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Q1961643 Inglês
      Synthetic media technologies are rapidly advancing, making it easier to generate nonveridical media that look and sound increasingly realistic. So-called “deepfakes” often present a person saying or doing something they have not said or done. The proliferation of deepfakes has already created negative consequences such as nonconsensual pornography, political disinformation, and financial fraud. Deepfakes can harm viewers by deceiving or intimidating, harm subjects by causing reputational damage, and harm society by undermining societal values such as trust in institutions.
      It will take the efforts of many different stakeholders including platforms, journalists, and policymakers to counteract the negative effects of deepfakes. Technical experts must marshal their expertise and direct their efforts to find solutions that allow the beneficial uses of synthetic media technologies and mitigate the negative effects. 
      There is no doubt that synthetic media can be used for beneficial purposes, such as in entertainment, historical reenactment, education, and training. The pressing challenge is to reap the positive uses of synthetic media while preventing or at least minimizing the harms. There are numerous opportunities to direct effort in buttressing against some of the worst outcomes. 


Deborah G. Johnson and Nicholas Diakopoulos. Internet: <cacm.acm.org> (adapted). 

Considering the information and the aspects of grammar in the text above, judge the item below.

The expression “pressing challenge” (in the second sentence of the third paragraph) conveys the idea of an insistent demand.  
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Q1961642 Inglês
      Synthetic media technologies are rapidly advancing, making it easier to generate nonveridical media that look and sound increasingly realistic. So-called “deepfakes” often present a person saying or doing something they have not said or done. The proliferation of deepfakes has already created negative consequences such as nonconsensual pornography, political disinformation, and financial fraud. Deepfakes can harm viewers by deceiving or intimidating, harm subjects by causing reputational damage, and harm society by undermining societal values such as trust in institutions.
      It will take the efforts of many different stakeholders including platforms, journalists, and policymakers to counteract the negative effects of deepfakes. Technical experts must marshal their expertise and direct their efforts to find solutions that allow the beneficial uses of synthetic media technologies and mitigate the negative effects. 
      There is no doubt that synthetic media can be used for beneficial purposes, such as in entertainment, historical reenactment, education, and training. The pressing challenge is to reap the positive uses of synthetic media while preventing or at least minimizing the harms. There are numerous opportunities to direct effort in buttressing against some of the worst outcomes. 


Deborah G. Johnson and Nicholas Diakopoulos. Internet: <cacm.acm.org> (adapted). 

Considering the information and the aspects of grammar in the text above, judge the item below.

According to the text, deepfakes are still far from posing serious concerns in the context of all the advancements in media technology. 
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Q1959945 Inglês

Text for the item.






Internet: <https://hearinginfo.net> (adapted). 


According to the text, judge the item. 


The use of technology is beneficial to the healthcare area. Among the improvements it can provide is the tele-health, which allows people from remote areas to contact a health care provider. 

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Q1959944 Inglês

Text for the item.






Internet: <https://hearinginfo.net> (adapted). 


According to the text, judge the item. 


Information and communication technology should be considered of great importance to the audiology healthcare system. However, audiologists in general are facing problems balancing these areas. 

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Q1959943 Inglês

Text for the item.






Internet: <https://hearinginfo.net> (adapted). 


According to the text, judge the item. 


It is recommended to an audiologist to pay attention not only in advances in audiology, but also in the technology field. 

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Q1959942 Inglês

Text for the item.






Internet: <https://hearinginfo.net> (adapted). 


According to the text, judge the item. 


Communication technology can be used to help doctors with patients that are unable to attend an audiologist in person. 

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Q1959941 Inglês

Text for the item.






Internet: <https://hearinginfo.net> (adapted). 


According to the text, judge the item. 
Improvements in technology has no impact in most medical professions. 
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Q1959354 Inglês

Global Perspectives of Public Administration


        From a global perspective, public administration still raises passionate debates. Many of us presume to know the virtues of a globalized world, where commerce flourishes without barriers, cultures intertwine with each other, communication and technologies connect distant places to local villages and even to one’s living room. We probably agree that globalization creates a sense of togetherness, a feeling that events on one side of the world concern people living on the other side and that democracy and good governance are globalized aspirations to which people of all nations are prime subscribers. We soon realize however that globalization carries within it an insatiable spirit of competition and greed. The idea that the fittest, the strongest ultimately destroys the weakest, is straight from the jungle. The notion that globalization facilitates the overhauling of established norms and values, for better or for worse, is very much practicable.

        What are public administrators to do when globalization seems to threaten the very customs and values that glue their society together? […]

        The notion that public administration is a global phenomenon, subject to universal principles of moralities and values is tantalizing but questionable. A particular form of governance seems to work well for societies with common cores principles and traditional heritage, while another form of practice seems to facilitate better the development and aspirations of citizens in other corners of the world. Public administrators are first and foremost responsible for the management of their constituent’s affairs. They should dedicate their time and energy to respond to the aspirations and desiderata of their people and within the established boundaries of their societies. Public administrators seem to be more effective when they are inspired by concrete societal goals and objectives rather than when they are driven by a subjective sense of universal morality and goodness toward mankind. Too often, we have witnessed senseless wars and targeted killings in the name of subjective greater goods and selfish interests. […]

        Nevertheless, the world is interconnected and public administrators have to deal with internal as well as external issues outside of their national borders. International laws and regulations require that countries’ citizens behave in a certain manner toward fellow neighbors that certain principles of coexistence such as respect for diversity and basic understanding of human rights and dignity are undeniable. Public administrators in a globalized world have to focus on these ideas and create structures that essentially characterize these viewpoints.

(Adapted from https://patimes.org/global-perspectives-public-administration/ Retrieved June 28th, 2022.)

The author concludes that public administrators must
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Q1959352 Inglês

Global Perspectives of Public Administration


        From a global perspective, public administration still raises passionate debates. Many of us presume to know the virtues of a globalized world, where commerce flourishes without barriers, cultures intertwine with each other, communication and technologies connect distant places to local villages and even to one’s living room. We probably agree that globalization creates a sense of togetherness, a feeling that events on one side of the world concern people living on the other side and that democracy and good governance are globalized aspirations to which people of all nations are prime subscribers. We soon realize however that globalization carries within it an insatiable spirit of competition and greed. The idea that the fittest, the strongest ultimately destroys the weakest, is straight from the jungle. The notion that globalization facilitates the overhauling of established norms and values, for better or for worse, is very much practicable.

        What are public administrators to do when globalization seems to threaten the very customs and values that glue their society together? […]

        The notion that public administration is a global phenomenon, subject to universal principles of moralities and values is tantalizing but questionable. A particular form of governance seems to work well for societies with common cores principles and traditional heritage, while another form of practice seems to facilitate better the development and aspirations of citizens in other corners of the world. Public administrators are first and foremost responsible for the management of their constituent’s affairs. They should dedicate their time and energy to respond to the aspirations and desiderata of their people and within the established boundaries of their societies. Public administrators seem to be more effective when they are inspired by concrete societal goals and objectives rather than when they are driven by a subjective sense of universal morality and goodness toward mankind. Too often, we have witnessed senseless wars and targeted killings in the name of subjective greater goods and selfish interests. […]

        Nevertheless, the world is interconnected and public administrators have to deal with internal as well as external issues outside of their national borders. International laws and regulations require that countries’ citizens behave in a certain manner toward fellow neighbors that certain principles of coexistence such as respect for diversity and basic understanding of human rights and dignity are undeniable. Public administrators in a globalized world have to focus on these ideas and create structures that essentially characterize these viewpoints.

(Adapted from https://patimes.org/global-perspectives-public-administration/ Retrieved June 28th, 2022.)

In the first paragraph, the author
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Q1959351 Inglês

Global Perspectives of Public Administration


        From a global perspective, public administration still raises passionate debates. Many of us presume to know the virtues of a globalized world, where commerce flourishes without barriers, cultures intertwine with each other, communication and technologies connect distant places to local villages and even to one’s living room. We probably agree that globalization creates a sense of togetherness, a feeling that events on one side of the world concern people living on the other side and that democracy and good governance are globalized aspirations to which people of all nations are prime subscribers. We soon realize however that globalization carries within it an insatiable spirit of competition and greed. The idea that the fittest, the strongest ultimately destroys the weakest, is straight from the jungle. The notion that globalization facilitates the overhauling of established norms and values, for better or for worse, is very much practicable.

        What are public administrators to do when globalization seems to threaten the very customs and values that glue their society together? […]

        The notion that public administration is a global phenomenon, subject to universal principles of moralities and values is tantalizing but questionable. A particular form of governance seems to work well for societies with common cores principles and traditional heritage, while another form of practice seems to facilitate better the development and aspirations of citizens in other corners of the world. Public administrators are first and foremost responsible for the management of their constituent’s affairs. They should dedicate their time and energy to respond to the aspirations and desiderata of their people and within the established boundaries of their societies. Public administrators seem to be more effective when they are inspired by concrete societal goals and objectives rather than when they are driven by a subjective sense of universal morality and goodness toward mankind. Too often, we have witnessed senseless wars and targeted killings in the name of subjective greater goods and selfish interests. […]

        Nevertheless, the world is interconnected and public administrators have to deal with internal as well as external issues outside of their national borders. International laws and regulations require that countries’ citizens behave in a certain manner toward fellow neighbors that certain principles of coexistence such as respect for diversity and basic understanding of human rights and dignity are undeniable. Public administrators in a globalized world have to focus on these ideas and create structures that essentially characterize these viewpoints.

(Adapted from https://patimes.org/global-perspectives-public-administration/ Retrieved June 28th, 2022.)

Based on the information provided by the text, mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F).


( ) Globalization has both pleasant and objectionable consequences.

( ) Viewed globally, forms of administration are alike.

( ) Public administrators must be aware of national and international laws.


The statements are, respectively,

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Q1957577 Inglês
“It has been said that teachers who have been teaching for twenty years may be divided into two categories: those with twenty years' experience and those with one year's experience repeated twenty times. In other words, sheer time on the job does not ensure fruitful experience and professional progress. (...) A teacher can and should advance in professional expertise and knowledge throughout his or her career, and such advances do not depend on formal courses or external input. You have within your own teaching routine the main tools for personal progress: your own experience and your reflections on it, interaction with other teachers in your institution. Teacher development takes place when teachers, working as individuals or in a group, consciously take advantage of such resources to forward their own professional learning. Ongoing teacher development is important not only for your own sense of progress and professional advancement; in some situations it may even make a crucial difference between survival and dropping out.” (A Course in Language Teaching, by Penny Ur, p. 317/18. Adapted)
If you are busy at work, you probably have your hands full, though actually it’s your desk that will be full. And if you let things get out of hand, you may need someone to give you a hand so that you don’t get the elbow. But on the other hand, if you see eye to eye with your boss, you’ll probably keep your job anyway. In the sentence “If you see eye to eye with your boss, you’ll probably keep your job anyway” which grammar structure was used?
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Q1957575 Inglês
“It has been said that teachers who have been teaching for twenty years may be divided into two categories: those with twenty years' experience and those with one year's experience repeated twenty times. In other words, sheer time on the job does not ensure fruitful experience and professional progress. (...) A teacher can and should advance in professional expertise and knowledge throughout his or her career, and such advances do not depend on formal courses or external input. You have within your own teaching routine the main tools for personal progress: your own experience and your reflections on it, interaction with other teachers in your institution. Teacher development takes place when teachers, working as individuals or in a group, consciously take advantage of such resources to forward their own professional learning. Ongoing teacher development is important not only for your own sense of progress and professional advancement; in some situations it may even make a crucial difference between survival and dropping out.” (A Course in Language Teaching, by Penny Ur, p. 317/18. Adapted)
Skimming and scanning are among the techniques used by a teacher to teach “reading”. What does “scanning” mean?
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Q1957573 Inglês
“It has been said that teachers who have been teaching for twenty years may be divided into two categories: those with twenty years' experience and those with one year's experience repeated twenty times. In other words, sheer time on the job does not ensure fruitful experience and professional progress. (...) A teacher can and should advance in professional expertise and knowledge throughout his or her career, and such advances do not depend on formal courses or external input. You have within your own teaching routine the main tools for personal progress: your own experience and your reflections on it, interaction with other teachers in your institution. Teacher development takes place when teachers, working as individuals or in a group, consciously take advantage of such resources to forward their own professional learning. Ongoing teacher development is important not only for your own sense of progress and professional advancement; in some situations it may even make a crucial difference between survival and dropping out.” (A Course in Language Teaching, by Penny Ur, p. 317/18. Adapted)
According to the ideas proposed by the text above, teacher development:
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Q1957568 Inglês

For question choose the best option to fill in the blank.


Maria _________ home as soon as she_________ her work. 

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Q1957558 Inglês

“Language learning, and therefore teaching, is also teaching learners ways of learning. Showing them how to learn independently of the teacher increases their belief in themselves. By doing some Learner Training in class, the teacher is contributing to develop learners’ autonomy.”


According to the passage, which of the alternatives below is NOT part of Learner Training?

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Q1957556 Inglês

After reading the following passage, choose the correct answers to the question.



After reading the text, choose the correct statement.
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Q1957555 Inglês

After reading the following passage, choose the correct answers to the question.



According to the ideas proposed, choose the correct option.
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Q1957554 Inglês

After reading the following passage, choose the correct answers to the question.



According to the text above, it is accurate to state that:
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Q1957553 Inglês

After reading the following passage, choose the correct answers to the question.



Which of these sentences is TRUE?
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Q1953615 Inglês

The new water technologies that could save the planet 




In regards to the process of desalination of briny water or seawater the text 
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Respostas
3101: E
3102: E
3103: C
3104: E
3105: C
3106: C
3107: E
3108: E
3109: A
3110: C
3111: B
3112: B
3113: C
3114: A
3115: D
3116: D
3117: D
3118: C
3119: C
3120: D