Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

The purpose of this article is to

• A.

  blame modern businessmen for being offline during meetings.

• B.

  introduce new trends in the market concerning email software.

• C.

  convince businessmen of the advantages of working online on weekends.

• D.

  advertise modern technological devices that are expected to revolutionize the world.

• E.

  report on some effective alternatives to avoid the information burden at the workplace.

"This tactic" (line 6) refers to which of Shaun Osher's behavior?

• A.

  Holding meetings with his staff of fifty people.

• B.

  Avoiding copying everybody when sending out an e-mail.

• C.

  Calling clients on the phone and not relying so heavily on e-mail.

• D.

  Checking his e-mail account only twice a day and turning off his Blackberry during meetings.

• E.

  Responding to e-mails every minute and putting cell phones and PDAs on silent mode during meetings.

In "One person could handle an issue that should take two minutes," (lines 14-15), "handle" means "to deal with". Mark the sentence in which the word "handle" is used in the same way.

• A.

  Can you get a handle on what your new boss expects of you?

• B.

  Customers are asked not to handle the goods in the shop.

• C.

  The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.

• D.

  The travelers were advised to pick up the suitcases by the handle.

• E.

  It was a difficult situation and the manager handled it very well.

When Shaun Osher affirms that "… the pendulum has swung way too much to the other side," (lines 23-24), he means that

• A.

  an excess of emails has generated a sudden increase in productivity.

• B.

  cell phones, PDAs and laptops have become excessively complex devices.

• C.

  excessive e-mails and data overload have begun to negatively impact work.

• D.

  offices have become more efficient due to e-mail and other information technology advents.

• E.

  data avalanche has been a fortunate consequence of the widespread adoption of information technology.

In "...your job could be on the line if you indulge in the luxury of being offline?" (lines 32-33) the expressions 'on the line' and 'offline', respectively, mean

• A.

  at risk - disconnected

• B.

  not accessible - put off

• C.

  on the wire - linked to the internet

• D.

  in tune with new ideas - off the hook

• E.

  over the telephone - not connected to the internet

According to Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets, in Paragraph 5 (lines 38-44),

• A.

  society as a whole lacks experienced professionals capable of detaining the information growth.

• B.

  professionals feel burdened by the present data overflow because they have not learned how to deal with this new business scenario.

• C.

  future professionals are properly trained in college and are given enough practice in dealing with digital communication tools.

• D.

  businessmen are on the verge of a crisis as they have to learn to deal with an excess of tools and training methods to intensify the information burden.

• E.

  businessmen have avoided the information overload in order to stop working on weekends.

Based on Ellen Kossek's analysis in Paragraph 6 (lines 45-53),

• A.

  multitasking has brought alarming consequences to modern society.

• B.

  widespread technology has only brought benefits to human beings.

• C.

  working on planes and coffee shops on weekends is a strategy of seduction.

• D.

  all technology workers have been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorders.

• E.

  excessive work makes professionals more effective in the age of 24-7 technology.

Which option describes accurately the meaning relationship between the pairs of words?

• A.

  "actually" (line 9) means rarely.

• B.

  "curtail" (line 11) is the opposite of reduce

• C.

  "overwhelmed" (line 34) and unaffected are synonymous.

• D.

  "immediacy" (line 41) and proximity are antonyms

• E.

  "spawned" (line 47) could be replaced by generated.

Mark the sentence in which the idea introduced by the word in bold type is correctly described.

• A.

  "as well as curtail the common practice of cc-ing everybody when sending out an e-mail." (lines 11-13) – contrast

• B.

  "but when an e-mail goes out and five people get cc-ed," (lines 15-16) – reason.

• C.

  "In fact, he loves it." (lines 18-19) – condition.

• D.

  "Besides, during tough economic times, who will want to miss any information…" (lines 30-32) – addition

• E.

  "Work is very seductive, but yet we're actually less effective." (lines 52-53) – consequence

Check the only alternative that presents a statement that is INCONSISTENT with the arguments and reasoning introduced in the text you have read.

• A.

  62 percent of professionals report that they spend a lot of time sifting through irrelevant information to find what they need; 68 percent wish they could spend less time organizing information and more time using the information that comes their way.

• B.

  Workers admit that not being able to lay their hands on the right information at the right time impedes their ability to work efficiently; 85 percent agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster.

• C.

  More than 80 percent of the survey participants admit they have no problem in handling increases in information flow because they have learned to sort the important messages.

• D.

  While an average workday for white-collar workers is 8.89 hours, the survey finds that, on average, 7.89 working hours are used conducting research, attending meetings, and searching for previously created documents.

• E.

  Though white-collar professionals, in general, spend an average of 2-3 hours daily conducting online research, at least one in 10 spend four or more hours with the same task on an average day.