The question is not asking you to find "what the whole passage is trying to answer" it is just asking you to find which question COULD be answered. That is why the answer to A is the only one talked about in the passage (it is the only one that CAN be answered).
I really don't understand how A isn't circular logic. A was the first one I eliminated because it seems like the line you're using to justify it is just a restatement of the question.
"Why do they use video technology to create legal records?"
"Oh, well they do that to have legal records."
Like... yeah obviously. But why?
I'm clearly missing something but this seems to me like A is just the statement in question form.
@NathanielWright Remember that we are just trying to answer the questions here, not question the truth of them. Same principle goes for LR where we don't question the truth of premises, we just take them to be true.
In this question, we're just looking for an AC, which is phrased as a question, that the passage can support to answer.
AC A is correct since we can use the passage, specifically the last paragraph, to answer AC A's question.
In all other AC's, the passage cannot be used to answer them.
It's ridiculous how easy I find it to answer questions based on this text, which contains familiar material, compared to the more technical texts that I can hardly understand. For those ones, I always need to go back to the passage to answer the questions -here I just know them.
How is this passage level 1 difficulty? - I have been doing well on the questions but because we have dissected the passage thoroughly. Under timed conditions this being level 1 is wild.
tsk. I can't help but roll my eyes a little bit on the fact that it's A because it says it's legally "binding" in the text.
I would have anticipated something in regards to the fact that expands on the characteristic quality of the video recording itself, besides that it's legally binding, which seems redundant to the question. Like how it's easy to store/ manage etc.
I totally misunderstood this question at first glance. I thought it was referring to a question that encompasses or provides an answer to using the entirety of the passage. So I was looking for a more general question in the answer choice. Made a mental note of this but how can I avoid this kind of misunderstanding error in the future (def. cost me a point here).
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My dumbass picked B just because lmao idk why
Yeah, I'm a bit confused. The only reason A seems right is because it's the only one talked about in the passage.
But I don't think the whole passage is answering. It seems more about why video tech is good for cultures. The Kayapo are just an example
The question is not asking you to find "what the whole passage is trying to answer" it is just asking you to find which question COULD be answered. That is why the answer to A is the only one talked about in the passage (it is the only one that CAN be answered).
I really don't understand how A isn't circular logic. A was the first one I eliminated because it seems like the line you're using to justify it is just a restatement of the question.
"Why do they use video technology to create legal records?"
"Oh, well they do that to have legal records."
Like... yeah obviously. But why?
I'm clearly missing something but this seems to me like A is just the statement in question form.
@NathanielWright Remember that we are just trying to answer the questions here, not question the truth of them. Same principle goes for LR where we don't question the truth of premises, we just take them to be true.
In this question, we're just looking for an AC, which is phrased as a question, that the passage can support to answer.
AC A is correct since we can use the passage, specifically the last paragraph, to answer AC A's question.
In all other AC's, the passage cannot be used to answer them.
@NathanielWright Im taking a guess here and saying that the "why" was more so that they have "proof"of the legal transaction.
@NathanielWright this is also why i got confused
idk why I mistakenly thought "latter use" was reffering to the Brazilian Government. Sigh.
It's ridiculous how easy I find it to answer questions based on this text, which contains familiar material, compared to the more technical texts that I can hardly understand. For those ones, I always need to go back to the passage to answer the questions -here I just know them.
How is this passage level 1 difficulty? - I have been doing well on the questions but because we have dissected the passage thoroughly. Under timed conditions this being level 1 is wild.
Right?
This for me was 100% POE.
Another powerful reminder that the correct answer is not always the best answer.
tsk. I can't help but roll my eyes a little bit on the fact that it's A because it says it's legally "binding" in the text.
I would have anticipated something in regards to the fact that expands on the characteristic quality of the video recording itself, besides that it's legally binding, which seems redundant to the question. Like how it's easy to store/ manage etc.
But I get it, just frustrated.
I totally misunderstood this question at first glance. I thought it was referring to a question that encompasses or provides an answer to using the entirety of the passage. So I was looking for a more general question in the answer choice. Made a mental note of this but how can I avoid this kind of misunderstanding error in the future (def. cost me a point here).
Took some mental gymnastics to click but it finally did! Thanks so much, will keep it in mind.
The kind of question you're thinking about would probably be asked like this:
"The passage is directed toward answering which of the following questions?"
"The passage is primarily concerned with answering which of the following questions?"
Notice the difference between those question stems and this one?:
"The passage provides an answer to which of the following questions?"