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Post-UTME English Language 2017 Objective — Question 3

Question 3 of 60 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2017 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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[Passage: on hostility towards computers - discusses the fear of unemployment from computerization (e.g. the historic burning of Jacquard's punched-card looms by weavers), balanced against the jobs computers create (fewer, but more skilled and better-paid), activities (like bank cheque-clearing and weather forecasting) that could not function without computers, and the varying attitudes of trade unions to computers as both a threat and a source of greater efficiency.] The advantage of computers is that they

  • A. make jobs readily available
  • B. makes all workers more professional
  • C. enhance productivity and efficiencyCorrect
  • D. make work more automated and complex

Explanation

The passage notes that trade unions who see computers as inevitable feel their contribution to greater efficiency and productivity will improve the whole economy.

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