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 type of workers make up a large share of the total workforce in the high technology industry?

• A. Red collar
• B. White collar
• C. Blue collar
• D. Golden collar

Hint:

Read the line on workforce: professional (white collar) workers are many.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: What is being asked.
We must name the group of workers that is the biggest in a high-tech industry, using the given passage.

Step 2: Find the sentence.
In the passage, look for the sentence that talks about the workforce. It reads that professional workers, called white collar, make up a large share of the total workforce, and they greatly outnumber the blue collar production workers.

Step 3: Test choice 1.
Red collar never appears in the passage, so it cannot be the answer.

Step 4: Test choice 2.
White collar is exactly the term used for the large professional share. It fits the sentence word for word.

Step 5: Test choice 3.
Blue collar is named in the passage, but only as the smaller group that is outnumbered. So it does not fit.

Step 6: Test choice 4.
Golden collar is not in the passage at all, so it is not supported.

Step 7: Second check.
Recheck the answer against the passage once more. The passage says the white collar specialists greatly outnumber the blue collar production workers. So the large share belongs to white collar workers, and no other option can be supported from the text. This keeps the answer at choice 2.

Final Answer:
Only choice 2 agrees with the passage. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 2}} \]