Understanding Computers

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According to “Tutors Teach Seniors”, for what main reason are young people often asked to help seniors with tech problems?

• Their patience as effective teachers needs to be developed.

• Many of them need after-school jobs to earn money for college.

• Many of them are highly knowledgeable in computer technology.

According to the selection, what is a main reason that seniors have trouble following written instructions on computer use?

• They have trouble remembering the details the instructions contain.

• They are unfamiliar with the special vocabulary of computer technology.

• They need the warmth and understanding they get from in-person tutoring.

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• But they “couldn’t figure out how to connect to the USB port or take out the SIM card.”

• Sigrid Scully, 84, signed up for a TECH class because she was struggling to stay connected with far-flung family.

• She’d read a computer manual once, but didn’t understand words like “icon” or “cookies.” She says her teen tutor was personable and used plain language.

Part A-In “Tutors Teach Seniors,” for what main reason do the seniors want to learn to use new electronic technologies?

• to communicate better with younger family members who live far away

• to pursue interesting hobbies, such as photography, after their retirement

• to stop feeling inadequate and instead feel like part of the new digital age

Which sentence best expresses the central idea of the “Tutors Teach Seniors”?

• Teenagers are being recruited and trained to teach the elderly how to use computers and other electronic equipment.

• Both young and old people who need tutoring in how to use a computer are getting help from computer science students.

• Teens make great tech tutors because they know more about computers and electronic equipment than most other people do.

You use it to see people while talking to them on the Internet.

• webcam

• mouse

We use it to move around the screen.

• mouse

• modem

We use it to type information into a computer.

• tower

• keyboard

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'computer' correctly in a grammatical sense?

• A) The computer are on the desk.

• B) She computered her homework last night.

• C) The computers is very expensive.

• D) The computer is running smoothly.