PT117.S3.Q5

PrepTest 117 - Section 3 - Question 5

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Support In some countries, there is a free flow of information about infrastructure, agriculture, and industry, whereas in other countries, this information is controlled by a small elite. ██ ███ ██████ ██████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███████████ █████ ███████ ████ █████████ █████ ████████ █████ █████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██████ ████ █████ █████████ ███

Summary

Countries where the vast majority of the population is denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more frequent economic crises than other countries.

Missing Connection

The author says there are some countries where most of the population is denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare, then says that these countries are likely to experience more frequent economic crises than other countries. However, the author doesn’t explain why these countries are more likely to experience more frequent economic crises.

How to get from premises to conclusion? We must assume that economic crises are more likely to happen in countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare.

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5.

The conclusion follows logically if █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████

a

It is more ██████ ████ ██████ ███████ █████████ █████ ████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ████ ██████ ██ █████ █████

b

Economic crises become ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ███████ ██████████

c

In nations in █████ ███ ██████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███████████ █████ ███████████████ ████████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██████ ███ ███████

d

The higher the ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ████████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ █████ █████████ ████

e

A small elite ████ ████████ ███████████ █████ ███████████████ ████████████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███████████ ███ ███ ███ ████████

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