Question

Concept of High Technology Industry - High technology, or simply high-tech, is the latest generation of manufacturing activities. It is best understood as the application of intensive research and development (R and D) efforts leading to the manufacture of products of an advanced scientific and engineering character. Professional (white collar) workers make up a large share of the total workforce. These highly skilled specialists greatly outnumber the actual production (blue collar) workers. Robotics on the assembly line, computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing, electronic controls of smelting and refining processes, and the constant development of new chemical and pharmaceutical products are notable examples of a high-tech industry. Neatly spaced, low, modern, dispersed, office-plant-lab buildings rather than massive assembly structures, factories and storage areas mark the high-tech industrial landscape. Planned business parks for high-tech start-ups have become part of regional and local development schemes. High-tech industries which are regionally concentrated, self-sustained and highly specialized are called technopolies. The Silicon Valley near San Francisco and Silicon Forest near Seattle are examples of technopolies.

Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of the high technology industries?

• A. Highly skilled specialised workforce
• B. Robotics on the assembly line
• C. Computer-Aided Design
• D. Massive industrial structures and storages

Hint:

The passage says high-tech areas have neat, low buildings, not massive structures.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Question
The question asks for the one feature that does not belong to high technology industries. Three options are features given in the passage, and one is the opposite of what the passage says.

Step 2: Key Fact or Approach
The passage lists these marks of high-tech industry: highly skilled specialists, robotics on the assembly line, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and neat, low, dispersed office-plant-lab buildings instead of massive assembly structures, factories and storage areas.

Step 3: Check option (A).
A highly skilled workforce of specialists is the first feature given. So it is a characteristic. This option is not the answer.

Step 4: Check option (B).
Robotics on the assembly line is named as a notable example of a high-tech industry. So it is a characteristic. This option is not the answer.

Step 5: Check option (C).
Computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing is also named in the passage. So it is a characteristic. This option is not the answer.

Step 6: Check option (D).
The passage says the high-tech landscape has neat, low, dispersed buildings rather than massive assembly structures, factories and storage areas. So massive industrial structures and storages are not a characteristic. This option is the answer.

Final Answer:
Massive industrial structures and storages are NOT a feature of high-tech industry, which is option number 4. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 4}} \]