Text I 

Trust and audit

    Trust is what auditors sell. They review the accuracy, adequacy or propriety of other people’s work. Financial statement audits are prepared for the owners of a company and presented publically to provide assurance to the market and the wider public. Public service audits are presented to governing bodies and, in some cases, directly to parliament.

      It is the independent scepticism of the auditor that allows shareholders and the public to be confident that they are being given a true and fair account of the organisation in question. The auditor’s signature pledges his or her reputational capital so th... Ver mais

Text I 

Trust and audit

    Trust is what auditors sell. They review the accuracy, adequacy or propriety of other people’s work. Financial statement audits are prepared for the owners of a company and presented publically to provide assurance to the market and the wider public. Public service audits are presented to governing bodies and, in some cases, directly to parliament.

      It is the independent scepticism of the auditor that allows shareholders and the public to be confident that they are being given a true and fair account of the organisation in question. The auditor’s signature pledges his or her reputational capital so th... Ver mais

“Unless” in “unless it can stake a stronger claim to supporting improvement” (7th paragraph) introduces a(n)

Text II
Global commerce 
    Driverless vehicles whizz across five new berths at Tuas Mega Port, which sits on a swathe of largely reclaimed land at the western tip of Singapore. Unmanned cranes loom overhead, circled by camera-fitted drones. The berths are the first of 21 due by 2027. When it is completed in 2040, the complex will be the largest container port on Earth, boasts PSA International, its Singaporean owner.    Tuas is a vision of the future on two fronts. It illustrates how port operators the world over are deploying clever technologies to meet the demand for their services in the face of obstacles to the development of new facilities, from lack of space to environmental concerns. More fundamentally, the city-state’s investment, with construction costs estimated at $1... Ver mais

Text II
Global commerce 
    Driverless vehicles whizz across five new berths at Tuas Mega Port, which sits on a swathe of largely reclaimed land at the western tip of Singapore. Unmanned cranes loom overhead, circled by camera-fitted drones. The berths are the first of 21 due by 2027. When it is completed in 2040, the complex will be the largest container port on Earth, boasts PSA International, its Singaporean owner.    Tuas is a vision of the future on two fronts. It illustrates how port operators the world over are deploying clever technologies to meet the demand for their services in the face of obstacles to the development of new facilities, from lack of space to environmental concerns. More fundamentally, the city-state’s investment, with construction costs estimated at $1... Ver mais

Which of the following topics was NOT mentioned in the text?

The Bizarre Story of the Swedish Warship “Vasa”


(Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-vasa-ship-keeps-giving-180964328/ – text especially adapted for this test). 


Considering the context presented in the text, the sentence “The sinking took place nowhere near an enemy” (l. 05-06) suggests that the ship’s location in relation to an enemy was: 

The Bizarre Story of the Swedish Warship “Vasa”


(Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-vasa-ship-keeps-giving-180964328/ – text especially adapted for this test). 


The highlighted words “it” (l. 06), “their” (l. 06), “who” (l. 09), and “which” (l. 09), in the order they are mentioned in the article, refer to:  

Consider the following statements about the “Vasa syndrome” (l. 21-22):
I. It is a condition that makes it difficult for people to communicate well, what can cause trouble when business people need to explain their projects. II. It is a reference to the warship Vasa, making it an example of a situation in which miscommunication can cause the failure of a project. III. It is based on the idea that the people involved in designing and building the ship failed to balance their goals, creating a beautiful ship that could not serve its main purpose: sail.
Which statements are correct? 

Creating Knowledge Base Videos


(Available at: https://www.helpscout.com/blog/video-knowledge-base/ – text especially adapted for this test). 


Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the article?