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.

Silicon Forest technopolies is located in which country?

• A. USA
• B. France
• C. Germany
• D. Japan

Hint:

Silicon Forest is near Seattle.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: What is being asked.
We must name the country of Silicon Forest.

Step 2: Use the clue in the passage.
The passage gives a location clue: Silicon Forest is near Seattle. We only need to know where Seattle is.

Step 3: Locate Seattle.
Seattle is a port city in the north-west of the United States, in Washington State. It is the home of firms such as Microsoft and Amazon.

Step 4: Apply to choice 1.
Seattle lies in the USA, so choice 1 fits.

Step 5: Apply to choices 2 and 3.
France and Germany are in Europe. Seattle is not in either of them, so both are out.

Step 6: Apply to choice 4.
Japan is in Asia and Seattle is not there, so this choice is out too.

Step 7: Second check.
Recheck with the second example in the passage. Silicon Valley is near San Francisco in California, and Silicon Forest is near Seattle in Washington. Both are on the Pacific coast of the United States. This again gives choice 1 and rules out the other countries.

Final Answer:
The answer is the USA. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 1}} \]