Profissional Básico - Administração - 2011

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76211Questão 21|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

The expression busyness (line 19) is in italics to

A
confuse the reader by referring to all of Peter Bregman’s financial problems.
B
show that the author is not immediately accessible to talk to other people at work.
C
point out that all the author’s enterprises are giving him a succession of bad results.
D
highlight that the author is referring to himself as being extremely full of activities.
E
convey to the reader that Peter Bregman has dedicated himself to the company that he owns.

76212Questão 22|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

The sentence “It almost never worked.” (line 40) refers to the fact that the author

A
tried to control his impulse of doing irrelevant errands before facing his commitments.
B
had to change his goals to concentrate only on the details of his daily tasks.
C
could never see the relevance of doing important work very early in the morning on weekdays.
D
believes that failure is critical to learning, so it is not essential to control oneself to do the right things.
E
thinks that the world conspires to make people deny their responsibilities and spend their time on leisure activities.

76213Questão 23|Direito Constitucional|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

Based on the meanings in the text,

A
overly (line 13) could be substituted by “moderately”.
B
responsive (line 29) and “insensitive” are antonyms.
C
override (line 33) and “invalidate” express opposite ideas.
D
ingrain (line 49) and “reject” express similar ideas.
E
scattered (line 69) and “concentrated” are synonyms.

76214Questão 24|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

In “Once your identity changes, you are at risk of letting go of your rituals.” (lines 84-86), the author implies that a change of identity

A
will certainly lead to behavioral misconduct and inconvenient daily habits.
B
will force you to be productive and remain so forever, never needing your rituals anymore.
C
will reveal that habits are not part of your identity as an under-achiever in the work environment.
D
can eliminate rituals because they are usually ineffective strategies to achieve successful results.
E
is essential to force yourself to become and remain productive along the days by establishing effective rituals.

76215Questão 25|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

In “Once we stop, we lose their benefit.” (line 92) the word “once” can be replaced, without changing the meaning of the sentence, by

A
Despite the fact that
B
As soon as
C
As far as
D
Though
E
While

76216Questão 26|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

“I’m prone to be so busy […] that, without intervention, I would get very little of importance done.” (lines 15-18) illustrates that the author

A
is constantly distracted from his most relevant goals for the day.
B
leads a very busy professional life with no time for his family and friends.
C
can only fulfill his professional tasks by making use of phone calls and emails.
D
plans to do things that make him feel better before he attempts his daily assignments.
E
has so many household tasks to accomplish that he constantly fails in most of his plans.

76217Questão 27|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

The author ends the text in a tone of

A
high hopes
B
intense anger
C
total conformity
D
extreme satisfaction
E
profound melancholy

76218Questão 28|Inglês|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

In “You have to climb out the same way you climbed in: with new rituals” (lines 58-59) the modal that substitutes ‘have to’ without a change in meaning is

A
may
B
can
C
must
D
would
E
might

76219Questão 29|Português|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

A sentença em que o verbo está corretamente flexionado de acordo com a norma-padrão, sem provocar contradição de significado, é:

A
O acaso ou a intencionalidade foi a causa da descoberta do Brasil.
B
Haviam 60% de possibilidades de o Brasil ter sido descoberto por acaso.
C
Eu e vocês acreditam na descoberta casual do nosso país.
D
Não gastava a corte tempo com as preocupações que ocupava os historiadores.
E
Devem haver mais evidências para a tese de descoberta casual do Brasil.

76220Questão 30|Português|superior

BNDES Profissional Básico - Administração

2011

CESGRANRIO

A palavra do Texto I destacada em “[...] faz menção à tempestade que, segundo os cronistas reais, [...]” (L. 13-14) pertence à mesma classe da que se destaca em:

A
“[... ] a tese de que o Brasil fora descoberto por acaso” (L. 5-6).
B
“A questão intrigante é que em nenhum momento [...]” (L. 12-13)
C
“[... ] parece revelar que tudo [...]” (L. 25-26)
D
“– que por quase três séculos [...]” (L. 38-39)
E
“A ‘redescoberta’ do Brasil teria que aguardar [...]” (L. 44)