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READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

Mark the statements below as true (T) or false (F) according to Text I.

( ) Private sector auditors have more responsibility than government auditors on risk-taking decisions.

( ) The weight government auditors take upon themselves is quite heavy.

( ) Part of the auditor's job is one of mediation between the public and the government.

The correct sequence is:

a) F – F – T.

b) T – T – F.

c) F – T – T.

d) F – T – F.

e) T – F – F.

Mark the statements below as true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to Text I.

( ) Private sector auditors have more responsibility than government auditors on risk-taking decisions.

( ) The weight government auditors take upon themselves is quite heavy.

( ) Part of the auditor's job is one of mediation between the public and the government.

The correct sequence is:

a) F – F – T.

b) T – T – F.

c) F – T – T.

d) F – T – F.

e) T – F – F.

The sentence that warns about the harmful effects advances in technology may bring is:

a) “Blockchain’s ledger-based technology can simplify the procurement process”.

b) “Technological advances can threaten people’s livelihoods in any number of professions”.

c) “…what’s really happened is that the accountant’s and the auditor’s role has just evolved”.

d) “…the accounting profession can continue to thrive through the use of blockchain technology”.

e) “Large and medium-size CPA firms already are seeing the implications of blockchain for their clients”.

Text II concludes that, if the IoT ecosystem is to be trusted, it should focus on the needs of

a) citizens.

b) specialists.

c) authorities.

d) corporations.

e) governments.

READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTION.

Text I compares New Public Management and Weberian administration. In this respect, analyse the following statements. I. The findings reported are not very telling as the sample is rather small. II. Some countries have made more progress than others in implementing NPM. III. The British, Danish, and Dutch showed a preference towards market provision. Choose the correct answer:

a) only I is correct.

b) only II is correct.

c) only III is correct.

d) both I and II are correct.

e) both II and III are correct.

The last paragraph states that, when developing campaigns and programs, auditors should not work

a) by appointment.

b) for the public.

c) in isolation.

d) on demand.

e) at home.

When the author uses the expression “the tail end of this period” (1st paragraph), he is referring to its

a) wildest era.

b) hindmost phase.

c) earliest moment.

d) most critical stage.

e) most fleeting instant.

The sentence that informs that one of the challenges associated with governmental-level internal auditing is the problem of continuity is:

a) “Turnover in the political sector is high with appointed executives seldom lasting for more than two years”.

b) “In the public sphere, metrics aren’t as obvious because financial and mission objectives are more complex”.

c) “On top of that, newly appointed officials often come from outside departments or agencies”.

d) “In the private sector, business objectives are clear and are conducive to metrics”.

e) “Most companies undervalue the importance of risk culture”.

Here’s why we’ll never be able to build a brain in a computer

It’s easy to equate brains and computers – they’re both thinking machines, after all. But the comparison doesn’t really stand up to closer inspection, as Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett reveals.

People often describe the brain as a computer, as if neurons are like hardware and the mind is software. But this metaphor is deeply flawed.

A computer is built from static parts, whereas your brain constantly rewires itself as you age and learn. A computer stores information in files that are retrieved exactly, but brains don’t store information in any literal sense. Your memory is a constant construction of electrical pulses and swirling chemicals, and the same remembrance can be reassembled in different ways at different times.

Brains also do something critical that computers today can’t. A computer can be trained with thousands of photographs to recognise a dandelion as a plant with green leaves and yellow petals. You, however, can look at a dandelion and understand that in different situations it belongs to different categories. A dandelion in your vegetable garden is a weed, but in a bouquet from your child it’s a delightful flower. A dandelion in a salad is food, but people also consume dandelions as herbal medicine.

In other words, your brain effortlessly categorises objects by their function, not just their physical form. Some scientists believe that this incredible ability of the brain, called ad hoc category construction, may be fundamental to the way brains work.

Also, unlike a computer, your brain isn’t a bunch of parts in an empty case. Your brain inhabits a body, a complex web of systems that include over 600 muscles in motion, internal organs, a heart that pumps 7,500 litres of blood per day, and dozens of hormones and other chemicals, all of which must be coordinated, continually, to digest food, excrete waste, provide energy and fight illness.[…]

If we want a computer that thinks, feels, sees or acts like us, it must regulate a body – or something like a body – with a complex collection of systems that it must keep in balance to continue operating, and with sensations to keep that regulation in check. Today’s computers don’t work this way, but perhaps some engineers can come up with something that’s enough like a body to provide this necessary ingredient.

For now, ‘brain as computer’ remains just a metaphor. Metaphors can be wonderful for explaining complex topics in simple terms, but they fail when people treat the metaphor as an explanation. Metaphors provide the illusion of knowledge.

(Adapted from https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/can-we-build-brain-computer/ Published: 24^th October, 2021, retrieved on February 9^th, 2022)

“Whereas” in “A computer is built from static parts, whereas your brain constantly rewires itself as you age and learn” introduces a(n):

a) cause;

b) contrast;

c) condition;

d) illustration;

e) explanation.

“Whereas” in “A computer is built from static parts, whereas your brain constantly rewires itself as you age and learn” introduces a(n):

cause;

contrast;

condition;

illustration;

explanation.