Questões de Inglês - IME 2010 | Gabarito e resoluções

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. What general idea underlies the paragraph?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. Complete the sentence according to the text: A (an) _____ will let you know where you are, whereas to know which direction you are looking you need a (an) ______.

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. What is known about the makers of wireless handsets?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) As both an electrical engineer and a Jesuit priest, Lammert B. Otten can lead a spiritual retreat just as easily as a dam-building project in Zambia. As an engineer, he says, youre concreting with God to make life better for people. What task below could Lammert B. Otten be legally in charge of?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. Considering the central idea of the passage, which of the following suggested titles is suitable to the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. What expression could replace malintent in the second paragraph still keeping the same meaning for the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. What is true about the ideas mentioned in the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. According to the text, your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes

(IME - 2010/2011) Answer the following question, IN ENGLISH, giving your personal opinion. Answer each question in around 25 words. 41.1. What is it that does not yet exist and you would like to see invented? Why?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement a dopamine squirt that researchers say can be addictive. In its absence, people feel bored. The resulting distractions can have deadly consequences, as when cell phone-wielding drivers and train engineers cause wrecks. And for millions of people these urges can inflict nicks and cuts on creativity and deep thought, interrupting work and family life. The text states that human beings instinctively

(IME -2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Its a little surprising that the land of Sir Isaac Newton does not have its own space agency. An attempt to fill that void came with the announcement in June that the United Kingdom would create a bureaucracy busting organization to oversee British civilian space and satellite activities. What does the author of the passage refer to by the term void?

(IME - 2010/201)Answer the following questions, IN ENGLISH, giving your personal opinion. Answer each question in around 25 words If the whole world were listening, what would you say? Support your answer.

(IME 2010) Answer the following questions, IN ENGLISH, giving your personal opinion. Answer each question in around 25 words What would you like to be doing in ten years from now? Tell us about your dreams and aims.