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Ano: 2021
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
MANAUSPREV
Prova:
FCC - 2021 - MANAUSPREV - Analista Previdenciário - Tecnologia da Informação |
Q1860931
Inglês
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Mobile Devices and Apps for Health Care Professionals: Uses and Benefits
C. Lee Ventola
The use of mobile devices by health care professionals (HCPs) has transformed many aspects of clinical practice. Mobile
devices have become commonplace in health care settings, leading to rapid growth in the development of medical software
applications (apps) for these platforms. Numerous apps are now available to assist HCPs with many important tasks, such as:
information and time management; health record maintenance and access; communications and consulting; reference and information
gathering; patient management and monitoring; clinical decision-making; and medical education and training.
Mobile devices and apps provide many benefits for health care professionals (HCPs), perhaps most significantly increased
access to point-of-care tools, which has been shown to support better clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes.
However, some HCPs remain reluctant to adopt their use. Despite the benefits they offer, better standards and validation practices
regarding mobile medical apps need to be established to ensure the proper use and integration of these increasingly sophisticated
tools into medical practice. These measures will raise the barrier for entry into the medical app market, increasing the quality and
safety of the apps currently available for use by HCPs.
(Adapted from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
No trecho However, some HCPs remain reluctant to adopt their use, a conjunção However pode ser substituída, sem alteração
de sentido, por
Ano: 2021
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Vacaria - RS
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2021 - Prefeitura de Vacaria - RS - Professor de Ensino Fundamental - Anos Finais - Língua Inglesa |
Q1858195
Inglês
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Instruction: answer based on the following text.
(Available in: https://www.marthastewart.com/syndication/new-study-dogs-understand-commands-withouttraining – text adapted specially for this test).
In which sentence is the phrasal verb “warm up” used with the same meaning as in
line 27?
Ano: 2021
Banca:
INSTITUTO AOCP
Órgão:
FUNPRESP-JUD
Prova:
INSTITUTO AOCP - 2021 - FUNPRESP-JUD - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Desenvolvimento de Sistemas |
Q1855674
Inglês
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Taking into account the following text, judge
the subsequent item.
Perspectives on modern data analytics
By Eric Knorr - Editor in Chief, CIO | APR 12,
2021 3:00 AM PDT
Some things don't change, even during a
pandemic. Consistent with previous years, in
CIO’s 2021 State of the CIO survey, a plurality of
the 1,062 IT leaders surveyed chose
“data/business analytics” as the No.1 tech
initiative expected to drive IT investment.
Unfortunately, analytics initiatives seldom do
nearly as well when it comes to stakeholder
satisfaction.
Last year, CIO contributor Mary K. Pratt offered
an excellent analysis of why data analytics
initiatives still fail, including poor-quality or siloed
data, vague rather than targeted business
objectives, and clunky one-size-fits-all feature
sets. But a number of fresh approaches and
technologies are making these pratfalls less
likely.
(...)
New technology invariably incurs new risks. No
advancement has had more momentous impact
on analytics than machine learning – from
automating data prep to detecting meaningful
patterns in data – but it also adds an unforeseen
hazard. As CSO Senior Writer Lucian Constantin
explains in "How data poisoning attacks corrupt
machine learning models," deliberately skewed
data injected by malicious hackers can tilt models toward some nefarious goal. The result could be,
say, manipulated product recommendations, or
even the ability for hackers to infer confidential
underlying data.
(...)
In the end, the secret to successful analytics is
not in choosing and implementing the perfect
technology, but in cultivating a broad
understanding that pervasive analytics yields
better decisions and superior outcomes. Usually,
you can iron out technology kinks or
requirements misunderstandings. But if you can't
change the mindset, few will use the beautiful
analytics machine you just built.
Disponível em: https://www.cio.com/article/3614692/5-perspectiveson-modern-data-analytics.html.
Acesso em: 15 out. 2021.
The adjective “pervasive” in pervasive
analytics could be replaced by the adjective
“extensive” without a change in meaning in
the aforementioned context.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854090
Inglês
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The history of language study illustrates widely divergent
attitudes concerning the relationship between writing and speech.
Written language was the medium of literature, and, thus, a
source of standards of linguistic excellence. It was felt to provide
language with permanence and authority. The rules of grammar
were, accordingly, illustrated exclusively from written texts.
The everyday spoken language, by contrast, was ignored
or condemned as an object unworthy of study, demonstrating
only lack of care and organization. It was said to have no rules,
and speakers were left under the illusion that, in order to “speak
properly”, it was necessary to follow the “correct” norms, as laid
down in the recognized grammar books and manuals of written
style.
There was sporadic criticism of this viewpoint throughout
the 19th century, but it was not until the 20th century that an
alternative approach became widespread. This approach pointed
out that speech is many thousands of years older than writing;
that it develops naturally in children (whereas writing has to be
artificially taught); and that writing systems are derivative —
mostly based on sounds of speech.
D. Crystal. How Language Works. London: Penguin Books, 2006 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
The word “thus” (first paragraph) could be correctly replaced
with hitherto.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854088
Inglês
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Whatever training is given there should always be a
permanent concern about the naturalness and spontaneity of
everyday speech rather than an artificial sound production for the
sake of preserving a “correct” pronunciation.
This is, in fact, a crucial issue, since if too much care is
demanded from the student, this may turn out to be an
undesirable blockage to another more important factor, namely,
fluency. Perhaps, and even worse, if over-careful pronunciation
habits are developed, this will certainly cause difficulties for the
oral comprehension, as the students will expect to hear sounds,
words and utterances the way they personally produce them.
G.A. Chauvet. Improve Your Pronunciation. Brasília:
Editora Universidade de Brasília, 2005 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
The expression “for the sake of” (first paragraph) means for
the purpose of.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854087
Inglês
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Whatever training is given there should always be a
permanent concern about the naturalness and spontaneity of
everyday speech rather than an artificial sound production for the
sake of preserving a “correct” pronunciation.
This is, in fact, a crucial issue, since if too much care is
demanded from the student, this may turn out to be an
undesirable blockage to another more important factor, namely,
fluency. Perhaps, and even worse, if over-careful pronunciation
habits are developed, this will certainly cause difficulties for the
oral comprehension, as the students will expect to hear sounds,
words and utterances the way they personally produce them.
G.A. Chauvet. Improve Your Pronunciation. Brasília:
Editora Universidade de Brasília, 2005 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
In the fragment “as the students will expect to hear sounds,
words and utterances the way they personally produce them”
(second paragraph), the word “as” is a linking particle
expressing consequence.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854085
Inglês
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Teachers sometimes assume that more outgoing learners
will be able to learn pronunciation better than shyer students, and
there may be some truth to this. Confident students might speak
more and be more willing to try new sounds, and this extra
practice could help them improve their pronunciation. However,
this improvement is certainly not guaranteed. Some outgoing
students may be producing a lot of language, but they may also
be jumping ahead without paying attention to the accuracy of
their pronunciation. If listeners are impressed by their fluency
and accept their imperfect pronunciation, they have no way to
know that they need to improve.
Some more introverted students might actually be
thinking carefully about sounds and practicing “within
themselves,” even if they don’t speak much in class. Don’t
underestimate the quiet students. Appreciate the strengths and
possibilities of all your students and encourage everyone. All
students can learn and improve in their own way.
Another aspect of personality that can affect pronunciation
is the degree to which a person is willing or able to change the
way they sound. Most of us have been speaking and listening to
language in the same, familiar way since we learned to talk. Our
voice and our pronunciation are a central part of the way we see
ourselves. It can be uncomfortable, and possibly even
frightening, to try out unfamiliar sounds and melodies of
language. For some people this process seems like a small bump
on the road, but for others, it’s a serious roadblock.
M.T. Yoshida. Beyond Repeat After Me: Teaching Pronunciation to
English Learners. Alexandria: TESOL Press, 2016 (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following item.
In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word
“imperfect” could be correctly replaced with flawless.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854081
Inglês
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Teachers sometimes assume that more outgoing learners
will be able to learn pronunciation better than shyer students, and
there may be some truth to this. Confident students might speak
more and be more willing to try new sounds, and this extra
practice could help them improve their pronunciation. However,
this improvement is certainly not guaranteed. Some outgoing
students may be producing a lot of language, but they may also
be jumping ahead without paying attention to the accuracy of
their pronunciation. If listeners are impressed by their fluency
and accept their imperfect pronunciation, they have no way to
know that they need to improve.
Some more introverted students might actually be
thinking carefully about sounds and practicing “within
themselves,” even if they don’t speak much in class. Don’t
underestimate the quiet students. Appreciate the strengths and
possibilities of all your students and encourage everyone. All
students can learn and improve in their own way.
Another aspect of personality that can affect pronunciation
is the degree to which a person is willing or able to change the
way they sound. Most of us have been speaking and listening to
language in the same, familiar way since we learned to talk. Our
voice and our pronunciation are a central part of the way we see
ourselves. It can be uncomfortable, and possibly even
frightening, to try out unfamiliar sounds and melodies of
language. For some people this process seems like a small bump
on the road, but for others, it’s a serious roadblock.
M.T. Yoshida. Beyond Repeat After Me: Teaching Pronunciation to
English Learners. Alexandria: TESOL Press, 2016 (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following item.
In the sentence “Most of us have been speaking and listening
to language in the same, familiar way since we learned to
talk” (third paragraph), the word “since” could be correctly
replaced with as long as.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854076
Inglês
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The role of pronunciation in non-native language teaching
has been in a state of constant change. In the earlier approaches,
foreign language pronunciation was either the result of exposure
to the target language or of approaches which used complex sets
of drills and repetitions. As suggested, to a large extent, the
importance of pronunciation has always been determined by
ideology and intuition rather than by research. Teachers have
intuitively decided which features have the greatest effect on
clarity and which are learnable in a classroom setting. Saito
claims that while the morphological and syntactical levels of
languages are taught in contextualized meaningful exercises,
pronunciation practice is decontextualized due to the use of drills
and repetition.
Pronunciation is one of the aspects of language both
native and non-native teachers of English are not keen on
teaching, and a lack of adequate teacher training results in an
intuitive use of available materials and techniques. Setting
pedagogical goals must be based on knowledge of pronunciation
issues. Unqualified teachers may have misconceptions about
phonological phenomena, cannot evaluate or use teaching
materials accurately, and do not set realistic goals when teaching
pronunciation. Furthermore, even teaching materials do not
reflect the conclusions of current research, and they can be
perceived as boring; however, Baker argues that teachers who
complete a pronunciation course have, and apply, a wider range
of pronunciation activities in their classrooms.
H. Vančová. Current Issues in Pronunciation Teaching to Non-Native Learners of English.
In: Journal of Language and Cultural Education, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2019 (adapted).
Based on the text above, judge the following item.
The expression “keen on” (first sentence of the second
paragraph) means skilled at.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854063
Inglês
Based on the comic strip above, judge the following item.
In “Where would young people be without the sage advice of
their elders?”, the word “sage” means meaningful.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854058
Inglês
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As soon as learners step outside the classroom, they act as
users of English who communicate with other speakers of
English from a wide variety of linguacultural backgrounds. Given
the global spread of English and the fact that the majority of
users do not speak English as their mother tongue, learners are
likely to be involved in interactions with other non-native
speakers. These situations then bear the hallmarks of English as a
lingua franca (ELF), which is “any use of English among
speakers of different first languages for whom English is the
communicative medium of choice, and often the only option”,
according to Seidlhofer.
Since ELF speakers represent various cultures and
languages, ELF contexts of use are characterized by diversity and
the subsequent unpredictability and variability of communication.
Therefore, interactions where English functions as a lingua franca
require active engagement in the meaning-making process by the
participants.
Éva Illés and Sumru Akcan. Bringing real-life language use into EFL
classrooms. In: ELT Journal, Volume 71, Issue 1, 2017, p. 3-12 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
In “learners are likely to be involved in interactions with other
non-native speakers” (first paragraph), the phrase “are likely
to be” could be correctly replaced with will probably be.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854056
Inglês
Texto associado
As soon as learners step outside the classroom, they act as
users of English who communicate with other speakers of
English from a wide variety of linguacultural backgrounds. Given
the global spread of English and the fact that the majority of
users do not speak English as their mother tongue, learners are
likely to be involved in interactions with other non-native
speakers. These situations then bear the hallmarks of English as a
lingua franca (ELF), which is “any use of English among
speakers of different first languages for whom English is the
communicative medium of choice, and often the only option”,
according to Seidlhofer.
Since ELF speakers represent various cultures and
languages, ELF contexts of use are characterized by diversity and
the subsequent unpredictability and variability of communication.
Therefore, interactions where English functions as a lingua franca
require active engagement in the meaning-making process by the
participants.
Éva Illés and Sumru Akcan. Bringing real-life language use into EFL
classrooms. In: ELT Journal, Volume 71, Issue 1, 2017, p. 3-12 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
The expression to bear the hallmarks of, as used in “These
situations then bear the hallmarks of English as a lingua franca”
(first paragraph), means to have the typical features of.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SEDUC-AL
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2021 - SEDUC-AL - Professor - Inglês |
Q1854053
Inglês
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In Tanzania, the national government assigns teachers to
schools, which means that they are often sent to teach in faraway
regions and then frequently request transfers, trying to get
assignments closer to their hometowns. Ms. Njau is lucky to have
been assigned to a school in the community where she grew up,
and she has taught there since the start of her career.
At the end of her four years of secondary school, she
scored too low on the national exams in mathematics and
bookkeeping, which meant she could not study business, as she
had intended. However, her results on the English test were
better. A teacher encouraged her to follow her strengths and “take
the subject that seems simple so you can go far,” advice that Ms.
Njau now passes on to her own students. She continued her
studies as an English major and passed the difficult national
examinations before studying for her teaching diploma.
Internet: <americanenglish.state.gov> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
In the second paragraph, the word “bookkeeping” could be
correctly replaced with librarianship.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação Júnior |
Q1851404
Inglês
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Concerning the text above and previous knowledge, judge the
item from
The plural form of the word “business” is businesses.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação Júnior |
Q1851402
Inglês
Texto associado
Concerning the text above and previous knowledge, judge the
item from
“greater”, in the sentence “The business value of data
has never been greater” (line 32), can be correctly
replaced by bigger.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação Júnior |
Q1851398
Inglês
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Concerning the text above and previous knowledge, judge the
item from
In the sentence “In addition, computing environments are
more complex than they once were” (lines 25 and 26) the
expression “In addition” can be correctly replaced by
Futhermore.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Assistente de Tecnologia da Informação I |
Q1848051
Inglês
Texto associado
Text for the item.
Internet: <https://www.fieldaware.com/blog/field-service-technician>.
According to the text and previous grammar studies, judge
the item.
The word “However” (line 11) conveys the ideia of
contrast.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Assistente de Tecnologia da Informação I |
Q1848046
Inglês
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Text for the item.
Internet: <https://www.fieldaware.com/blog/field-service-technician>.
According to the text and previous grammar studies, judge
the item.
“Additionaly” (line 14) can be correctly replaced by In
addition to that.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
Quadrix
Órgão:
CFT
Prova:
Quadrix - 2021 - CFT - Assistente de Tecnologia da Informação I |
Q1848045
Inglês
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Text for the item.
Internet: <https://www.fieldaware.com/blog/field-service-technician>.
According to the text and previous grammar studies, judge
the item.
The sentence “Therefore, it won’t take away field
technician jobs” (line 13) can be correctly replaced by
Nevertheless, it would not take away field technician
jobs.
Ano: 2021
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Guarujá do Sul - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2021 - Prefeitura de Guarujá do Sul - SC - Professor - Inglês - Edital 01 |
Q1844316
Inglês
As in the Portuguese language, in the English
language we find words that are written,
pronounced and even look the same, but have
totally different meanings. With regard to homonym,
homograph and homophone, choose the
CORRECT option:
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