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Question #1: Main Point—FIB. The correct answer choice is (C)
This Main Point question requires you to complete the missing portion of the stimulus’ final sentence. To do so, let’s first establish what the author is attempting to prove in the preceding sentences.
We’re told that the rapid application of new technology within industries causes a split among workers: those with the ability to master it prosper, while many others (presumably without those skills) lose their jobs. So applying new technology is not without its consequences.
However, firms that resist new technology will eventually be put out of business by more tech-friendly firms, and thus all of the resisting firms’ workers will lose their jobs.
At this point we need to draw a conclusion about the consequences of resisting the application of new technology, and a good prephrase is that resistance will likely lead to the loss of jobs (and possibly all jobs given the second sentence) at some point in the future.
Answer choice (A): describes a benefit of resistance—workers are more likely to gain job security than be dislocated—which is the opposite of what this author believes.
Answer choice (B): is also incorrect, as we are told that resisting technological applications will result in the loss of “all” employee jobs, thus affecting everyone (not just those who possess tech skills).
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. As suggested by our prephrase, resisting new technology will, in time, result in job loss. Note that this answer could probably be worded even more strongly, but as written it still provides a reasonable conclusion to the author’s argument.
Answer choice (D): This is another opposite answer. Resisting technology destroys more jobs (all jobs, in fact) than it creates.
Answer choice (E): This answer is irrelevant to the argument, as the author never indicates how to prioritize resistance versus acceptance/application, nor is the idea of promoting “new industries” discussed.
This Main Point question requires you to complete the missing portion of the stimulus’ final sentence. To do so, let’s first establish what the author is attempting to prove in the preceding sentences.
We’re told that the rapid application of new technology within industries causes a split among workers: those with the ability to master it prosper, while many others (presumably without those skills) lose their jobs. So applying new technology is not without its consequences.
However, firms that resist new technology will eventually be put out of business by more tech-friendly firms, and thus all of the resisting firms’ workers will lose their jobs.
At this point we need to draw a conclusion about the consequences of resisting the application of new technology, and a good prephrase is that resistance will likely lead to the loss of jobs (and possibly all jobs given the second sentence) at some point in the future.
Answer choice (A): describes a benefit of resistance—workers are more likely to gain job security than be dislocated—which is the opposite of what this author believes.
Answer choice (B): is also incorrect, as we are told that resisting technological applications will result in the loss of “all” employee jobs, thus affecting everyone (not just those who possess tech skills).
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. As suggested by our prephrase, resisting new technology will, in time, result in job loss. Note that this answer could probably be worded even more strongly, but as written it still provides a reasonable conclusion to the author’s argument.
Answer choice (D): This is another opposite answer. Resisting technology destroys more jobs (all jobs, in fact) than it creates.
Answer choice (E): This answer is irrelevant to the argument, as the author never indicates how to prioritize resistance versus acceptance/application, nor is the idea of promoting “new industries” discussed.