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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO-29/06/2018.
❑ ORGANIZADOR: Fundação de Estudos e Pesquisas Sócio Econômicos – https://fepese.org.br/
❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:
➭ 20 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question.
➭ Text – Process Theory: The Principles of Operations Management (20 questions)
❑ GABARITO:
01-B, 02-A, 03-D, 04-E, 05-C
06-B, 07-E, 08-C, 09-D, 10-A
11-C, 12-E, 13-D, 14-B, 15-A
16-D, 17-A, 18-E, 19-C, 20-E
❑ PROVA:
➧ TEXT:
(Title)
1 Production bottlenecks are generally considered to be
temporary blockades to increased output; they can
be thrown up anywhere along the course of a production process. Some are easy to identify and to remedy,
while others are devilish.
2 The bottleneck that is easy to cope ___ is
stationary. Work-in-process inventory piles ___ quickly behind it; clearly, little is getting through.
Its cause is usually also clear – a machine has broken ___ or key workers are absent or demand
has simply outstripped the clear, rated capacity of a
machine – and the remedy follows easily. Such bottlenecks often occur ___ service operations, causing customer waits.
3 More subtle are bottlenecks that shift from one part
of the process to another or that have no clear cause.
Inventories build up in different places and at different
times. Such bottlenecks creep up on management
and demand more thorough investigation. Perhaps
they were detected as flaws in a product’s quality
caused inadvertently by one or more workers trying to
keep pace with production demands that should not
have been placed on them. Or, they may be caused
by missing parts. They may be caused by new product
startup or changes in the mix of products through the
factory. In such cases the remedies are less clear-cut,
and some analysis is called for.
01 – (FEPESE -2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
According to the text we can infer that:
(A) Blockades are considered permanent production processes because they increase output.
(B) Production bottlenecks can be thrown up
along the course of a production process anyplace because they are temporary blockades.
(C) Some production bottlenecks are easy to remedy and can be thrown up in specific places of
a production process.
(D) Some blockades are hard to identify and easy
to remedy during the course of a production
process.
(E) To throw up a production bottleneck it’s
needed to increase the course of a production
process output.
• ANSWER (B).
- According to the text we can infer that:
(A) Blockades are considered permanent production processes because they increase output.
- Os bloqueios são considerados processos de produção permanentes porque aumentam a produção.
(B) Production bottlenecks can be thrown up along the course of a production process anyplace because they are temporary blockades.
- Os gargalos de produção podem surgir ao longo de um processo de produção em qualquer lugar, porque são bloqueios temporários.
(C) Some production bottlenecks are easy to remedy and can be thrown up in specific places of a production process.
- Alguns gargalos de produção são fáceis de remediar e podem surgir em locais específicos de um processo de produção.
(D) Some blockades are hard to identify and easy to remedy during the course of a production process.
- Alguns bloqueios são difíceis de identificar e fáceis de corrigir durante o processo de produção.
(E) To throw up a production bottleneck it’s needed to increase the course of a production process output.
- Ao surgir um gargalo de produção, é necessário aumentar o curso da saída de um processo de produção.
➧ TERMINOLOGIA TÉCNICA:
(2) BOTTLENECK (Definition: a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process take longer – production bottlenecks (gargalos de produção) – Internet bottlenecks (Gargalos da Internet) – bottleneck after bottleneck (gargalo após gargalo) – the bottlenecks in the process. (os gargalos no processo.)
(3) BOTTLENECK (Definition: a problem that delays a process or stops it from continuing.) – Bureaucratic bottlenecks (gargalos burocráticos) – a legislative bottleneck (um gargalo legislativo) – a funding bottleneck (um gargalo financeiro) – to eliminate a bottleneck (eliminar um gargalo) – to avoid a bottleneck (evitar um gargalo) – a major bottleneck (um grande gargalo) – a huge bottleneck (um enorme gargalo)
➧ TERMINOLOGIA TÉCNICA:
(2) BLOCKADE (Definition: a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process take longer – production bottlenecks (gargalos de produção) – Internet bottlenecks (Gargalos da Internet) – bottleneck after bottleneck (gargalo após gargalo) – the bottlenecks in the process. (os gargalos no processo.)
(3) BLOCKADE (Definition: a situation in which a group of people prevent goods or people entering or leaving a place as a way of showing a government or large organization that they do not agree with its decisions.) – The blockade of oil refineries (O bloqueio das refinarias de petróleo) – to impose a blockade (impor um bloqueio) – to lift a blockade (levantar um bloqueio) – to eliminate a bottleneck (eliminar um gargalo) – to avoid a bottleneck (evitar um gargalo) – economic blockade (bloqueio econômico) – by pharmacological blockades (por bloqueios farmacológicos.)
➧ TERMINOLOGIA TÉCNICA:
(2) PRODUCTION (Definition 1: the process of making or growing things to be sold, especially in large quantities / Definition 2: the amount of goods that are made or grown) – food production (produção de alimentos) – oil production (produção de petróleo) – milk production (produção de leite) – production costs (custos de produção) – production facilities (Instalações de produção) – production processes (processos de produção) – production levels (níveis de produção) – production targets (metas de produção) – a drop in oil and gas production (uma queda na produção de petróleo e gás) – increase in production (aumento de produção) – rise in production (aumento da produção) – fall in production (queda na produção) – be in production (estar em produção).
(3) PRODUCTION (Definition 1: the process of making or growing goods to be sold. / Definition 1: the amount of something that is made or grown by a country or a company.) – industrial production (produção industrial) – wheat production (produção de trigo) – mass production (produção em massa) – Agricultural production (produção agrícola) – energy production (produção de energia) – cut production (cortar produção) – expand production (expandir a produção) – production plans (planos de produção) – organic rice production (produção de arroz orgânico) – against production risks (contra riscos de produção) – organic matter production (produção de matéria orgânica).
(4) PRODUCTION (collocations) – large-scale production (produção em grande escala) – small-scale production (produção em pequena escala) – efficient production (produção eficiente) – annual production (produção anual) – domestic production (produção nacional) – car production (produção de automóveis) – steel production (produção de aço) – coal production (produção de carvão) – livestock production (produção pecuária) – meat production (produção de carne).
02 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The best title for the text is:
a. ( ) Bottlenecks
b. ( ) Factory Products
c. ( ) Broken Machines
d. ( ) Production Process
e. ( ) Factory Investigation
• ANSWER (A).
a. ( ) Bottlenecks(Gargalos)
b. ( ) Factory Products(Produtos de Fábrica)
c. ( ) Broken Machines(Máquinas Quebradas)
d. ( ) Production Process(Processo de produção)
e. ( ) Factory Investigation(Investigação de Fábrica)
03 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
Choose the correct alternative to complete the
missing words in paragraph 2:
a. ( ) in • off • up • at
b. ( ) by • in • to • for
c. ( ) for • off • at • on
d. ( ) with • up • down • in
e. ( ) with • on • down • on
• ANSWER (D).
• Questão sobre phrasal verbs e o seu uso contextual.
- The bottleneck that is easy to cope with is stationary.
- O gargalo que é fácil de lidar é estacionário.
- Work-in-process inventory piles up quickly behind it;
- O estoque de trabalho em processo se acumula rapidamente;
- Its cause is usually also clear – a machine has broken down or...
- Sua causa geralmente também é clara - uma máquina quebrou ou...
- Such bottlenecks often occur in service operations, causing customer waits.
- Esses gargalos costumam ocorrer nas operações de serviço, causando esperas do cliente.
04 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The word devilish in paragraph 1, is closest in
meaning to:
a. ( ) moral.
b. ( ) godlike.
c. ( ) energetic.
d. ( ) extremely easy.
e. ( ) extreme, difficult.
• ANSWER (E).
a. ( ) moral.(moral, virtuoso)
b. ( ) godlike.(divino)
c. ( ) energetic.(enérgico, ativo)
d. ( ) extremely easy.(extremamente fácil)
e. ( ) extreme, difficult.(extremo, difícil)
• No texto:
- Some are easy to identify and to remedy, while others are devilish.
- Alguns(gargalos de produção) são fáceis de identificar e remediar, enquanto outros são diabólicos(difíceis).
05 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The word they in paragraph 1, refers to:
a. ( ) Blockades.
b. ( ) Increased Outputs.
c. ( ) Production bottlenecks.
d. ( ) Bottlenecks and blockades.
e. ( ) Temporary blockades.
• ANSWER (C).
- Production bottlenecks are generally considered to be temporary blockades to increased output; they can be thrown up anywhere along the course of a production process.
- 'They' refere-se à 'Production bottlenecks'.
06 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The infinitive form for thrown, is:
a. ( ) think
b. ( ) throw
c. ( ) threw
d. ( ) throws
e. ( ) thought
• ANSWER (B).
- O verbo 'to throw' significa lançar, arremeçar.
- to throw(throw, threw, thrown).
07 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The word management in paragraph 3, is closest
in meaning to:
a. ( ) to run a career.
b. ( ) to deal with a difficult situation.
c. ( ) to be responsible for a business.
d. ( ) to be successful in doing something.
e. ( ) the control and organization of something.
• ANSWER (E).
08 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
Which of the sentences below best describes the
word Bottleneck according to the text:
a. ( ) It’s the neck of a bottle.
b. ( ) It is any point at which movement is slowed up.
c. ( ) It is something that holds up progress, especially of a manufacturing process.
d. ( ) It’s any place, as a narrow road, where traffic is
slowed up.
e. ( ) It is a situation that stops an activity from
progressing.
• ANSWER (C).
09 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
One of the causes for bottlenecks be stationary is:
a. ( ) strikes.
b. ( ) broken tools.
c. ( ) angry customers.
d. ( ) main workers absence.
e. ( ) slow services operations.
• ANSWER (D).
10 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) The underlined word in the following sentence:
- “Perhaps they were detected as flaws in a product’s quality…”
Can be replaced by which word without changing its
meaning?
a. ( ) Maybe
b. ( ) Unlikely
c. ( ) Certainly
d. ( ) Probable
e. ( ) Improbably
• ANSWER (A).
11 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) Study the following sentence:
- “… with production demands that should not have been placed on them.”
The underlined words are being used to express:
a. ( ) a prohibition.
b. ( ) an advise.
c. ( ) a regret.
d. ( ) an ability.
e. ( ) an obligation.
• ANSWER (C).
12 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) In the sentence
- “Such bottlenecks creep up on management and demand more thorough investigation.”,
the word in bold, means:
a. ( ) clear.
b. ( ) open.
c. ( ) secret.
d. ( ) careless.
e. ( ) meticulous.
• ANSWER (E).
13 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) We can conclude from the last paragraph of the
text that subtle bottlenecks are the ones that:
a. ( ) have some missing parts.
b. ( ) are detected by the workers.
c. ( ) creep up on demand of the process.
d. ( ) move from on part of the process to another.
e. ( ) build up at different times to another.
• ANSWER (D).
14 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) In the sentence
- “Such bottlenecks creep up on management and demand more thorough investigation.“,
the underlined words refer to the ones:
a. ( ) built up in inventories.
b. ( ) that are more subtle.
c. ( ) that have no clear cause.
d. ( ) that were built up in different times.
e. ( ) that change from one part to another.
• ANSWER (B).
15 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO) The phrasal verb creep up in paragraph 3, is closest in meaning to:
(A) increase slowly but steadily in amount.
(B) to decrease in amount and numbers.
(C) a detestable person.
(D) to give someone an unpleasant feeling of fear.
(E) a slow movement, especially at a steady but
almost imperceptible pace.
Comentários e Gabarito A
TÓPICO - PHRASAL VERB "TO CREEP UP" :
The phrasal verb creep up in paragraph 3, is closest in meaning to:
(A) increase slowly but steadily in amount.
(B) to decrease in amount and numbers.
(C) a detestable person.
(D) to give someone an unpleasant feeling of fear.
(E) a slow movement, especially at a steady but almost imperceptible pace.
- "TO CREEP UP"(phrasal verb) - increase slowly but steadily in amount - aumentar/subir lentamente, mas de forma constante em quantidade.
16 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The underlined word in
“Or, they may be caused
by missing parts.”, is being used to express:
a. ( ) a duty
b. ( ) an ability
c. ( ) an advice
d. ( ) a possibility
e. ( ) a prohibition
• ANSWER (D).
17 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The underlined word in
“Perhaps they were
detected as flaws in a product’s quality caused inadvertently by one…”, has its correct synonym in which
alternative?
a. ( ) carelessly
b. ( ) accidental
c. ( ) unintended
d. ( ) on purpose
e. ( ) negligent
• ANSWER (A).
18 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
The plural form of the word ‘analysis’, is:
a. ( ) analysies
b. ( ) analyses
c. ( ) analyze
d. ( ) analysi
e. ( ) analys
• ANSWER (B).
19 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
Analyze the sentences according to structure and
grammar use
1. ‘…a machine has broken…’ is written in the
present perfect tense.
2. The negative form of: ‘a machine has broken...’,
is: ‘…a machine doesn’t have broken …’
3. The words in bold in ”… clearly, little is getting through.” and “…more workers trying to
keep pace with production…” are in the present progressive tense.
4. The negative form of “…and the remedy follows easily.” is “and the remedy doesn’t follow
easily.”
Choose the alternative which presents the correct ones.
a. ( ) Only 1 is correct.
b. ( ) Only 2 is correct.
c. ( ) Only 1 and 4 are correct.
d. ( ) Only 2 and 3 are correct.
e. ( ) Only 3 and 4 are correct.
• ANSWER (C).
20 – (FEPESE-2018-TESTE ABEPRO)
Study the following sentence:
“Perhaps they were detected as flaws in a product’s
quality caused inadvertently by one or more workers
trying to keep pace with production demands that
should not have been placed on them.”
1. the word ‘trying’ is being used in the sentence
as a continuous verb.
2. the tense used in: ‘were detected, is the passive voice.
3. the word ‘flaws’ means ‘imperfections’.
4. in ‘product’s quality’, the (‘s) indicates
possession.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct ones.
a. ( ) Only 4 is correct.
b. ( ) Only 1 and 3 are correct.
c. ( ) Only 2 and 3 are correct.
d. ( ) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
e. ( ) Only 2, 3 and 4 are correct.
• ANSWER (E).
