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PT115.S2.Q13

SECTION 1 · rc

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PrepTest 115 - Section 2 - Question 13

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Jenkins: Conclusion Research on the properties of snow at the North Pole should be conducted in January and February. ███ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ████ ████████ █████ ███ ██ ███████ ██ ██ ████ █████ █ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████ ███████████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ █████ ███ ████████ █████████████

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Speaker 1 Summary

Jenkins says that snow research at the North Pole should take place in January and February. This is supported by the claim that it’s important not to waste research money. In January and February, the snow won’t melt (so the money won’t be wasted). Waiting for a later month risks the snow melting (and the money being wasted). January and February avoid the risk of wasting money, so are the best months for research.

Speaker 2 Summary

Lurano disagrees: the research should not be carried out in January and February. Why? Because April and May will probably still be cold enough for the snow not to melt. Also, waiting for a warmer month is safer for the researchers. According to Lurano, this outweighs any financial risk.

Objective

We need to find a disagreement. Jenkins and Lurano disagree on whether the research should happen in January and February or in warmer months.

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Both speakers agree with this statement. Even Lurano, who thinks the research should wait until April or May, acknowledges the chance of snow melting. Lurano just thinks it’s less important than the researchers’ safety.

it is impossible ██ ███████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ████ ████████

Neither speaker agrees with this. Even Jenkins, who is pushing to do the research no later than February, doesn’t say it will be impossible later. It’s just that there will be a risk the research won’t be successful.

funding will be ██████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ████ ████████

Neither speaker agrees with this. Both acknowledge the risk that funding might be wasted, but neither Jenkins nor Lurano claims that the funding will certainly be wasted.

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Both speakers agree with this statement. The disagreement isn’t about which months are coldest, it’s about whether the risk of wasting money or the risk to the researchers’ safety is more important.

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Jenkins agrees with this statement, and Lurano disagrees, making this the point of disagreement. Jenkins thinks that not wasting money is the most important consideration, whereas Lurano thinks that the researchers’ safety should take priority.

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37% of people who answer get this correct

This is a very difficult question.

CURVE

Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 153

171

75% 180

Analysis

Question Stem Tags

Point at issue: disagree

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18%

159

12%

158

29%

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153

37%

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