Questões de Concurso Público Instituto Rio Branco 2018 para Diplomata - Prova 2

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

For the authors, the changes brought about by new communications technologies are affecting the essence of diplomacy as never before.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

The text lists three different kinds of change which affect diplomacy: those originated in international and domestic scenarios; those coming from the main centres of authority; and the ones which are related to societal transformations.

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Due to the close relationship that exists between diplomacy and communication, diplomats have managed to bring their communicative skills to perfection in order to work autonomously with new digital media.

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The authors are critical of the kind of explanation analysts have given for the phenomenon of diplomacy in the digital age, which, according to the authors, should be approached more thoroughly.

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In the first paragraph, the words “ongoing” (L.2) and “advocates” (L.5) can be correctly and respectively replaced by far-reaching and lawyers without this changing the meaning of the passage.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

The passage “what has always happened to it:” (L.7) can be correctly replaced by what has always happened to it, which means that or by what has always happened to it, which is to say.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

In the end of the second paragraph, the authors express the opinion that the so-called ‘new statecraft’(L.22), also known as “digital diplomacy” (L.23), is “too simplistic” (L.24).

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

The passage “the lure of quick fixes addressing multifaceted processes of change” (L. 29 and 30) could be replaced by the temptation of finding easy solutions for manifold processes of change and this would still keep the paragraph coherent.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.

The author starts his text by mentioning people who stand apart from most because of their understanding of the political implications which may arise from the presence of panda bears in countries other than China. 

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.

The passage “The previously cute panda may suddenly strike them as strange” (L. 2 and 3) indicates that people may become aware that panda bears kept outside China can be signs of international political forces.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.

One can correctly infer from the text that the author is against the exploitation of animals for political or diplomatic ends. 

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.

The view on representation expressed by the author is broader and more flexible than the one which considers that “diplomacy is about people representing polities” (L.14).

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text II, decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

The point made by the author in “Unfortunately, it was (…) that of representation” (L. 8 to 11) would remain the same if this passage were rewritten as Sadly, only recently have political scientists started to actively engage in the study of diplomacy as a conceptual phenomenon, and this delay has led to the irrefutable axiom of representation

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text II, decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

As used in the text, the word “posit” (L.26) is synonymous with ignore.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text II, decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

In “But this is merely an extension” (L. 27 and 28), the word “this” refers to the statement that “the panda bear in the zoo is China” (L.27).

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text II, decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

Because the word “deployed” (L.40) can be related to the meaning of putting troops or weapons in a position ready to be used, in the text it reinforces the idea that panda bears have acquired political and strategic significance.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “armoury” (L.3) can be correctly replaced by arsenal since both words can be used in the context to indicate the skills a diplomat should have. 

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

In “On it will rest the courage” (L.8), the pronoun “it” refers to “the applicant’s personality” (L.7).

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

The expression “come to grief” (L.10) means to end in failure.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

The passage “Contrary to popular (…) for the compliant” (L. 10 and 11) can be correctly rewritten as In opposition to what most people believe, a yielding person is not suited to a career in diplomacy without this changing the meaning of the text.