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Post-UTME English Language 2017 Objective — Question 4

Question 4 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.] According to the passage, in an organization without computers

  • A. all types of work are performed manuallyCorrect
  • B. less people are employed with more pay
  • C. more people are employed with more pay
  • D. there is considerable increase in its output

Explanation

By definition, an organization without computers would need to carry out all of its work manually, since computerized/automated processes are unavailable.

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