Title: QUIZ: Will Robots Take Our Jobs? -- Page One Economics®
Course: Recommended Resources for AP Micro from FRE > Section: Unit 5: Factor Markets

Q: Which types of jobs are most at risk of being automated?
- Jobs that require creativity and intuition
- Jobs with routine and repetitive tasks
- High-skill jobs such as engineering and medicine
- Jobs with a strong social component, like counseling
A: Jobs with routine and repetitive tasks

Q: How can technology be both a substitute for and a complement to human labor?
- It always replaces human workers entirely.
- It helps workers do their jobs more efficiently, reducing the demand for human labor
- It can replace certain tasks while also raising output and increasing the demand for labor.
- It never affects human employment.
A: It can replace certain tasks while also raising output and increasing the demand for labor.

Q: How has technology affected the job market over time?
- It has eliminated jobs without creating new ones.
- It has led to shifts in the types of jobs available.
- It has had no impact on employment.
- It has reduced the overall need for labor permanently.
A: It has led to shifts in the types of jobs available.

Q: What does the concept of "polarization" in the job market mean?
- More jobs will require a balance of manual and cognitive skills, requiring well rounded education.
- Jobs will become more evenly distributed across all skill levels, bridging the income gap.
- The middle-skill jobs will decrease while low-skill and high-skill jobs increase.
- Automation will eliminate all types of jobs equally, leading to the post-scarcity world.
A: The middle-skill jobs will decrease while low-skill and high-skill jobs increase.

Q: How can workers reduce the risk their jobs will be replaced by automation?
- Avoid technology-related jobs and focus on interpersonal skills.
- Focus only on manual labor skills as they are the hardest for machines to replicate.
- Invest in education and develop problem-solving and technological skills.
- Wait for the government to protect workers from automation.
A: Invest in education and develop problem-solving and technological skills.

Q: What does Bill Gates propose as a solution for job losses due to automation?
- Tax the work done by robots to fund support for displaced workers.
- Ban robots in the workplace and defund innovation projects.
- Provide subsidized post-secondary education for all workers.
- Require businesses to hire more employees and pay them all a minimum salary.
A: Tax the work done by robots to fund support for displaced workers.

Q: What is one potential long-term economic concern about job polarization?
- It could widen the gap between high-income and low-income workers.
- It ensures that all workers have equal opportunities at employment.
- It eliminates all middle-income jobs permanently because they are no longer a necessity.
- It forces all workers to become engineers or scientists, eliminating all liberal arts education.
A: It could widen the gap between high-income and low-income workers.