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

In the text,

"due to physical weaknesses" (l.9) is synonymous with because of.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

"outcome" (l.25) is closest in meaning to upshot.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The expression "to get by" (l.3) means to survive.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

A causal-chain model of accidents is effective in investigating accidents which causes are solely due to failures of the system.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

A top-down systems oriented approach shows how different parties may contribute to safety, considering their organizational affiliations.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

As Dekker has posed, investigators should focus on the circumstances of the time and disregard knowledge of the outcome.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

The current models employed to investigate software accidents do not appear to be suited to the task.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

Accidents in software development projects and products are nothing new and neither are they likely to cease.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

"which", in "lacks a general model with which to investigate such failures" (l.3), refers to "investigate".

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, it is correct to affirm that

flash memory has become a major database storage in building portable information devices because of its nonvolatile, shock-resistant, power-economic nature, and fast access time for read operations.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado