PrepTest 36, Section 3, Question 4
Mary: Computers will make more information available to ordinary people than was ever available before, thus making it easier for them to acquire knowledge without consulting experts.
Mary: Computers will make more information available to ordinary people than was ever available before, thus making it easier for them to acquire knowledge without consulting experts.
Joyce: As more knowledge became available in previous centuries, the need for specialists to synthesize and explain it to nonspecialists increased. So computers will probably create a greater dependency on experts.
Mary: Computers will make more information available to ordinary people than was ever available before, thus making it easier for them to acquire knowledge without consulting experts.
Joyce: As more knowledge became available in previous centuries, the need for specialists to synthesize and explain it to nonspecialists increased. So computers will probably create a greater dependency on experts.
Mary: Computers will make more information available to ordinary people than was ever available before, thus making it easier for them to acquire knowledge without consulting experts.
The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Mary and Joyce disagree with each other about whether
computers will contribute only negligibly to the increasing dissemination of knowledge in society
computers will increase the need for ordinary people seeking knowledge to turn to experts
computers will make more information available to ordinary people
dependency on computers will increase with the increase of knowledge
synthesizing knowledge and explaining it to ordinary people can be accomplished only by computer experts
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