Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC)

In the text, a cinch means

• A. easy.
• B. nice.
• C. hard.
• D. annoying.
• E. cumbersome.

The alternative which correctly replaces [PARTICLE] is

• A. up.
• B. back.
• C. down.
• D. ahead.
• E. behind.

The underlined sentence Applets in the pen can’t float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so can be paraphrased as “Applets in the pen

• A. can’t float word balloons at you, however you may permit them to do so.”
• B. can’t float word balloons at you, therefore you cannot permit them to do so.”
• C. can only float word balloons at you, if you permit them to do so.”
• D. can’t float word balloons at you, even if you permit them to do so.”
• E. can float word balloons at you, while you can’t permit them to do so.”

In the text, uninvited guests refers to

• A. shortcuts.
• B. controls.
• C. users.
• D. applets.
• E. methods.

In the text, the meaning of pen is

• A. an instrument for writing or drawing.
• B. a writer or an author.
• C. the clitinous internal shell of a squid.
• D. a fenced enclosure for animals.
• E. any of various enclosures, used for a variety of purposes.

The words in the groups below have either a positive or a negative meaning, according to their usage in the text. Check the alternative in which the group is NOT formed ONLY by either positive OR negative words.

• A. eyesore – frustrating – uninteresting.
• B. squatters – pester – unbidden.
• C. onslaught – troubleshooting – revamped.
• D. inopportune – overflow – distracting.
• E. intrusive – dense – belligerent.

According to the text,

• A. Notification Area was how the System Tray was named in Windows Vista.
• B. the System Tray has undergone a few changes in Windows 7, but it has always been a useful feature.
• C. the main task of the System Tray has been – and still is – to alert users of potential security problems.
• D. one of the outstanding features of Windows 7 concerns its changes to the System Tray.
• E. applets, in Windows 7, are dumped into the Taskbar rather than into the System Tray.

According to the text,

• A. Windows 7’s Security Center issues warnings from the OS, but the user can turn them off.
• B. although the Action Center does issue alerts, it allows users to deal with them at their convenience.
• C. both the System Tray and the Notification Area are Windows 7’s most positive features.
• D. Windows Vista was the most intrusive OS in all of Windows history.
• E. in the past, Windows did not interrupt users’ work to alert them about unused icons on their desktop.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 21 a 25, considere o texto abaixo.

 

A [CONJUNCTION] que preenche corretamente a lacuna (destacada no 3º parágrafo do texto) é

• A.

  although.

• B.

  but.

• C.

  if.

• D.

  since.

• E.

  nevertheless.

Instruções: Para responder às questões de números 21 a 25, considere o texto abaixo.

 

A synonym for reliable (highlighted in the 1st paragraph), as used in the text, is

• A.

  abundant

• B.

  safe.

• C.

  needy.

• D.

  essential.

• E.

  stable.