Yes it's a test taken in high school
Because metalloids are semiconductors. The fact that metalloids are brittle/shiny are only physical characteristics and wouldn’t be the reason why a metalloid would be helpful for designing a new computer processor. Amphoteric means that it’s able to react both as a base and as an acid, but since the computer processor has to have something to do with electricity, the second option would be the answer. Semiconductors are also helpful for electrical circuits, so that’s also why is would be best for the new computer processor.
Adding odd numbers will only give you an even sum if the amount of numbers you added is an even number.
For example,
25 is an odd number. If you add 25, 2 times (2 is an even number) you will get 50 (an even number). If you add 25, 4 times (4 is an even number) you will get 100 (still, an even number)
However, if you add 25, 3 times (an odd number) you will get 75 (an odd number). If you add 25, 5 times (an odd number) you will get 125 (still an odd number).
Hopefully, that helped (: Sorry if I confused you lol
