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7. You can conclude that
a. computer technology will continue to advance in the immediate future

b. artificial intelligence will one day replace human intelligence
c. most work done by modern computers could be done with an abacus
d. there is little reason to develop robot technology

8. Which of the following is an opinion?

a. Modern computers can perform many complex calculations and logical
functions.
b. The abacus was a mostly useless tool.
c. Silicon chips that are smaller than a postage stamp have been developed.

d. A computer does its work by following a step-by-step set of instructions
called software.

9. What is the main purpose of this passage?

a. to describe the development of robotic technologies
b. to describe early computers
c. to explain how A.I. works

d. to describe the history of computers

10. In this passage what do the words commercial computer mean?
a. a computer used for advertisement purposes

b. a computer not available to the civilian population
c. an older, more obsolete computer
d. available to the civilian population

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. Computers have only been in existence for a few
T F
hundred years.

2. Silicon chips that are smaller than a postage stamp
T F
have been developed.

3. The first commercial computer was used on the T F

1950 U.S. census.
4. The abacus was invented by the Babylonians. T F

5. Robots are used in some factories. T F

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