Read paragraph three from An Unreliable Third Parent by Michael Prowse, "As well as robbing children of precious time,

TV distorts their sense of reality. Because it is designed primarily to sell things, it has to put a premium on gaining and keeping people's attention. The easiest way to do this is by projecting violence. According to Mr Condry the average hour of children's programming contains 25 acts of violence _ far more than adult TV. Television distorts in other more insidious way. It depicts wealth as the key to happiness but rarely shows people working hard, because this would be dull viewing" What conclusions can be drawn from this text? Choose the wrong answer.

a) Mr Condry demonstrates the abundance of violence in children's TV programming. b) Children who often watch TV inevitably get a distorted sense of reality. c) Children's TV programming should be more carefully supervised by infancy experts. d) TV programming often contains ruthless and sumptuous scenes. (1.00 Puntos)

Which of the following alternatives is correct?

a) Investment policy is basically constrained by savers. b) The governments have constrained the impact of the financial crisis. c) Investment policy is basically constrained by the political and economic current scenario. d) None of the above statements is correct. (1.00 Puntos)

Which of the following alternatives is correct regarding prototypes?

a) Prototypes are basically beta versions of the product. b) A common characteristic of prototypes is that they take 10-15 years to develop. c) Companies try to minimize recallings of their new products. d) All of the above statements are correct. (1.00 Puntos)

Which of the following statements is correct regarding R&D departments?

a) They are particularly critical in start-up companies.

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b) They are more critical in large companies than in start-up ones. c) The relative size of the company does not play a relevant role in relation to R&D departments. d) None of the above statements is correct.

Which of the following stages or steps does not belong to the public policy process?

a) Implementation. b) Imposition. c) Agenda setting. d) Evaluation. (1.00 Puntos)

According to Robert Dahl's book Who Governs, which of the following sentences is incorrect? a) In a patrician oligarchy certain individuals accumulate resources that they transform in political power, for example wealth, knowledge and social standing. b) In a pluralistic democracy political inequalities continue to exist, but are more dispersed than in a patrician oligarchy. c) In patrician oligarchies as well as in pluralistic democracies control over political decisions is unevenly distributed. d) American politics is in fact a patrician oligarchy. (1.00 Puntos)

Select the correct answer a) Since the United States were a British colony, the British Constitution was taken as a model in the design of the American Constitution. b) The American Constitution is very difficult to change. (1.00 Puntos)

c) There has been no successful amendment of the US Constitution since the beginning of the 20th century. d) All of the above answers are correct.

Mark the false answer: The President of the United States ...

a) is elected every four years. b) appoints the members of the Supreme Court. c) addresses the Congress whenever he deems it necessary. d) is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. (1.00 Puntos)

According to John Kenneth Galbraith, _____________

a) manufacturing industry is affecting in a negative way to Paris, London and New York. b) we worry too much about manufacturing industry and we shouldnt. c) manufacturing industry is still a solid substance of economies. d) manufacturing industry affects more than the 40% of the population. (1.00 Puntos)

Political parties are rather different in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Which of the following divergences is not true? a) Republicans and Democrats take in nearly all votes in the US elections whereas the Conservative and the Labour Party are losing vote share in the UK. b) The British political parties have a much tighter control on the behavior of their MPs (members of parliament). c) The major parties in the USA celebrate every four years a large-scale congress to choose their presidential (1.00 candidate while the party leaders in the UK are appointed by their predecessors. Puntos) d) The US political system allows registered voters to participate in the choice of political candidates of their party while the selection of candidates in the UK usually depends on party elites. He ____________ a lot of friendly people while he ___________ in California.

a) was meeting / was being working

b) met / was working c) met / worked

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d) were meeting / was working

This time last week I _________ to New York.

a) have driven b) have drove c) was driving (1.00 Puntos)

d) have been driving

Clauses of reason are linked by____

a) If b) So that, in order that c) Because, since, as, seeing that d) Rather than, sooner than (1.00 Puntos)

Choose a sentence with an irregular comparative adjective in it.

a) She would ask him to join the firm when she knew him better b) She would ask him to join the firm sooner or later. c) She is the smartest member of the board. d) She joined the company three years before him.

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I wouldn't have lent him the money if he ____________ desperate.

a) has not been b) wasnt been c) hadnt been d) couldnt be (1.00 Puntos)

Which of the following sentences is not a complex sentence?

a) John told me that money laundering is not forbidden b) Money laundering is forbidden in this country c) Do you know if money laundering is forbidden? d) The man who told me that money laundering is not forbidden is here. (1.00 Puntos)

Thick coats ___________ in winter

a) must have worn b) must be worn c) have worn d) must been worn (1.00 Puntos)

_____________________ that six people died in the accident.

a) They are reported b) It has reported c) It is reported d) It s reporting (1.00 Puntos)

What ________ you ____________ yesterday when I _____________ you?

a) will / go / called b) were / do / was calling c) have / doing / called d) were / doing / called (1.00 Puntos)

The idea of being away from or being opposed to is codified by a prefix in:

a) Abroad. b) Atheist. c) Admit. d) Advance. (1.00 Puntos)