Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2014

Judge the following items, according to the text above.

The fragment “longer tenures yield better results” (l.8) indicates that it is necessary a considerable amount of time for an auditing company which has been hired to sharpen its auditing skills and deliver superior results.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, according to the text above.

In “to me that’s not an audit, that’s a joint venture” (l.5), the word “that” refers to the situation mentioned before, that is, the same auditing firm being responsible for a client for too long a period of time.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, according to the text above.

The expression “magic bullet” (l.23) could be correctly replaced by cure-all, wonder drug or perfect solution, without any change in its meaning.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The author points to a discontinuity in the history of financial bookkeeping from the end of the 15^th century to the 18^th century.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The word “allay” (l.3) is used as a verb and it means reduce or ease.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

People have inherited from the Bible the notion that auditing is necessary because of the inherently dishonest nature of human beings.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Without changing the meaning of the text, the fragment “explains the basic rationale for instituting controls rather straightforwardly” (l.16-17) could be correctly replaced with explains a common-sense approach to retain control instead of simply handing it over.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The idea expressed in the second paragraph can be correctly explained by the following sentence: In 2002 a draft bill was voted by the American Congress proposing the setting of enhanced standard for all US state-owned-company boards, management and public accounting firms.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, Congress’ underlying motivation to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley act was its indignation over the shameful behaviour of some corporations in early 21^st century.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The title of the text refers to the fact that it is necessary to start regarding auditors as key players in today’s globalized world.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado