PrepTest 124 - Section 4 - Passage 3 - Question 15

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The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.

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Problem · Trend of treating university research findings as commodities

Threatens the tradition and role of research as a public good.

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Details of problem · Universities are suited to experimentation, but businesses are not

Introduction of market values into universities threatens the universities' traditional role.

Additional details of problem · Businesses can hide their own research

For example, growth of industrial biotechnology has led to less sharing of research in the field.

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Traditional perspective · Scientific research was a public good

Since most benefits of research came from government support of universities, no individual had the right to restrict access to those benefits.

New perspective · Research is becoming market commodity subject to claims of intellectual property

Example: biotechnology industry uses research to make profits off of products. They can claim that the underlying scientific knowledge is their intellectual property.

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We’re looking for an answer that’s mentioned in Passage B, but not in Passage A. If you’re using the Split Approach, you’ll start be eliminating answers that are mentioned in Passage A. Then you’ll come back to eliminate answers that are not mentioned in Passage B.

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This is discussed in P3 of Passage B. But Passage A doesn’t discuss this.

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Discussed in Passage A. (It’s arguably something brought up in Passage B, but this doesn’t matter because we’ve already eliminated it based on Passage A.)

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Discussed in Passage A. (It’s brought up in Passage B, but this doesn’t matter because we’ve already eliminated it based on Passage A.)

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Discussed in Passage A. (It’s brought up in Passage B, but this doesn’t matter because we’ve already eliminated it based on Passage A.)

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