PT132.S4.Q4

PrepTest 132 - Section 4 - Question 4

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Paleontologists recently excavated two corresponding sets of dinosaur tracks, one left by a large grazing dinosaur and the other by a smaller predatory dinosaur. ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ █████ ████ ████████ ████ ███ █████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ████████ ███████████ ███████████

Structure: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author discusses two sets of tracks excavated by paleontologists, which suggest that a smaller predatory dinosaur was following a larger grazing dinosaur and matching its stride. To explain this phenomenon, the author appeals to an analogy with modern predatory mammals, which match the stride of their prey immediately before striking. The author thus concludes that the predatory dinosaur was chasing the grazing one and attacked it immediately afterwards.

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4.

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

a

It helps establish ███ ██████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███████████
Incorrect. This statement doesn't do anything to establish some kind of general "scientific importance" for the author's conclusion. The author's conclusion is there to explain the phenomenon presented in this statement.
4%
b

It is a ██████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████
Incorrect. This statement isn't a hypothesis. It presents a phenomenon that the author's overall conclusion tries to explain.
1%
c

It provides the █████ ███ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████
Correct. This statement describes a certain phenomenon: the predatory dinosaur matching the stride of the grazing dinosaur. This phenomenon allows the author to draw an analogy to predatory mammals matching the stride of their prey before striking, which then allows the author to draw a final conclusion.
88%
d

It is presented ██ ██████████ █ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███████████
Incorrect. This statement doesn't counteract any potential objections.
2%
e

It is the ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████
Incorrect. This statement presents a phenomenon explained by the overall conclusion. It isn't the overall conclusion itself.
6%

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