Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

In VS COBOL, as well as in COBOL II, the period is an implicit scope terminator that ends the scope of any statements that have not yet terminated. For example, the scope of an AT END, ON OVERFLOW or ON SIZE ERROR clause in a VS COBOL program remains in effect until a period is reached. According to the text, which is the correct answer?

• A.

  For AT END, ON OVERFLOW or ON SIZE ERROR clauses, you don't need to use the period;

• B.

  For AT END, ON OVERFLOW or ON SIZE ERROR clauses, you need to use the period;

• C.

  For AT END, ON OVERFLOW or ON SIZE ERROR clauses, you have not to use the period;

• D.

  For AT END, ON OVERFLOW or ON SIZE ERROR clauses, you shouldn't use the period;

In the fragment ¨Not only are you required to keep pace with ever-changing technology, you need to work with and through many people to meet deadlines (...)¡¬ the use of an inversion is made. According to Cambridge dictionary, ¨D[i]nversion happens when we reverse the normal word order of a structure¡¬. They are used in formal styles to give emphasis to the ideas communicated. The alternative that contains the same type of inversion is:

• A. Under no circumstances can we accept inappropriate behavior.
• B. Here comes the taxi!
• C. I opened the door and there stood Louis!
• D. He looked out and there was Patrick, walking hand in hand with Samantha.
• E. Beautiful day, isn’t it?

An online application program always has exclusive use of the SHSAM or HSAM databases, which are referenced by PCBs in its PSB. No other application programs will be concurrently scheduled to access those same SHSAM or HSAM databases in an online environment. According to the text, which is the correct answer?

• A.

  Other online applications can access those same SHSAM or HSAM databases in an online environment.

• B.

  Other online applications can rewrite those same SHSAM or HSAM databases in an online environment.

• C.

  Other online applications can write those same SHSAM or HSAM databases in an online environment.

• D.

  Other online applications cannot access those same SHSAM or HSAM databases in an online environment.

Microsoft next year plans to update Windows XP to support two technologies left out of the new operating system: USB 2.0 and Bluetooth. Both technologies are used for connecting peripherals to PCs, USB 2.0 at speeds up to 480 megabits per second (mbps) and Bluetooth over the air without wires. USB 2.0 support is expected early next year, and the Bluetooth ad-dition should come by mid-2002. (ZedNet news, Dec. 2001) According to the text:

• A. Microsoft is planning to launch next year its new operating systems: USB 2.0 and Bluetooth
• B. USB 2.0 is slightly faster than Bluetooth, which uses a different technology for connecting peripherals.
• C. The current version of Windows XP does not include the technologies USB 2.0 and Bluetooth.
• D. The update to Bluetooth is expected to come sooner than that to USB 2.0.

In the passage: ¨DFor the organization to break even, the assistant must make the executive 8% more productive than he or she would be working solo¡¬, the highlighted expression can be replaced ¨C without changing the original meaning ¨C by:

• A. turn a loss.
• B. turn a profit.
• C. balance books.
• D. make a profit.
• E. gain money.

PROCSEQ specifies the name of a secondary index that is used to process the database named in the DBNAME operand through a secondary processing sequence. The operand is optional. It is valid only if a secondary index exists for this database. According to the text, which is the correct answer?

• A.

  PROCSEQ doesn't specify the name of a secondary index that is used to process the database named in the DBNAME.

• B.

  PROCSEQ specifies the name of a secondary index that is used to process the database named in the DBNAME.

• C.

  PROCSEQ specifies the name of a primary index that is used to process the database named in the DBNAME.

• D.

  PROCSEQ specifies the name of a first index that is used to process the database named in the DBNAME.

Currently, there exist a large number of superb digital librari-es (DLs), all of which are, unfortunately, vertically integrated and all presenting a monolithic interface to their users. Ideally, a user would want to locate resources from a variety of digital libraries dealing only with one interface. A number of approa-ches to this interoperability issue exist including: defining a u-niversal protocol for all libraries to adhere to; or developing mechanisms to translate between protocols. (D-Lib, March 1999) The problem which the text point to is:

• A. That there is an excessive number of digital libraries (DLs) in the market today.
• B. The fact that users need to use more than one interface to locate resources from different libraries.
• C. That there are too many different approaches to tackle intero-perability.
• D. That there is still strong resistance to the issue of interoperabi-lity.

Our office didn’t look like a newsroom that you’d imagine from movies or TV drama series. The underlined expression refers to:

• A. the assistant’s office.
• B. the assistant and the boss’s office.
• C. the boss’s office.
• D. all the employers’ office.
• E. all the employers’ and the boss’s offices.

Read the text carefully, then answer questions 16 to 20 below. Choose the answer that is correct according to the ideas in the text.

The main purpose of the new Russian tax measure is to

• A.

  reduce the revenue the government collects from income tax.

• B.

  entice more people to pay more income tax than they ought to

• C.

  improve the country's current unfair income distribution.

• D.

  provide more benefits for the lower paid Russian workers.

• E.

  Encourage more Russian people to become tax-payers.

Applications are defined as a top-down structure of processing logic blocks called processes and statement groups. The top level in the structure is a sequence of one or more processes called main processes. Each process and statement group contains CSP/AD language processing statements. According to the text, which is the correct answer?

• A.

  Applications isn't defined as a Top-down structure structure.

• B.

  Applications has not defined as a Top-down structure.

• C.

  Applications are defined as a Top-down structure.

• D.

  Applications have not as define as a Top-down structure.