Quiz on Automation

On average, since 1980, occupations with above-average computer use have grown substantially faster (0.9 percent per year)

While electronic discovery software has become a billion-dollar business since the late 1990s, jobs for paralegals and legal-support workers actually grew faster than the labor force as a whole, adding over 50,000 jobs since 2000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A new study by McKinsey & Company took a detailed look at work tasks that are likely to be automated and found that only about 5 percent of jobs are at risk of being completely automated in the near future.

Workers with computers frequently substitute for workers in non-computerized jobs.

Technology mostly used in factories in place of human workers

Technology that involves the use of advanced computers

Technology primarily used within the workforce

Technology that operates on its own without human support

insignificant

limited

transformative

devastating

Video games are more popular than sporting events.

Studies show that 75% of 8-14 year olds play video games more than they watch TV.

Video games are three times as much fun as chess.

A recent survey shows that 35% teens spend over 40 hours a week playing video games.

to give instructions on how to do something

to inform people about something

to present your opinion in order to persuade the audience

to entertain an audience

Collaboration involves working together with others to achieve a common goal.

Collaboration is synonymous with competition and rivalry.

Collaboration typically requires individuals to work independently and not share ideas.

Collaboration always involves a formal agreement or contract.

Computer automation will likely increase the number of jobs in certain fields rather than decreasing them.

Computer automation should allow workers to avoid the need for advanced training.

Computer automation should be welcomed like other technological advances in the past have been.

Computer automation will likely be responsible for the loss of most jobs.

It turns out that workers will have greater employment opportunities if their occupation undergoes some degree of computer automation. (paragraph 2)

Take the legal industry as an example. Computers are taking over some of the work of lawyers and paralegals, and they’re doing a better job of it. (paragraph 3)

Some trade groups are promoting skill-certification programs, which allow employers to recognize skills acquired through experience. (paragraph 11)

Automation reduces the cost of a product or service, and lower prices tend to attract more customers. (paragraph 6)

Haphazardly

Weakly

Powerfully

Sparingly

the difference between the work of lawyers and paralegals

the minor impact automation has had on the legal profession

why new training requirements for lawyers and paralegals are necessary

how automation has affected one aspect of the legal profession