Questão nº 35
Questão de Língua Inglesa · CEBRASPE Câmara dos Deputados 2025 - NS (nº 35)
When conducting a survey on the use of technology in the legislative process, one of the questions I asked was “Has the legislature, as an institution or in part, resisted technology based changes?” I asked this question based on my own experience with the Massachusetts Legislature. I spent 9 years working with legislators and senior staff, and the way they sometimes approached technology was at times comical―at times frightening. My friends and I watched on―and laughed―the first time a laptop computer or an iPhone made its way onto the floor of the Massachusetts House or Senate and the members gathered around it, acting as though they were looking at an artifact that had been dropped from Mars. I also saw an older legislative drafter become befuddled and angry when he was forced to start using the “track changes” and “comment” functions on Microsoft Word rather than marking up a bill with his beloved red pencil.
Judge the following items concerning the previous text.
When conducting his survey, the author met an older drafter who did not want to change the way he worked with bills and red pencils.
Resposta comentada
O erro clássico de troca de contexto: o texto descreve duas situações separadas — a observação durante o survey e as experiências pessoais do autor no Legislativo de Massachusetts. O candidato precisa identificar quando cada fato ocorreu, não misturar as duas coisas.
- Correta: Errado. O item afirma que o autor conheceu o drafter "When conducting his survey", mas o texto diz que isso foi experiência pessoal dele ("I spent 9 years working with legislators... I also saw an older legislative drafter..."), não durante a pesquisa.
Como ficaria certo: During his years working at the Massachusetts Legislature, the author saw an older drafter who did not want to change the way he worked with bills and red pencils.
Fonte: CEBRASPE Câmara dos Deputados 2025 - NS Conhecimentos Comuns. Reproduzida para fins de estudo.