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Q470308 Inglês
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Idem (adapted).

Judge the following item, according to the text .

In “to me that’s not an audit, that’s a joint venture” (l.5), the word “that” refers to the situation mentioned before, that is, the same auditing firm being responsible for a client for too long a period of time.
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Q470307 Inglês
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Idem (adapted).

Judge the following item, according to the text .

The fragment “longer tenures yield better results” (l.8) indicates that it is necessary a considerable amount of time for an auditing company which has been hired to sharpen its auditing skills and deliver superior results.
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Q470306 Inglês
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Idem (adapted).

Judge the following item, according to the text .

The author accuses some firms of bribing unscrupulous academics to put forward compelling arguments hereby they could block proposals to create mandatory audit rotation.
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Q470305 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

One of the premises of the text is that every time there is a sudden economic crisis, we tend to quickly try to find a culprit.
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Q470304 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

The title of the text refers to the fact that it is necessary to start regarding auditors as key players in today’s globalized world.
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Q470302 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

According to the text, Congress’ underlying motivation to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley act was its indignation over the shameful behaviour of some corporations in early 21st century.
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Q470301 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

The idea expressed in the second paragraph can be correctly explained by the following sentence: In 2002 a draft bill was voted by the American Congress proposing the setting of enhanced standard for all US state-owned-company boards, management and public accounting firms.
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Q470300 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

In line 8, “bean-counters” is a derogatory expression used to describe second-class accountants who deal specifically with agribusiness.
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Q470299 Inglês
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The Economist, December 7th 2013, p. 68 (adapted).


Judge the item below, based on the text .

If the expression “for all the” (l.6) were replaced by despite the, the text would still be correct and the meaning of the sentence would be maintained, something that would not occur if it were replaced by if there is.
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Q470298 Inglês
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S. Ramamoorti. Internal auditing: history, evolution, and prospects. p. 3. Internet: https://na.theiia.org (adapted).

According to the text , judge the following item.

Without changing the meaning of the text, the fragment “explains the basic rationale for instituting controls rather straightforwardly” (l.16-17) could be correctly replaced with explains a common-sense approach to retain control instead of simply handing it over.
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Q470297 Inglês
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S. Ramamoorti. Internal auditing: history, evolution, and prospects. p. 3. Internet: https://na.theiia.org (adapted).

According to the text , judge the following item.

People have inherited from the Bible the notion that auditing is necessary because of the inherently dishonest nature of human beings.
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Q470295 Inglês
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S. Ramamoorti. Internal auditing: history, evolution, and prospects. p. 3. Internet: https://na.theiia.org (adapted).

According to the text , judge the following item.

The author points to a discontinuity in the history of financial bookkeeping from the end of the 15th century to the 18th century.
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Q470064 Inglês
                                                 Egypt's powerful street art

    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) stands blackened and empty. It forms a jarring juxtaposition with the coral-pink walls of the Egyptian Museum, the dusty storehouse of the country's most precious antiquities, next door.

    Around the corner, there is a different kind of monument to the revolution. Mohamed Mahmoud Street - which intersects with Tahrir Square from the east - is as colourful and vibrant as the sombre skeleton of the NDP building is charred. Almost every square centimetre of the walls that flank the street has been covered with bright, cacophonous paint. These murals are some of the best examples of the inimitable street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.

    “There was very little street art in Egypt before the revolution," says Mia Gröndahl, a writer and photographer who has lived in Cairo since 2001, and whose book Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt was published in the UK last month. “So few pieces, in fact, that people weren't aware of it. But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically."

    Most of these artists were forged in the fire of the 18-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011, when at least 846 people were killed. Emboldened by the ferocity of the protesters, several artists started painting slogans and murals commenting upon the tumultuous events that were convulsing their country. While other young protesters hurled bricks, Egypt's fledgling street artists picked up paintbrushes and spray cans. “By the summer of 2011," Gröndahl writes in her book, “people had started to talk about the walls of Egypt being under an 'art attack'."

                                                                                       Internet: < www.bbc.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items concerning the text above.

Both Mohamed Mahmoud Street and the NDP building are colourful and vibrant.
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Q470063 Inglês
                                                 Egypt's powerful street art

    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) stands blackened and empty. It forms a jarring juxtaposition with the coral-pink walls of the Egyptian Museum, the dusty storehouse of the country's most precious antiquities, next door.

    Around the corner, there is a different kind of monument to the revolution. Mohamed Mahmoud Street - which intersects with Tahrir Square from the east - is as colourful and vibrant as the sombre skeleton of the NDP building is charred. Almost every square centimetre of the walls that flank the street has been covered with bright, cacophonous paint. These murals are some of the best examples of the inimitable street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.

    “There was very little street art in Egypt before the revolution," says Mia Gröndahl, a writer and photographer who has lived in Cairo since 2001, and whose book Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt was published in the UK last month. “So few pieces, in fact, that people weren't aware of it. But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically."

    Most of these artists were forged in the fire of the 18-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011, when at least 846 people were killed. Emboldened by the ferocity of the protesters, several artists started painting slogans and murals commenting upon the tumultuous events that were convulsing their country. While other young protesters hurled bricks, Egypt's fledgling street artists picked up paintbrushes and spray cans. “By the summer of 2011," Gröndahl writes in her book, “people had started to talk about the walls of Egypt being under an 'art attack'."

                                                                                       Internet: < www.bbc.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items concerning the text above.

The Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, is close to the headquarters of the NDP which was burned during the 2011 revolution.
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Q470062 Inglês
                                                 Egypt's powerful street art

    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) stands blackened and empty. It forms a jarring juxtaposition with the coral-pink walls of the Egyptian Museum, the dusty storehouse of the country's most precious antiquities, next door.

    Around the corner, there is a different kind of monument to the revolution. Mohamed Mahmoud Street - which intersects with Tahrir Square from the east - is as colourful and vibrant as the sombre skeleton of the NDP building is charred. Almost every square centimetre of the walls that flank the street has been covered with bright, cacophonous paint. These murals are some of the best examples of the inimitable street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.

    “There was very little street art in Egypt before the revolution," says Mia Gröndahl, a writer and photographer who has lived in Cairo since 2001, and whose book Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt was published in the UK last month. “So few pieces, in fact, that people weren't aware of it. But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically."

    Most of these artists were forged in the fire of the 18-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011, when at least 846 people were killed. Emboldened by the ferocity of the protesters, several artists started painting slogans and murals commenting upon the tumultuous events that were convulsing their country. While other young protesters hurled bricks, Egypt's fledgling street artists picked up paintbrushes and spray cans. “By the summer of 2011," Gröndahl writes in her book, “people had started to talk about the walls of Egypt being under an 'art attack'."

                                                                                       Internet: < www.bbc.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items concerning the text above.

The art created by the street artists was also a target of violent attacks.
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Q470061 Inglês
                                                 Egypt's powerful street art

    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) stands blackened and empty. It forms a jarring juxtaposition with the coral-pink walls of the Egyptian Museum, the dusty storehouse of the country's most precious antiquities, next door.

    Around the corner, there is a different kind of monument to the revolution. Mohamed Mahmoud Street - which intersects with Tahrir Square from the east - is as colourful and vibrant as the sombre skeleton of the NDP building is charred. Almost every square centimetre of the walls that flank the street has been covered with bright, cacophonous paint. These murals are some of the best examples of the inimitable street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.

    “There was very little street art in Egypt before the revolution," says Mia Gröndahl, a writer and photographer who has lived in Cairo since 2001, and whose book Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt was published in the UK last month. “So few pieces, in fact, that people weren't aware of it. But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically."

    Most of these artists were forged in the fire of the 18-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011, when at least 846 people were killed. Emboldened by the ferocity of the protesters, several artists started painting slogans and murals commenting upon the tumultuous events that were convulsing their country. While other young protesters hurled bricks, Egypt's fledgling street artists picked up paintbrushes and spray cans. “By the summer of 2011," Gröndahl writes in her book, “people had started to talk about the walls of Egypt being under an 'art attack'."

                                                                                       Internet: < www.bbc.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items concerning the text above.

Some of the street artists were fierce critics of Mubarak, and then they decided to demonstrate their anger through their art
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Q470060 Inglês
                                                 Egypt's powerful street art

    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) stands blackened and empty. It forms a jarring juxtaposition with the coral-pink walls of the Egyptian Museum, the dusty storehouse of the country's most precious antiquities, next door.

    Around the corner, there is a different kind of monument to the revolution. Mohamed Mahmoud Street - which intersects with Tahrir Square from the east - is as colourful and vibrant as the sombre skeleton of the NDP building is charred. Almost every square centimetre of the walls that flank the street has been covered with bright, cacophonous paint. These murals are some of the best examples of the inimitable street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.

    “There was very little street art in Egypt before the revolution," says Mia Gröndahl, a writer and photographer who has lived in Cairo since 2001, and whose book Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt was published in the UK last month. “So few pieces, in fact, that people weren't aware of it. But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically."

    Most of these artists were forged in the fire of the 18-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011, when at least 846 people were killed. Emboldened by the ferocity of the protesters, several artists started painting slogans and murals commenting upon the tumultuous events that were convulsing their country. While other young protesters hurled bricks, Egypt's fledgling street artists picked up paintbrushes and spray cans. “By the summer of 2011," Gröndahl writes in her book, “people had started to talk about the walls of Egypt being under an 'art attack'."

                                                                                       Internet: < www.bbc.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items concerning the text above.

The street art movement thrived after the first protests against president Hosni Mubarak.
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Q470059 Inglês
                                                     A hospital case

    Sweden is leading the world in allowing private companies to run public institutions

    Saint Goran's hospital is one of the glories of the Swedish welfare state. It is also a laboratory for applying business principles to the public sector. The hospital is run by a private company, Capio, which in turn is run by a consortium of private-equity funds, including Nordic Capital and Apax Partners. The doctors and nurses are Capio employees, answerable to a boss and a board.

    Welcome to health care in post-ideological Sweden. From the patient's point of view, St Goran's is no different from any other public hospital. Treatment is free, after a nominal charge which is universal in Sweden. St Goran's gets nearly all its money from the state. But behind the scenes it has led a revolution in the relationship between government and business. In the mid-1990s St Goran's was slated for closure. Then, in 1999, the Stockholm County Council struck a deal with Capio to take over the day-to-day operation of the hospital. In 2006 Capio was taken over by a group of private-equity firms led by Nordic Capital. Stockholm County Council recently extended Capio's contract until 2021.

    St Goran's is now a temple to “lean management" - an idea that was pioneered by Toyota in the 1950s and has since spread from car-making to services and from Japan to the rest of the world. Britta Wallgren, the hospital's chief executive, says she never heard the term “lean" when she was at medical school (she is an anaesthetist by training). Now she hears it all the time.

    The hospital today is organised on the twin lean principles of “flow" and “quality". Doctors and nurses used to keep a professional distance from each other. Now they work (and sit) together in teams. In the old days people concentrated solely on their field of medical expertise. Now they are all responsible for suggesting operational improvements as well.

                                                                                          Internet: < www.economist.com> (adapted).
According to the text above, judge the following items.

The deal made with Capio prevented the hospital from being closed.
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Q470058 Inglês
                                                     A hospital case

    Sweden is leading the world in allowing private companies to run public institutions

    Saint Goran's hospital is one of the glories of the Swedish welfare state. It is also a laboratory for applying business principles to the public sector. The hospital is run by a private company, Capio, which in turn is run by a consortium of private-equity funds, including Nordic Capital and Apax Partners. The doctors and nurses are Capio employees, answerable to a boss and a board.

    Welcome to health care in post-ideological Sweden. From the patient's point of view, St Goran's is no different from any other public hospital. Treatment is free, after a nominal charge which is universal in Sweden. St Goran's gets nearly all its money from the state. But behind the scenes it has led a revolution in the relationship between government and business. In the mid-1990s St Goran's was slated for closure. Then, in 1999, the Stockholm County Council struck a deal with Capio to take over the day-to-day operation of the hospital. In 2006 Capio was taken over by a group of private-equity firms led by Nordic Capital. Stockholm County Council recently extended Capio's contract until 2021.

    St Goran's is now a temple to “lean management" - an idea that was pioneered by Toyota in the 1950s and has since spread from car-making to services and from Japan to the rest of the world. Britta Wallgren, the hospital's chief executive, says she never heard the term “lean" when she was at medical school (she is an anaesthetist by training). Now she hears it all the time.

    The hospital today is organised on the twin lean principles of “flow" and “quality". Doctors and nurses used to keep a professional distance from each other. Now they work (and sit) together in teams. In the old days people concentrated solely on their field of medical expertise. Now they are all responsible for suggesting operational improvements as well.

                                                                                          Internet: < www.economist.com> (adapted).
According to the text above, judge the following items.

Saint Goran's is a private hospital and a public laboratory.
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Q470057 Inglês
                                                     A hospital case

    Sweden is leading the world in allowing private companies to run public institutions

    Saint Goran's hospital is one of the glories of the Swedish welfare state. It is also a laboratory for applying business principles to the public sector. The hospital is run by a private company, Capio, which in turn is run by a consortium of private-equity funds, including Nordic Capital and Apax Partners. The doctors and nurses are Capio employees, answerable to a boss and a board.

    Welcome to health care in post-ideological Sweden. From the patient's point of view, St Goran's is no different from any other public hospital. Treatment is free, after a nominal charge which is universal in Sweden. St Goran's gets nearly all its money from the state. But behind the scenes it has led a revolution in the relationship between government and business. In the mid-1990s St Goran's was slated for closure. Then, in 1999, the Stockholm County Council struck a deal with Capio to take over the day-to-day operation of the hospital. In 2006 Capio was taken over by a group of private-equity firms led by Nordic Capital. Stockholm County Council recently extended Capio's contract until 2021.

    St Goran's is now a temple to “lean management" - an idea that was pioneered by Toyota in the 1950s and has since spread from car-making to services and from Japan to the rest of the world. Britta Wallgren, the hospital's chief executive, says she never heard the term “lean" when she was at medical school (she is an anaesthetist by training). Now she hears it all the time.

    The hospital today is organised on the twin lean principles of “flow" and “quality". Doctors and nurses used to keep a professional distance from each other. Now they work (and sit) together in teams. In the old days people concentrated solely on their field of medical expertise. Now they are all responsible for suggesting operational improvements as well.

                                                                                          Internet: < www.economist.com> (adapted).
According to the text above, judge the following items.

The changes implemented in the hospital have encouraged professionals to get involved in some areas they have not been originally trained for.
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7061: C
7062: C
7063: E
7064: C
7065: E
7066: E
7067: E
7068: E
7069: C
7070: E
7071: E
7072: E
7073: E
7074: C
7075: E
7076: E
7077: C
7078: C
7079: E
7080: C