CESPE–2002– CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS – ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO PÚBLICO – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESPE–2002–CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS–ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO, aplicação em 28/09/2002.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: CESPE/UnB.

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA: 07 Questões do tipo (C) ou (E).

➧ GABARITO:

01-EECCC, 02-EECCC, 03-CEECC, 04-EECCE

05-CCEEC,  06-CCEEE, 07-CECEE

➧ TEXT I: questions 01 through 05.

Since independence Brazil has experimented with almost every possible electoral system: single and multimember districts, and proportional representation with various formulas. Only the so-called mixed systems are yet to be tried. Election day is always a national holiday. Until 1965 national and state elections were held on October 3, but the military moved the date to November 15 (Day of the Republic, a military holiday). The constitution of 10 1988 re-established October 3 (ninety days before the inauguration of executive-branch elected officials) for the first round of voting, and November 15 for runoff elections when needed.

Brazilian election laws are very complex and detailed. The law requires that all candidates who hold executive positions resign six months before the election. No “write-in” candidacies are allowed; only candidates officially presented by a registered political party may participate. Parties choose their candidates in municipal, state, or national conventions. Although the legislation does not recognize party primaries officially, on occasion they have been used informally.

Voting is considered both a right and a duty in Brazil; thus registration and voting are compulsory between the ages of eighteen and seventy. Illiterates vote, but their voting registration card identifies their status, and they sign the voting list with a fingerprint on election day. The 1988 constitution lowered the voting age, permitting sixteen- and seventeen year-olds to vote on a voluntary basis. In 1994 these young voters (who cannot legally drink or drive) totalled 2,132,190 (2.2% of the electorate). For these reasons, turnouts for all elections in Brazil are very high, usually more than 85%. At certain times, voters have cast blank and void ballots as a means of protest, especially in 1970, when the military oppression was at its height.

Internet: <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy>. Access in 5/Aug./2002 (with adaptations)

01. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

As stated in text I,

1 Brazil has already experienced every single electoral system but one.
2 October 3rd has always been a Brazilian national holiday.
3 for more than twenty years elections in Brazil were held on November 15th.
4 Brazilian election laws cannot be considered lax.
5 lowering the voting age may have accounted for a high turnout at elections.

02. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

In relation to text I, it is correct to affirm that in Brazil

1 extra names can be added to the list of candidates when voting.
2 party primaries are sometimes officially recognized. 3 voting is not universally compulsory.
4 election day was changed from October 3 to November 15 during the military regime.
5 illiterate people have the right to vote.

03. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

It can be inferred from text I that

1 not all candidates have to quit their posts if they want to be re-elected.
2 very few Brazilian voters have already participated in three consecutive presidential elections.
3 the Brazilian electorate amounts to less than 90 million people.
4 casting blank ballots is the way many voters use to show their political disagreement.
5 every candidate must belong to a political party.

04. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

From the sentences included in lines 24 to 31 of text I,

it can be inferred that Brazilian citizens

1 must register, although, in accordance with the law, they may choose not to vote.
2 are exempted from voting if they can prove they are not officially registered.
3 not only have the right to vote but also legal obligation.
4 past the age of seventy do not have to vote.
5 may give up their right to vote at any time.

05. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

In the sentence "Illiterates vote, but their voting registration card identifies their status"(R.26-28),

the underlined word may be correctly replaced by

1 however.
2 nevertheless.
3 inasmuch as.
4 despite.
5 though

➧ TEXT II: questions 06 and 07.

Congress has always considered __(A)__ to norms of behavior such as courtesy and reciprocity to be critical to collective policymaking. These forms of behavior, which in recent years have come to be referred to as “comity”, have been understood to __(B)__ “both standards of behavior for members and the mutual respect of the two chambers for each others’ prerogatives”. During debate in the House, comity is to be preserved through the establishment, observance, and the enforcement of standards of decorum. These standards are __(C)__ in House rules, related sections of Jefferson’s Manual, the House’s precedents, and “announced policies” of the Speaker. The rules of the House also provide the chair and individual members with a range of mechanisms for enforcing decorum in floor debate. This report examines the standards governing decorum in House debate and discusses the different procedures available for enforcing them. Examples of alleged breaches of decorum during 103rd – 105th Congresses are provided to illustrate the use of these enforcement procedures, and the interpretation of decorum standards through the chair’s rulings, admonitions and responses to parliamentary inquiries.

At the beginning of a daily session of the House, the Speaker may appoint a majority party representative to preside in the Speaker’s absence as Speaker pro tempore. When the House resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole, the Speaker appoints a majority party representative to preside as chairman during consideration of a particular measure. In this report, the term “chair” refers to the presiding Representative in both the House and the Committee of the Whole. Though this report focuses on House floor debate, the House’s rules and precedents for decorum in debate generally apply as well in committees and subcommittees.

Internet:<http://www.house.gov/rules/98-572.pdf>

(with adaptations).

06. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

Judge if the words or expressions listed in each item below can correctly fill in the corresponding spaces left in text II.

1 (A)adherence  (B)include  (C)set out
2 (A)faithfulness  (B)encompass  (C)set forth
3 (A)respect  (B)deny  (C)established
4 (A)following  (B)contain  (C)fixed
5 (A)adhesion  (B)encounter  (C)determined

07. (CESPE-2002-CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)

From text II, it can be conveyed that

1 during the 103rd – 105th Congresses there were instances of lack of decorum.

2 never has there been any kind of rule breaking.
3 the majority party representative can act as chairman in some particular cases.
4 the House may not be separated into its constituent parts.
5 the Committee of the Whole operates under formal rules.