Questão 1870432

• Banca: ESAF
• Órgão: ANAC
• Ano: 2016
• Provas: ESAF - 2016 - ANAC - Técnico em Regulação de Aviação Civil
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

                                              Text 1

                                  Welcome to the Drone Age

      THE scale and scope of the revolution in the use of small, civilian drones has caught many by surprise. In 2010 America's Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) estimated that there would, by 2020, be perhaps 15,000 such drones in the country. More than that number are now sold there every month. And it is not just an American craze. Some analysts think the number of drones made and sold around the world this year will exceed 1 million. In their view, what is now happening to drones is similar to what happened to personal computers in the 1980s, when Apple launched the Macintosh and IBM the PS/2, and such machines went from being hobbyists' toys to business essentials.

      That is probably an exaggeration. It is hard to think of a business which could not benefit from a PC, whereas many may not benefit (at least directly) from drones. But the practical use of these small, remote-controlled aircraft is expanding rapidly. These involve areas as diverse as agriculture, landsurveying, film-making, security, and delivering goods. Other roles for drones are more questionable. Their use to smuggle drugs and phones into prisons is growing. Instances have been reported in America, Australia, Brazil, Britain and Canada, to name but a few places. In Britain the police have also caught criminals using drones to scout houses to burgle. The crash of a drone on to the White House lawn in January highlighted the risk that they might be used for acts of terrorism. And in June a video emerged of a graffito artist using a drone equipped with an aerosol spray to deface one of New York's most prominent billboards.

      How all this activity will be regulated and policed is, as the FAA's own flat-footed response has shown, not yet being properly addressed. There are implications for safety (being hit by an out-of-control drone weighing several kilograms would be no joke); for privacy, from both the state and nosy neighbours; and for sheer nuisance—for drones can be noisy. But the new machines are so cheap, so useful and have so much unpredictable potential that the best approach to regulation may simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom.

                                              [Source: The Economist September 26th 2015- adapted]

The concluding sentence of the text suggests that the best policy for drones may be to regulate them

• A. for safety and privacy reasons.
• B. as strictly as possible.
• C. for cost and reliability.
• D. as often as possible.
• E. as little as possible.

Gabarito: E

Comentários

• ....the best approach to regulation may simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom.

  gab. E

• Não entendi muito bem. Trata-se de uma expressão?

  "let a thousand flyers zoom"

• a expressão let a thousand flyers zoom refere-se a expansão das vendas dos drones...a regulação dos drones tem que ser simples por causa disso. No meu leigo entendimento, quem escreveu essa parte do texto foi o mestre yoda "the best approach to regulation may simply be".rs

• to zoom: verb (especially of a car or aircraft) move or travel very quickly.

  "simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom."

  Tradução livre==> "simplismente deixar milhares deles voarem" (flyers se refere aos drones)

• A frase final do texto sugere que a melhor política para os drones pode ser a de regulá-los a) for safety and privacy reasons. por razões de segurança e privacidade. b) as strictly as possible. tão rigorosamente quanto possível. c) for cost and reliability. para custo e confiabilidade. d) as often as possible. tão frequente quanto possível. e) as little as possible. tão pouco quanto possível. Comentários: Perceba que a frase final do texto afirma que a melhor abordagem para a regulamentação pode ser simplesmente deixar milhares de voadores zumbirem (the best approach to regulation may simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom). Com essa frase, o autor quis expressar que a melhor política é regular os drones o mínimo possível/tão pouco quanto possível (as little as possible). How all this activity will be regulated and policed is, as the FAA’s own flat-footed response has shown, not yet being properly addressed. There are implications for safety (being hit by an out-of-control drone weighing several kilograms would be no joke); for privacy, from both the state and nosy neighbours; and for sheer nuisance — for drones can be noisy. But the new machines are so cheap, so useful and have so much unpredictable potential that the best approach to regulation may simply be to let a thousand flyers zoom. Como toda essa atividade será regulamentada e policiada, conforme demonstrou a própria resposta rude da FAA, ainda não está sendo devidamente abordada. Há implicações para a segurança (ser atingido por um drone descontrolado pesando vários quilogramas não seria brincadeira); para a privacidade, tanto do Estado quanto de vizinhos intrometidos; e por mero incômodo - drones podem ser barulhentos. Mas as novas máquinas são tão baratas, tão úteis e possuem tanto potencial imprevisível que a melhor abordagem para a regulamentação pode ser simplesmente deixar milhares de voadores zumbirem. Gabarito: E