Computer Head DOL

Which choice best describes a comparison-and-contrast organizational pattern?

• an author discusses the similarities and differences between two topics item by item

• an author discusses all the qualities of one topic, and then all the qualities of the other

• an author builds an extended analogy to express a controlling idea, or thesis

• none of the above

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One of the controlling ideas in “A Computer in Your Head?” is that brains and computers are more alike than different. Which of the following is a point the author makes about this controlling idea through his comparison-and-contrast structure?

• The human brain is a mass of white-pink tissue that controls your emotions.

• Both computers and brains can be turned off.

• Computers will outperform brains as technology advances.

• Both computers and brains are powered by energy.

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How does the following passage in “A Computer in Your Head?” work to affect the reader? What has billions of individual pieces, trillions of connections, weighs about 1.4 kilograms, and works on electrochemical energy? If you guessed a minicomputer, you’re wrong. If you guessed the human brain, you’re correct!

• It gives the reader a reason to act.

• It fills the reader with a sense of wonder.

• It prompts the reader to question the author.

• It encourages the reader to feel emotions such as joy and fear.

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What is the most likely reason that the author might have chosen to include this passage in “A Computer in Your Head?”

• to clearly state the main purpose of the article

• to describe the full range of what the brain can do

• to show the differences between brains and computers

• to impress upon the reader the sheer power of the brain

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What is the underlying message of the following excerpt from “A Computer in Your Head?”

• It would be beneficial for humans if computers could experience things like dreams and emotions.

• While computers have many capabilities, there are some important ways in which human brains are unique.

• The speed with which computers operate is one of the reasons they have not yet developed the capacity for thought.

• Even though the human brain has some special abilities, the power of computers to solve problems is far superior to anything the brain can do.

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What is the author’s purpose in writing “A Computer in Your Head?”

• to compare and contrast the brain and the computer

• to argue that brains are more complex than computers

• to explain the future of brain science and computer technology

• to describe the way that electricity functions in brains and computers

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Which excerpt from “A Computer in Your Head?” most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

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How does the main text structure of the selection contribute to the author's purpose?

• The main text structure of the selection is organized in sequential order, so the author could explain the developments and impact of the brain.

• The main text structure of the selection is organized by the author explaining the concept and definition of energy, so the reader understands what it is thoroughly.

• The main text structure of the selection is organized in a compare and contrast manner allowing the author to discuss the reality of consciousness in the brain versus a programmed computer.

• The main text structure of the selection is organized in a cause and effect manner in order to explain the causes and effects of people using the computer more than the brain.

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According to paragraph 7 of Computer in Your Head, computers and brains both

• have a nervous system

• need to constantly repair cells

• are connected to sensors

• send information through electrical impulses

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In the Computer in Your Head, neurotransmitters are important because it helps scientists determine what? Select TWO correct answers.

• Molecules of chemicals are released from the end of one neuron to another

• How the action potential signal continues the message

• That computers and brains work differently

• The location where the neuron was created

• Which electrical signals are sent