Questões de Inglês

For many years, researchers have drawn attention to the
importance of alignment between business and Information
Technology (IT). In early studies, this often meant linking the
business plan and the IT plan. Another perspective involved
ensuring congruence between the business strategy and the IT
strategy. Still another has required examining the fit between
business needs and information system priorities. These
conceptualizations have been enlarged over time and now
research recognizes many points of alignment between business
and IT.

Early motivation for alignment emerged from a focus on
strategic business planning and long-range IT planning in the
early 1980s. From a business perspective, planning was
characterized as a top-down and a bottom-up process and
departmental (e.g., IT) plans were created in support of
corporate strategies. From an IT perspective, decisions on
hardware and software had such long-term implications that
tying them to current and future plans of the organizational unit
was a practical necessity.

The business and IT performance implications of
alignment have been demonstrated empirically and through
case studies during the last decade. Simply put, the findings
support the hypothesis that those organizations that
successfully align their business strategy with their IT strategy
will outperform those that do not. Alignment leads to more
focused and strategic use of IT which, in turn, leads to
increased performance.

Internet: (adapted).


According to the text above, judge the following items.

Researchers and business practitioners alike should tie decisions on hardware and software to corporate strategies.

A resposta correta é:

How To Start A Career In The Oil And Gas Industry:

What Employers Say

By Katie Weir

From Talent Acquisition Specialist, Campus

Talisman Energy

How to start your career, step by step



Fix up your resumé– take it to your career
centre at your university and they’ll help you.

Write a compelling cover letter that speaks to
your best qualities– save the pretentious language
for your English papers.

Join a professional association and attend
their events– if you feel uncomfortable attending
alone, try volunteering at them. By having a job to do,
it gives you an excuse to interact with the attendees,
and an easy way to start up a conversation the next
time you see them.

Do your research– I can’t stress this enough. I
want students to apply to Talisman, not because we
have open jobs, but because they actually have an
interest in what we’re doing, and want to be a part of it.

Be confident, but stay humble– it’s important
to communicate your abilities effectively, but it’s also
important to be conscious of the phrase: “sense of
entitlement.” This generation entering the workforce
has already been branded with the word “entitlement,”
so students will need to fight against this bias from the
very beginning of any relationship with people in the
industry – be aware that you will need to roll up your
sleeves and work hard for the first couple years, and
you will be rewarded in the end.
Retrieved and adapted from URL: .
Acess on: February 14, 2012.The main purpose of Text is to

a) teach prospective workers how to prepare cover letters to impress employers.
b) advise the readers about the importance of researching for open jobs in institutional websites.
c) criticize job candidates who are excessively confident and feel that the world owes them something.
d) alert the readers to the importance of joining a professional association to have free access to their events.
e) list relevant hints for those interested in entering the job market and building a successful professional life.

A resposta correta é:

For many years, researchers have drawn attention to the
importance of alignment between business and Information
Technology (IT). In early studies, this often meant linking the
business plan and the IT plan. Another perspective involved
ensuring congruence between the business strategy and the IT
strategy. Still another has required examining the fit between
business needs and information system priorities. These
conceptualizations have been enlarged over time and now
research recognizes many points of alignment between business
and IT.

Early motivation for alignment emerged from a focus on
strategic business planning and long-range IT planning in the
early 1980s. From a business perspective, planning was
characterized as a top-down and a bottom-up process and
departmental (e.g., IT) plans were created in support of
corporate strategies. From an IT perspective, decisions on
hardware and software had such long-term implications that
tying them to current and future plans of the organizational unit
was a practical necessity.

The business and IT performance implications of
alignment have been demonstrated empirically and through
case studies during the last decade. Simply put, the findings
support the hypothesis that those organizations that
successfully align their business strategy with their IT strategy
will outperform those that do not. Alignment leads to more
focused and strategic use of IT which, in turn, leads to
increased performance.

Internet: (adapted).


According to the text above, judge the following items.

In the text, "outperform" (L.25) is synonymous with surpass.

A resposta correta é:

London becomes 4G high speed internet hotspot


London will begin to switch on 4G high-speed mobile internet with the launch of the first large-scale public trial in Britain. Initiated by O2, Britain"s second largest operator with 22 million customers, the trial involves more than 25 masts covering 15 square miles. It will run for nine months, and the equipment installed will eventually become part of O2"s first commercial 4G network.
The technology is 10 times faster at navigating the internet than the current 3G networks, which often frustrate smartphone users because they are significantly slower than the average home broadband connection. The 25 masts in London will be able to carry more data than O2"s entire national 3G network.
Britain"s 4G or long-term evolution ( LTE ) upgrade, expected to begin in earnest in 2013 after a much delayed spectrum auction, will make mobile networks powerful enough to handle video calls, high definition TV and live multi-player gaming. About 1,000 users will be invited to join the London trial.
Initially, the O2 trial will not involve phones, because no compatible handsets exist yet. Samsung dongles will be handed out to plug into tablets and laptop computers, as will portable miniature modems that can create small WI-FI hotspots linking into O2"s 4G infrastructure or "backhaul".
The new technology is capable of speeds of up to 150 megabits per second. During the trial, users will be more likely to experience average speeds between 25Mbps and 50Mbps. When 4G is introduced nationally the average speeds are likely to drop to between 10Mbps and 15Mbps. This is faster than 3G, which averages between 1Mbps and

1.5Mbps, and compares well with the average household, fixed line broadband connection, which rose to just under 7Mbps this year.
Live gaming against other players and video calling without delays will become possible from phones, because the speed at which new information loads onto the screen will be reduced from 1 second to 0.07 seconds.


(Adapted from www.guardian.co.uk, Sunday 13, November, 2011)

Without changing the meaning, the expression "in earnest" in line 10 may be replaced by:

a) as early as.
b) with a high cost.
c) no later than.
d) very quickly.
e) seriously.

A resposta correta é:

For many years, researchers have drawn attention to the
importance of alignment between business and Information
Technology (IT). In early studies, this often meant linking the
business plan and the IT plan. Another perspective involved
ensuring congruence between the business strategy and the IT
strategy. Still another has required examining the fit between
business needs and information system priorities. These
conceptualizations have been enlarged over time and now
research recognizes many points of alignment between business
and IT.

Early motivation for alignment emerged from a focus on
strategic business planning and long-range IT planning in the
early 1980s. From a business perspective, planning was
characterized as a top-down and a bottom-up process and
departmental (e.g., IT) plans were created in support of
corporate strategies. From an IT perspective, decisions on
hardware and software had such long-term implications that
tying them to current and future plans of the organizational unit
was a practical necessity.

The business and IT performance implications of
alignment have been demonstrated empirically and through
case studies during the last decade. Simply put, the findings
support the hypothesis that those organizations that
successfully align their business strategy with their IT strategy
will outperform those that do not. Alignment leads to more
focused and strategic use of IT which, in turn, leads to
increased performance.

Internet: (adapted).


According to the text above, judge the following items.

Alignment between business and IT has always been related to examining the fit between business needs and information system priorities.

A resposta correta é:

How To Start A Career In The Oil And Gas Industry:

What Employers Say

By Katie Weir

From Talent Acquisition Specialist, Campus

Talisman Energy

How to start your career, step by step



Fix up your resumé– take it to your career
centre at your university and they’ll help you.

Write a compelling cover letter that speaks to
your best qualities– save the pretentious language
for your English papers.

Join a professional association and attend
their events– if you feel uncomfortable attending
alone, try volunteering at them. By having a job to do,
it gives you an excuse to interact with the attendees,
and an easy way to start up a conversation the next
time you see them.

Do your research– I can’t stress this enough. I
want students to apply to Talisman, not because we
have open jobs, but because they actually have an
interest in what we’re doing, and want to be a part of it.

Be confident, but stay humble– it’s important
to communicate your abilities effectively, but it’s also
important to be conscious of the phrase: “sense of
entitlement.” This generation entering the workforce
has already been branded with the word “entitlement,”
so students will need to fight against this bias from the
very beginning of any relationship with people in the
industry – be aware that you will need to roll up your
sleeves and work hard for the first couple years, and
you will be rewarded in the end.
Retrieved and adapted from URL: .
Acess on: February 14, 2012.The fragment that closes Text, "be aware that you will need to roll up your sleeves and work hard for the first couple years, and you will be rewarded in the end." (lines 23-25), implies that one must

a) make an effort to commit totally to one"s job in the initial phase, in order to reach success in the future.
b) wear formal clothes to work so that, as years go by, a couple of top-rank officers can recognize one"s worth.
c) accept jobs with severe routines only in order to obtain early promotions.
d) avoid postponing assigned tasks and wearing inappropriate clothes in the working environment.
e) show commitment to the working routine and demand the rewards frequently offered to senior employees.

A resposta correta é:

For many years, researchers have drawn attention to the
importance of alignment between business and Information
Technology (IT). In early studies, this often meant linking the
business plan and the IT plan. Another perspective involved
ensuring congruence between the business strategy and the IT
strategy. Still another has required examining the fit between
business needs and information system priorities. These
conceptualizations have been enlarged over time and now
research recognizes many points of alignment between business
and IT.

Early motivation for alignment emerged from a focus on
strategic business planning and long-range IT planning in the
early 1980s. From a business perspective, planning was
characterized as a top-down and a bottom-up process and
departmental (e.g., IT) plans were created in support of
corporate strategies. From an IT perspective, decisions on
hardware and software had such long-term implications that
tying them to current and future plans of the organizational unit
was a practical necessity.

The business and IT performance implications of
alignment have been demonstrated empirically and through
case studies during the last decade. Simply put, the findings
support the hypothesis that those organizations that
successfully align their business strategy with their IT strategy
will outperform those that do not. Alignment leads to more
focused and strategic use of IT which, in turn, leads to
increased performance.

Internet: (adapted).


According to the text above, judge the following items.

The text leads to the conclusion that alignment is not always desirable.

A resposta correta é:

London becomes 4G high speed internet hotspot


London will begin to switch on 4G high-speed mobile internet with the launch of the first large-scale public trial in Britain. Initiated by O2, Britain"s second largest operator with 22 million customers, the trial involves more than 25 masts covering 15 square miles. It will run for nine months, and the equipment installed will eventually become part of O2"s first commercial 4G network.
The technology is 10 times faster at navigating the internet than the current 3G networks, which often frustrate smartphone users because they are significantly slower than the average home broadband connection. The 25 masts in London will be able to carry more data than O2"s entire national 3G network.
Britain"s 4G or long-term evolution ( LTE ) upgrade, expected to begin in earnest in 2013 after a much delayed spectrum auction, will make mobile networks powerful enough to handle video calls, high definition TV and live multi-player gaming. About 1,000 users will be invited to join the London trial.
Initially, the O2 trial will not involve phones, because no compatible handsets exist yet. Samsung dongles will be handed out to plug into tablets and laptop computers, as will portable miniature modems that can create small WI-FI hotspots linking into O2"s 4G infrastructure or "backhaul".
The new technology is capable of speeds of up to 150 megabits per second. During the trial, users will be more likely to experience average speeds between 25Mbps and 50Mbps. When 4G is introduced nationally the average speeds are likely to drop to between 10Mbps and 15Mbps. This is faster than 3G, which averages between 1Mbps and

1.5Mbps, and compares well with the average household, fixed line broadband connection, which rose to just under 7Mbps this year.
Live gaming against other players and video calling without delays will become possible from phones, because the speed at which new information loads onto the screen will be reduced from 1 second to 0.07 seconds.


(Adapted from www.guardian.co.uk, Sunday 13, November, 2011)

The 4G high-speed mobile internet will allow users to

a) broadcast any TV program they wish.
b) connect to the Internet without WI-FI hotspots.
c) play games live and make video calls.
d) speed up their broadband connection.
e) hand out Samsung dongles to plug into their tablets and laptop computers.

A resposta correta é:

Historically, cachaça is directly linked to the introduction of sugarcane and the production of sugar in Brazil during the mid- 1500s. The slaves who were working at the sugar mills discovered that the garapa, the cooked sugarcane juice that was left standing, would ferment, turning into an alcoholic beverage. Apparently in the beginning, the beverage was given only to slaves at the end of their workday, but soon it became a popular drink consumed by all types of people. With the increase of demand, cachaça distilleries proliferated, and cachaça turned into the favorite alcoholic drink of the whole colony, becoming a threat to bagaceira, a Portuguese brandy made with grapes. As a consequence, during the gold rush, the consumption of cachaça was such that a royal court order of 1743 prohibited the distilleries in all Minas Gerais, probably starting cachaça’s first steps on its long social underground history. (Only in the 1990s did cachaça exit this social stigma to gain status and national and then international recognition.)
With the excuse of producing sugar, people continued to secretly produce cachaça, which prompted the court to attach high taxation on the Brazilian beverage.
Later, during the first movements for independence, cachaça was converted to a political statement when Brazilians served it instead of Porto wine during important receptions.

(Roberts, Yara Castro & Richard Roberts. 2009. The Brazilian Table. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith., p. 29)



De acordo com o texto,

a) a produção de cachaça era clandestina até a década de 1990.
b) a cachaça só passou a ser reconhecida mundialmente na década de 1990.
c) a cachaça nunca suplantou a bagaceira como bebida preferida no Império.
d) o processo de fabricação da cachaça foi descoberto pelos senhores de engenho.
e) a cachaça era inicialmente dada aos escravos para estimular a produtividade.

A resposta correta é:

Soda consumption increases risk of stroke

and vascular disease

By John Phillip



Americans drink more than 216 liters of carbonated
soft drinks each year, a number that continues to
increase at an alarming rate. Many people use lowcalorie
diet soda in a futile effort to lose weight. Yet
they find that these drinks have the opposite effect
leading them to be overweight or obese.

The high acid content in most carbonated
beverages removes calcium and other critical nutrients
from the bone and tissues, significantly increasing
disease risk over years of consumption.

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness
Institute and Harvard University have reported the
result of a study in the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, the first to examine soda’s effect on stroke
risk and vascular diseases.

Past studies have linked sugar-sweetened
beverage consumption with weight gain, diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout and
coronary artery disease, but current research has
implicated diet soft drink consumption with increased
disease risk and weight gain due to depletion of
essential minerals.

Lead study author Dr Adam Bernstein noted
“Soda remains the largest source of added sugar in
the diet. What we’re beginning to understand is that
regular intake of these beverages sets off a chain
reaction in the body that can potentially lead to many
diseases, including stroke. Researchers analyzed
soda consumption among 43,371 men and 84,085
women over a time span of nearly thirty years. During
that time, 2,938 strokes were documented in women
while 1,416 strokes were documented in men.”

Despite the millions of dollars spent by soda
marketers to instill the virtues of drinking soda,
there is nothing healthy about consuming any type
of carbonated beverage. Moreover, the study did
note that drinking coffee was associated with a 10%
lower risk of stroke, compared to drinking sweetened
beverages.
Regarding low calorie drinks, researchers
concluded “older adults who drank diet soda daily
had a 43% increased risk of heart attacks or strokes
compared to those that never drank diet soda”.

The suggestion is to substitute carbonated
beverage consumption with an antioxidant packed
cup of green tea or coffee to significantly reduce risk
of strokes and vascular diseases.

Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections Magazine. May 12, 2012 Available at: . Retrieved on: 9 May 2012. Adapted.



In Text, the idea expressed by the word in boldface type is described in

a) alarming (line 3) - soothing
b) futile (line 4) - important
c) Yet (line 4) - But
d) content (line 7) - happy
e) stroke (line 14) - death

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