Questões de Língua Inglesa

In the fragments of the text: “they may lose the desire to master whatever task you are asking them to do” (lines 12-13) and “then you have to do more than just present lessons in the app” (lines 18-19), the verb forms in bold express the ideas, respectively, of

• A. ability/ intention
• B. necessity/ probability
• C. possibility/ necessity
• D. possibility/ habit in the present
• E. intention/ necessity

O texto informa que uma consequência do aumento de aplicações que utilizam banco de dados e da existência de hardware com baixo custo e alta capacidade de armazenamento foi

• A. a eliminação total dos servidores com menos de 2Gb de capacidade das organizações.
• B. a proliferação de servidores com menos de 2Gb de utilização nas organizações.
• C. a diminuição do trabalho dos administradores de banco de dados (DBAs).
• D. o aumento médio dos salários dos administradores de banco de dados (DBAs).
• E. um desabastecimento, no mercado, de servidores com capacidade de 2Gb de armazenamento.

In “Even if the government has made... exporter by 2020.” (5º§) EVEN IF means

• A. indeed.
• B. even as.
• C. even then.
• D. nevertheless.

Considering vocabulary used in the text, the only word or expression which is not correctly defined on the right is in alternative

• A. “kept on” (l. 9) – went on.
• B. “nearly” (l. 14) – approximately.
• C. “chief” (l. 16) – main.
• D. “footprint” (l. 19) – mark made by one’s foot.
• E. “run out” (l. 24) – renew.

In the sentence of the text: “However, if you want people to continue using the app, and use it frequently and often, then you have to do more than just present lessons in the app” (lines 17-19), the connector However can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by

• A. Therefore
• B. Moreover
• C. Furthermore
• D. Nevertheless
• E. What is more

No contexto, o trecho “… a better way to develop, deploy, and manage data-tier applications” pode ser traduzido, mantendo-se o sentido, para:

• A. uma boa forma de desenvolvimento, descarte e gerenciamento de aplicações envolvendo dados.
• B. uma boa maneira para se conceber, testar e gerenciar aplicativos da camada de dados.
• C. o melhor caminho encontrado para o desenvolvimento, descarte e administração de banco de dados concebidos em camadas.
• D. a melhor forma de conceber, testar e organizar aplicações de redes de comunicação de dados.
• E. a melhor maneira de desenvolver, implantar e gerenciar aplicações da camada de dados.

The World Bank will accept applications

• A. of valuation models.
• B. on management risk.
• C. from deaf individuals.
• D. on valuation models.

Considering verb forms used in the text, it’s correct to say:

• A. “has become” (l. 1) describes an action that has no connection with the present time.
• B. “to leave” (l. 2) is in the imperative form.
• C. “passing” (l. 8) is in the present continuous.
• D. “left” (l. 10) describes a past action.
• E. “will fall” (l. 23) refers to an unreal possibility in the present time.

“The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity…” means that

• A. diversity will be reached in the long run.
• B. accomplishment of diversity is a pledge.
• C. several types of services will be offered.
• D. there will be enhancement of diverse loans.

According to the text, it is correct to state that

• A. The European Commission’s e-Government Action Plan has succeeded in providing better cross-border public services in some countries in Europe.
• B. the Action Plan 2011-2015 aims that, by 2015, half of the citizens and as much as 80% of enterprises will have used eGovernment.
• C. the Digital Agenda for Europe establishes eGovernment within a comprehensive set of measures aimed solely at delivering secure cross-border exchange.
• D. the overall progress made on the Action Plan and on eGovernment in general has been measured annually.
• E. four political priorities had been set out for all European public administrations over the next decade.