June 2007 PrepTest, Section 2, Question 22
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
Type: Most Supported
Difficulty:
Explanations
Okay, so (1) secretive local business practices and (2) poor news coverage leads to local politicians being isolated from their electorates. In turn, this reduces the chance that resident participation will cause an official response. Consequently, that discourages resident participation.
A
No, we only know that isolation causes the chance of a response to be reduced. Even without the isolation, the action could still only have a 10% chance of eliciting a response. Therefore, we can’t necessarily say that it would be “likely.”
B
The passage doesn’t make any “we should do this” claims.
C
The passage doesn’t say that it’s the most important factor. That could be one of many factors.
D
Yup, news media rarely covering local politics thoroughly was one factor (the second sentence says “these factors each”) that causes the isolation of local politicians. That isolation indirectly discourages resident participation in local politics.
E
No, this has things backwards.
Passage
Editorialist: News media rarely cover local politics thorou
Question 22
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the