Questões de Concursos Públicos - Inglês

We can conclude from the last paragraph of the text that subtle bottlenecks are the ones that:

In the sentence “Such bottlenecks creep up on management and demand more thorough investigation.“, the underlined words refer to the ones:

The phrasal verb creep up in paragraph 3, is closest in meaning to:

The underlined word in “Or, they may be caused by missing parts.”, is being used to express:

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?

The plural form of the word ‘analysis’, is:

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.

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.

According to the text, in order to lead the learner from the reading stage into the task of production,

After the second ring of the doorbell, Marcia