Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

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

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

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

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

One of the premises of the text is that every time there is a sudden economic crisis, we tend to quickly try to find a culprit.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The author accuses some firms of bribing unscrupulous academics to put forward compelling arguments hereby they could block proposals to create mandatory audit rotation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

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

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). About the OPHONE, it’s correct to say:

( ) It’s already on the market in all of Europe.

( ) It’s a special application that will make it possible to communicate smells through smartphones.

( ) It will be able to transmit all kind of scents only to short distances.

( ) It’s supposed to work the same way that sounds and images are transmitted.

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

• A. T F T F
• B. F T F T
• C. T T F F
• D. F F T T
• E. T T F T