Questões de Concurso Público Instituto Rio Branco 2013 para Diplomata - Prova 2

Regarding the text, judge if the items below are right (C) or wrong (E).

In the sentence “Their cue came from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, who recently suggested that the economic recovery might allow the central bank to ease its efforts to stimulate the economy.” (l.14-17) the relative pronoun “who” may be replaced by whom in more formal contexts.

Regarding the text, judge if the items below are right (C) or wrong (E).

In the sentence “That includes scaling back its bond- buying program beginning later this year.” (l.17-18), the pronoun “its” refers to “economy”, in the previous sentence.

Regarding the text, judge if the items below are right (C) or wrong (E).

In the sentence “United States government notes with maturities of 10 years or longer, however, lost an average of 10.8 percent over the same period.” (l.24-26), the adverb “however” may be moved to the beginning of the sentence without interfering in the meaning.