PT153.S2.Q3

PrepTest 153 - Section 2 - Question 3

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Food columnist: Support Only 2 percent of imported seafood is subjected to health safety inspections. ██ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ████████ ████████

Summarize Argument

You should only buy domestic seafood if you want to increase the chances that you’re buying seafood that is safe to eat. This is because only 2% of imported seafood is insepected.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that more than 2% of domestic seafood is subjected to health safety inspections.

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3.

The answer to which one ██ ███ █████████ █████████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████ ███████████ █████████

a

Do the health ██████ ███████████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██ ██████████

Irrelevant—the usefulness of the inspections is not what we’re evaluating.

1%
b

What kinds of ██████ █████ ███ ███████ █████

Irrelevant—the nature of the health risks posed by seafood is not relevant to the argument, which is about the relative safety of domestic vs. international seafood.

0%
c

What percentage of ████████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████████████

Irrelevant—we are only concerned with seafood. Other foods are outside the scope of the argument.

0%
d

What percentage of ████████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████████████

Irrelevant—we are only concerned with seafood. Other foods are outside the scope of the argument.

1%
e

What percentage of ████████ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████████████

This is useful. The answer to this question will tell us if the author is right to assume that domestic seafood is more likely to be inspected than imported seafood.

97%

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