Questões de Língua Inglesa da Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

Smaller moments are more important than the bigger ones.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

the verb “carved” (l.22) means to make something by dividing it into parts, especially wood or stone.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

Even if you understand the meaning of life, you won’t ever understand yourself.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

You mustn’t hide either from yourself or from others.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

If you don’t go in for a safer path, you get lost.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

This text refers to questions from 14 through 20.

The text deals with the concept of redundancy which

• A.

  means excessive parallel or alternate paths.

• B.

  architects use when projecting alternative roads.

• C.

  is considered an unnecessary duplication of efforts.

• D.

  is a thechnique that can be used to help achieving higher dependability.

• E.

  is supposed to be the definitive solution to improve performance of computer systems.

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

The extract “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” (l.25-26) can be correctly translated as: São as nossas escolhas que verdadeiramente nos mostram quem somos, bem como as nossas habilidades.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

This text refers to questions from 14 through 20.

Taking into consideration what is found in the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  System and component redundancy are two out of many general ways to deal with redundancy implementation.

• B.

  Component redundancy uses two identical systems in parallel in order to improve reliability.

• C.

  In a context of system redundancy, in case of an unsuccessful operation of the active system, another system can be turned on to substitute for the one that failed.

• D.

  The use of a hot backup system must be avoided.

• E.

  The backup system cannot become active.

Based on the text, judge the items from 74 through 85.

Your everyday decisions can make life be meaningful or meaningless.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

This text refers to questions from 14 through 20.

According to the text, choose the option regarding hot backup systems.

• A.

  The hot backup system is a useless redundant variation of the prime system.

• B.

  In a hot backup system, the prime system is always off and the backup system is always on.

• C.

  There are manual and automatic approaches to detecting system failures.

• D.

  The automatic recognition of system failures affects the failed system.

• E.

  In the advent of failure, the failed system is disconnected from the backup system.