NOT an advantage of printed media?

• A. Requires expensive production
• B. Easily transportable
• C. Familiar to most students
• D. Requires high maintenance

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is cost of production. Printed media offers real benefits like being familiar to students and easy to move around without needing devices or power, which makes them practical in many classrooms. But producing printed materials can be expensive up front—printing plates, high-quality paper and inks, binding, and distribution all add up. Those up-front and per-copy costs mean that “requires expensive production” is a drawback rather than an advantage.

So, among the statements, the ones that reflect actual advantages of printed media are that they’re easily transportable and familiar to most students, because you can carry physical copies and rely on a long-standing, widely used format. The notion of high maintenance isn’t typically an advantage of print, since printed materials don’t depend on software or hardware updates. That’s why the statement about expensive production stands out as not being an advantage.