PT129.S1.Q20

PrepTest 129 - Section 1 - Question 20

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Industrial engineer: Some people have suggested that the problem of global warming should be addressed by pumping some of the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels into the deep ocean. ████ █████████████████ █████ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ██ ███████ ███████████ █████ ████ █████ ██ ██████████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ████ ██ ██ ███ █████ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ █████████████ ████████████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████ ████████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The industrial engineer claims that environmentalists’ worry that pumping carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels deep into the ocean would cause an equally destructive form of pollution is unfounded. This is because lots of carbon dioxide released already ends up in the ocean, and the consequences are less destructive than global warming. Because it is less destructive, it is not an equally destructive form of pollution.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is the industrial engineer’s response to the concerns about equally destructive pollution: “This worry is unfounded”

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20.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ████████ ██ █ ██████

a

Global warming from ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██████

This is context that describes the solution under consideration.

3%
b

Environmentalists worry that ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ██████ ███████ █████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███████████ ████

This is context that describes the environmentalists’ worry - that the industrial engineer says is unfounded.

1%
c

Worrying that pumping ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ██████ ███████ █████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ███████ ████████████ ████ ██ ██████████

This accurately rephrases the conclusion. The industrial engineer claims that the environmentalists’ worry - that the solution under consideration would just exchange one form of pollution for another - is unfounded.

86%
d

Much of the ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ██ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ █████████████ ████████████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████ ████████

This rephrases the premises used to support the claim that the environmentalists’ worries are unfounded.

4%
e

To reduce global ████████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███████████

This answer choice goes too far. The industrial engineer claims that the worries about this solution are unfounded, but doesn’t go so far as to advocate for that solution.

6%

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