The Automation Paradox

"Automation isn't just for blue-collar workers anymore." What group of jobs is ALSO experiencing automation that previously did not?

• white collar jobs

• manual labor

• blue collar

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Which sentence in paragraph two captures the author's main idea?

• But these fears are misplaced- what's happening with automation is not so simple or obvious.

• It turns out that workers will greater employment opportunities if their occupation undergoes some degree of computer automation.

• As long as they can learn to use the new tools, automation will be their friend.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Computers took over some of the work for paralegals and lawyers, and now there are less jobs in those fields.

• True

• False

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Look at the graph at the bottom of page 41. In one complete sentence, what does this graph prove?

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Which sentence in paragraph 7 connects to the graph on the bottom of page 42?

• Some of that growth in computer-using occupations has come at the expense of other occupations.

• As depicted in the chart below, desktop publishing systems have meant fewer jobs for typographers as graphic designers took over their work.

• Computerized phone lines meant fewer jobs for telephone operators, but more jobs for receptionists.

• These aren't examples of computers "stealing" jobs; they are cases where computers helped some workers take work from others.

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What is the major challenge to automation that the author brings up in the last two paragraphs?

• There may be more jobs due to automation, but they require a skill set people may not have.

• Automation poses no problems to workers whatsoever.

• Automation of jobs is not dependable, because computers break.

Write a sentence from the article below that includes a statistic in support of the author's argument. Cite the paragraph number.