CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES-(março/2013)-Concurso Público para Profissional Básico do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social - Prova com gabarito.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES-PROFISSIONAL BÁSICO, aplicada em 03/03/2013.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: https://www.cesgranrio.org.br/

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 10 questões do tipo (A,B,C,D,E).

➧ GABARITO:

01-B,  02-C,  03-A,  04-C,  05-D

06-E,  07-B,  08-E,  09-D,  10-D

➧ VOCABULÁRIO/EXPRESSÃO:

1) VERBS:

➧[to roost = alojar-se, hospedar]

2) PHRASAL VERBS:

➧[to come up = sinônimo de "appear" (surgir),"arise" (surgir)]

➧[to come out = pode expressar o sentido literal "SAIR"(de algum lugar) ou expressar o sentido de "VIR À TONA","FICAR CONHECIDO". Pode expressar também o sentido de "SER LANÇADO", quando se trata de mídias como: músicas, filmes, livros…]
➧[We can come out of hiding," a coworker tells us.="Nós podemos SAIR do esconderijo", um colega de trabalho nos diz"]
➧[to come up with = sinônimo de "produce"(produzir),"present"(apresentar) ou "discover"(descobrir)] 
➧[to get it of = livrar-se"]

3) ADJECTIVES:

➧[puzzling = embarrassing( embaraçoso) = enigmatic (enigmático) = complicated (complicado)]

➧[self-employed = empregado autônomo]

4) IDIOMS:

➧[cookie-cutter = comum. É um adjetivo que expressa um estilo ou abordagem: estilo de que é sempre usado" ou "uma abordagem sobre algo em que não é dado atenção suficiente as diferenças individuais.]

➧[She does not have her own style, she is cookie-cutter. = Ela não tem seu próprio estilo, ela é uma pessoa comum.]
➧[and has an aesthetic appeal that’s a far cry from the typical cookie-cutter office environment. = e que tenha um apelo estético que esteja muito longe do ambiente de escritório típico comum.]

➧ TEXTO:

Coworking: Sharing How We Work

Genevieve DeGuzman
Communication

In the past, when trying to find places to work, independent workers, small businesses, and organizations often had to choose between several scenarios (a), all with their attendant advantages and disadvantages: working from home; working from a coffee shop, library, or other public venue; or leasing an executive suite or other commercial space.
           
Is there a better way to work? Yes. Enter coworking. 
           
Coworking takes freelancers, indie workers, and entrepreneurs who feel that they have been dormant or isolated working alone at home or who have been migrating from a coffee shop to a friend's garage or languishing in a sterile business center — to a space where they can truly roost.
           
"We can come out of hiding," a coworker tells us, "and be in a space that's comfortable, friendly, and has an aesthetic appeal that’s a far cry from the typical cookie-cutter office environment."
           
For many, it might be puzzling to pay for a wellequipped space teeming with other people(c), even with the chance of free coffee and inspiration. You might ask yourself, "Well, why pay for a place to work when I'm perfectly comfortable at home and paying nothing?" Or, "Isn't the whole point of telecommuting or starting my own business a chance to avoid 'going to the office'?"
            
Coworking may sound like an unnecessary expense, but let's consider what you get from being a part of the space.
           
At its most basic level, coworking is the phenomenon of workers coming together in a shared or collaborative workspace for one or more of these reasons: to reduce costs by having shared facilities and equipment, to access a community of fellow entrepreneurs, and to seek out collaboration within and across fields. Coworking spaces offer an exciting alternative for people longing to escape the confines of their cubicle walls, the isolation of working solo at home, or the inconveniences of public venues.
            
The benefits and cost-savings in productivity and overall happiness and well-being reaped from coworking are also potentially huge. Enthusiasm and creativity become contagious and multiply when you diversify your work environment with people from different fields or backgrounds. At coworking spaces, members pass each other during the day, conversations get going, and miraculously idea-fusion happens with everyone benefitting from the shared thinking and brainstorming.
           
Differences matter. Coworking hinges on the belief that innovation and inspiration come from the cross-pollination of different people in different fields or specializations. Random opportunities and discoveries that arise from interactions with others play a large role in coworking.
            
To see this in action on a large scale, think about Google. Google made the culture of sharing and collaboration in the workplace legend. It deployed “grouplets” for initiatives that cover broader changes through the organization.
           
One remarkable story of a successful Google grouplet involved getting engineers to write their own testing code to reduce the incidence of bugs in software code. Thinking creatively, the grouplet came up with a campaign based on posting episodes discussing new and interesting testing techniques on the bathroom stalls. “Testing on the Toilet” spread fast and garnered both rants and raves. Soon, people were hungry for more, and the campaign ultimately developed enough inertia to become a de facto part of the coding culture. They moved out of the restrooms and into the mainstream. 
            
Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology and education at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, has written widely on collaboration and innovation. In his study of jazz performances, Keith Sawyer made this observation, “The group has the ideas, not the individual musicians.” Some of the most famous products were born out of this mosh pit of interaction — in contrast to the romantic idea of a lone working genius driving change. According to Sawyer, more often than not, true innovation emerges from an improvised process and draws from trial-by-error and many inputs.
          
Unexpected insights emerge from the group dynamic. If increasing interaction among different peer groups within a single company could lead to promising results, imagine the possibilities for solopreneurs, small businesses, and indie workers — if only they could reach similar levels of peer access as those experienced by their bigger counterparts. It is this potential that coworking tries to capture for its members.

Available at: <http://workawesome.com/productivity/coworking/>.

Retrieved on: 21 Oct. 2011. Adapted. 

01 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

The main purpose of the text is to 

[a] convince people in different fields or specializations that they must work in pairs.
[b] suggest that coworking is an economic and socially stimulating alternative to boost workers' well-being and productivity.
[c] question the relevance of teeming with other coworkers if the professional can work peacefully from home.
[d] criticize organizations that do not offer their employees the opportunity to experience group dynamics.
[e] campaign for the installation of comfortable coworking spaces in all companies to encourage employees' creativity and enthusiasm.

02 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

The expression "indie workers", refers to

[a] retired civil servants
[b] lazy businessmen aiming for profit 
[c] self-employed independent professionals
[d] expert employees at international organizations 
[e] workaholic employers in large companies

03 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

The boldfaced verb form conveys the idea of strong necessity in

[a]"independent workers, small businesses, and organizations often had to choose between several scenarios".
[b]"to a space where they can truly roost."
[c]"it might be puzzling to pay for a well-equipped space teeming with other people".
[d]"Coworking may sound like an unnecessary expense".
[e]"If increasing interaction among different peer groups within a single company could lead to promising results."

04 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

Based on the meanings in the text,

[a]"puzzling" and confusing are antonyms.
[b]"longing" and desiring express contradictory ideas."
[c]"reaped" and derived express similar ideas.
[d]"hinges on" and contradicts are synonyms.
[e]"deployed" and spread out do not have equivalent meanings.

05 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

According to the text,

all the reasons below are benefits that support the choice of a collaborative workplace, EXCEPT:

[a] stimulate shared thinking and brainstorming.
[b] reduce costs by sharing facilities and equipment.
[c] promote interaction among different peer groups.
[d] pay for workspace and having to commute to work.
[e] escape the isolation and discomfort when working in public spaces.

06 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

Google is mentioned in paragraphs 10 and 11 of the text in order to

[a] contrast the legends on workplace productivity with Google’s large scale marketing initiatives.
[b] argument with a counter-example to prove that coworking does not always bring about a successful result.
[c] suggest that it is essential to campaign for new techniques that will foster inertia in the work environment.
[d] illustrate how software engineers can find better solutions for bathroom installations.
[e] demonstrate through example how workers in different specializations can collaborate to find innovative solutions for the business.

07 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

In the fragments

"and to seek out collaboration within and across fields"

and

"the grouplet came up with a campaign based on posting episodes",

the expressions seek out and came up with mean, respectively,

[a] get rid of / banned
[b] search for / produced
[c] come upon / discarded
[d] turn down / devised
[e] track down / excluded

08 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

Professor Keith Sawyer mentions that

"The group has the ideas, not the individual musicians."

to mean that

[a]  the dispute among consumers is the key to profitable product-design changes.
[b] the famous products result from professionals working individually to achieve the aims of the group.
[c] improvisation and trial-and-error always leads to the best solutions for the market place.
[d] good jazz performances are made up of individual musicians who strive to play their instruments far louder than the others.
[e] it is the whole orchestra that makes the music sound pleasant just as it is the whole professional team that will achieve a successful solution.

09 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

In the fragment

"as those experienced by their bigger counterparts"

the pronoun those refers to

[a] results.
[b] possibilities.
[c] solopreneurs.
[d] levels.
[e] counterparts

10 – (CESGRANRIO-2013-BNDES)

The statements below represent opinions collected from different workers. The only one which can be considered as an argument against coworking is:

(A) ‘One of the best things is that I pay lower than I would for a dedicated office, so I don’t feel pressured to go to the coworking facility every day.’
(B) ‘Though my home office is great and I love it, I sometimes need the distance and collaborative environment that my coworking space provides.’
(C) ‘The vibe of being around others can feel like a wave carrying you even when you’re not sure where to go – if you need a little social boost.’
(D) ‘Perhaps you won’t like any of the other people at your coworking space, or that the proprietors aren’t putting much effort into socializing or collaboration.’
(E) ‘The shared space provides instant community and a stimulating atmosphere around other professionals working towards the same intentions as I am.’