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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A blogger argues that everyone should learn to write computer code, since software now runs the modern world. Text 2 A software engineer agrees that understanding what software can and cannot do matters, but says that most people no more need to write code than they need to repair their own cars. What they need, she argues, is enough understanding to ask good questions.

Based on the texts, how would the engineer in Text 2 most likely respond to the blogger's argument?

  1. A. By accepting that understanding software matters while questioning whether writing code is necessary for most people.Correct
  2. B. By denying that software runs the modern world.
  3. C. By arguing that everyone should become a software engineer.
  4. D. By claiming that cars and software are essentially the same thing.

Answer: A. By accepting that understanding software matters while questioning whether writing code is necessary for most people.

Text 2 grants the importance of understanding and separates it from the skill of coding, using the car analogy.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that software runs the modern world.
Text 2 doesn't dispute software's importance.
C. By arguing that everyone should become a software engineer.
Text 2 argues most people need LESS than that.
D. By claiming that cars and software are essentially the same thing.
Cars appear only as an analogy about repair skills.

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