time to be solved.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
FUNASA
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 1 e 2
|
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 2 |
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 1 |
Q353140
Inglês
Texto associado
1 Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively
to assure the conditions for people to be healthy. This requires
that continuing and emerging threats to the health of the public
4 be successfully countered. These threats include immediate
crises, such as the AIDS epidemic; enduring problems, such as
injuries and chronic illnesses; and growing challenges, such as
7 the aging of the populations and the toxic by-products of a
modern economy, transmitted through air, water, soil, or food.
These and many other problems raise in common the need to
10 protect the nation’s health through effective, organized, and
sustained efforts led by the public sector.
Internet: <www.publichealthpolicy.org> (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
The author suggests that in a modern economy the public and private sectors must work closely together to protect a nation’s health.
The author suggests that in a modern economy the public and private sectors must work closely together to protect a nation’s health.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
FUNASA
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 1 e 2
|
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 2 |
CESPE - 2013 - FUNASA - Engenharia de Sáude Pública - Especialidade 1 |
Q353139
Inglês
Texto associado
1 The difficulty for health policy makers the world overis
this: it is simply not possible to promote healthier lifestyles
through presidential decree or through being overprotective
4 towards people and the way they choose to live. Recent history
has proved that one-size-fits-all solutions are no good when
public health challenges vary from one area of the country to
7 the next. But we cannot sit back while, in spite of all this, so
many people are suffering such severe lifestyle-driven ill health
and such acute health inequalities.
Internet: <www.gov.uk> (adapted).
this: it is simply not possible to promote healthier lifestyles
through presidential decree or through being overprotective
4 towards people and the way they choose to live. Recent history
has proved that one-size-fits-all solutions are no good when
public health challenges vary from one area of the country to
7 the next. But we cannot sit back while, in spite of all this, so
many people are suffering such severe lifestyle-driven ill health
and such acute health inequalities.
Internet: <www.gov.uk> (adapted).
In the text above,
the author suggests that some public health policies that have already been used did not work.
the author suggests that some public health policies that have already been used did not work.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
STF
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Área Judiciária |
Q351999
Inglês
Texto associado
The aging process affects us all at different rates. Some people of fifty-three, like the esteemed author, look a mere thirty-five, with sparkling brown eyes, a handsome gait and the virility of a steam train. Others, like the author’s friend Colin, look like little middle-aged men at twenty-one with middle-aged outlooks of set ways and planned futures. In women the former condition is common but women rarely suffer from the latter, being fired with the insatiable drive of ambition for either an independent and distinguished career in a still male-dominated world, or a home and seven children by the time they are thirty followed by an independent and distinguished career as a Cheltenham councillor or a public relations agent for Jonathan Cape, in later life.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
According to the text above,
Charles Charlesworth’s cause of death was old age although he was only seven.
Charles Charlesworth’s cause of death was old age although he was only seven.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
STF
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Área Judiciária
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CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Área Administrativa |
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 3 e 5 |
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Revisor de Texto |
Q351998
Inglês
Texto associado
The aging process affects us all at different rates. Some people of fifty-three, like the esteemed author, look a mere thirty-five, with sparkling brown eyes, a handsome gait and the virility of a steam train. Others, like the author’s friend Colin, look like little middle-aged men at twenty-one with middle-aged outlooks of set ways and planned futures. In women the former condition is common but women rarely suffer from the latter, being fired with the insatiable drive of ambition for either an independent and distinguished career in a still male-dominated world, or a home and seven children by the time they are thirty followed by an independent and distinguished career as a Cheltenham councillor or a public relations agent for Jonathan Cape, in later life.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
According to the text above,
Colin looks and behaves as if he were much older than he actually is.
Colin looks and behaves as if he were much older than he actually is.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
STF
Prova:
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Técnico Judiciário - Tecnologia da Informação |
Q351836
Inglês
Texto associado
Repeaters and hubs
A repeater is an electronic device that receives a network signal, cleans it of unnecessary noise, and regenerates it. The signal is retransmitted at a higher power level, or to the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. In most twisted pair Ethernet configurations, repeaters are required for cable that runs longer than 100 meters. A repeater with multiple ports is known as a hub. Repeaters work on the physical layer of the OSI model. Repeaters require a small amount of time to regenerate the signal. This can cause a propagation delay which can affect network performance. As a result, many network architectures limit the number of repeaters that can be used in a row, e.g., the Ethernet 5-4-3 rule.
Hubs have been mostly obsoleted by modern switches; but repeaters are used for long distance links, notably undersea cabling.
Bridges
A network bridge connects multiple network segments at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model to form a single network. Bridges broadcast to all ports except the port on which the broadcast was received. However, bridges do not promiscuously copy traffic to all ports, as hubs do. Instead, bridges learn which MAC addresses are reachable through specific ports. Once the bridge associates a port with an address, it will send traffic for that address to that port only.
Bridges learn the association of ports and addresses by examining the source address of frames that it sees on various ports. Once a frame arrives through a port, the bridge assumes that the MAC address is associated with that port and stores its source address.
The first time a bridge sees a previously unknown destination address, the bridge will forward the frame to all ports other than the one on which the frame arrived.
Bridges come in three basic types:
Local bridges: Directly connect LANs
Remote bridges: Can be used to create a wide area network (WAN) link between LANs. Remote bridges, where the connecting link is slower than the end networks, largely have been replaced with routers. Wireless bridges: Can be used to join LANs or connect remote devices to LANs.
Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org (adapted).
A repeater is an electronic device that receives a network signal, cleans it of unnecessary noise, and regenerates it. The signal is retransmitted at a higher power level, or to the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. In most twisted pair Ethernet configurations, repeaters are required for cable that runs longer than 100 meters. A repeater with multiple ports is known as a hub. Repeaters work on the physical layer of the OSI model. Repeaters require a small amount of time to regenerate the signal. This can cause a propagation delay which can affect network performance. As a result, many network architectures limit the number of repeaters that can be used in a row, e.g., the Ethernet 5-4-3 rule.
Hubs have been mostly obsoleted by modern switches; but repeaters are used for long distance links, notably undersea cabling.
Bridges
A network bridge connects multiple network segments at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model to form a single network. Bridges broadcast to all ports except the port on which the broadcast was received. However, bridges do not promiscuously copy traffic to all ports, as hubs do. Instead, bridges learn which MAC addresses are reachable through specific ports. Once the bridge associates a port with an address, it will send traffic for that address to that port only.
Bridges learn the association of ports and addresses by examining the source address of frames that it sees on various ports. Once a frame arrives through a port, the bridge assumes that the MAC address is associated with that port and stores its source address.
The first time a bridge sees a previously unknown destination address, the bridge will forward the frame to all ports other than the one on which the frame arrived.
Bridges come in three basic types:
Local bridges: Directly connect LANs
Remote bridges: Can be used to create a wide area network (WAN) link between LANs. Remote bridges, where the connecting link is slower than the end networks, largely have been replaced with routers. Wireless bridges: Can be used to join LANs or connect remote devices to LANs.
Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org (adapted).
According to the text above, judge the following items.
Remote devices can be connected to LANs with the use of wireless bridges.
Remote devices can be connected to LANs with the use of wireless bridges.
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