Read the text below in order to answer questions 14 to 15.

Software

A substantial proportion of information can be digitized. It seems likely that soon, for example, any type of information that can be perceived, i.e. seen, heard, felt, smelt or tasted, will be reducible to a collection of bits. Once in digital form, the information in question can be stored, processed and displayed by a computer. Furthermore, it can readily and rapidly be transmitted from one computer to any other computer regardless of distance, political frontiers, and physical obstacles. From a digital point of view, there is absolutely no distinction between text, sounds, graphics, photographs, music, animations, videos and…software. To include software... Ver mais

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)

Following World War II, the major economic powers of the world negotiated a set of rules for reducing and limiting trade barriers and for settling trade disputes. These rules were called the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Headquarters to oversee the administration of the GATT were established in Geneva, Switzerland. Periodically, rounds of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT were carried out. The 8th round begun in 1986 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and dubbed the Uruguay Round, was concluded on Dec. 15, 1993, when 117 countries completed a new trade-liberalization agreement. The name for the GATT was changed to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which officially came into being Jan.1, 1995. ... Ver mais

Which of the following statements does not reflect the content of the text?

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

In recent weeks, critics from the right and from the left have launched strident attacks on International Monetary Fund efforts to stem the financial crisis that has swept through Asia like a typhoon. Critics on the right oppose using taxpayers'money to prop up foreign economies that compete with the U.S. They believe that government intervention will mess up the workings of the global financial markets ( although the Asian experience reveals that private actors can create quite a mess themselves). Critics on the left see the IMF as the agent of international capitalists, seeking protection from heavy losses caused by their greed and stupidity. They are also outraged by assistance to governments that violate the U... Ver mais

The text states that government intervention

- In the author's point of view, the IMF

Questions 42-46 refer to the text below.

Which alternative best expresses what the text is about?

Questions 42-46 refer to the text below.

Say whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) according to the text.

( ) Os projetos atuais estão cercados pela incerteza e complexidade apesar de todos os esforços de avaliação e planejamento.

( ) A informação necessária para a tomada de decisão nem sempre corresponde à complexi-dade do projeto.

( ) A complexidade do projeto e o fato de ele ser muitas vezes um empreendimento singular dificultam a definição dos métodos para a sua consecução.

( ) Ao longo do projeto podem surgir riscos não previstos devido ... Ver mais

Questions 42-46 refer to the text below.

In the sentence "the latter is not only due to poor knowledge..." (line 03), the word latter refers to

The main purpose of this passage is: