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: What is being asked.
Three choices are features of high-tech industry and one is not. We must find the odd one out.

Step 2: Think about how a high-tech unit looks.
A high-tech unit is a clean, modern office-plant-lab set in a business park. It is staffed by specialists and uses machines such as robots and computers. It is not a huge smoky factory with big warehouses.

Step 3: Test choice 1.
Specialised, skilled staff is a core feature. It belongs.

Step 4: Test choice 2.
Robots on the assembly line are written in the passage as an example. It belongs.

Step 5: Test choice 3.
Computer-aided design is written in the passage as an example. It belongs.

Step 6: Test choice 4.
The passage says buildings are low and dispersed rather than massive structures and storage areas. This is the opposite of choice 4, so choice 4 is the odd one out.

Step 7: Second check.
Recheck by counting. Choices 1, 2 and 3 are each written in the passage as a feature of high-tech industry. Choice 4 is written in the passage as the thing that high-tech landscapes do not have. A question that asks for NOT a characteristic therefore points to choice 4 only.

Final Answer:
The statement that does not belong is choice 4. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 4}} \]