PT152.S2.Q14

PrepTest 152 - Section 2 - Question 14

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Students who lack computer skills can't compete in the marketplace. There's a tradeoff between time spent teaching computer skills and time spent on basic math and reading.

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14.

Which one of the following ████████████ ██ ████ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████

a

A knowledge of ███ ██████ ████████████ ██ ██ ████ ████████ ████ █ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ████████ ████████████

This answer is unsupported. No comparison was made about which skills, computer or basic math and reading, was more valuable. The stimulus does not make this value judgment.

4%
b

Schools cannot emphasize ███ ████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███████ ██████████ █████ ███████

This answer is unsupported. We only know that schools are emphasizing teaching computer skills at the expense of other skills. We don't know that this is inevitable. Perhaps they could emphasize teaching computer skills without neglecting other skills.

15%
c

A complete rethinking ██ ███████████ ████████ ████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ██████ █████████████

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether a complete rethinking is required. Perhaps a minor adjustment is all that's requirement.

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d

Attempting to keep ████ ████ ██████ ███████████ ████████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ █████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ███████

This answer is strongly supported. Recent educational developments refers to schools teaching computer skills. That can result in less time teaching basic skills like math and readinng

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e

Giving students a █████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██ ██████████

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what should be the primary goal of education. The stimulus does not make this value judgment.

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