PT158.S3.Q12

PrepTest 158 - Section 3 - Question 12

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Professor Shanaz: Support People generally notice and are concerned about only the most obvious public health problems. ████████ █████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ██████ ██████████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ██████ █████████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ███ █████████ ████ █████ ████ ████████████ █████ ████████ █ ████ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ █ ███████████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ███████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ████ █████

Summarize Argument

It is unlikely that there will be widespread effort for new air pollution controls. Why? Because people generally only notice or care about obvious public health problems. Most people are aware that, compared to ozone, contaminated water is a much more widespread threat to our community.

Identify Argument Part

The claim is a premise used to support Professor Shanaz’s main conclusion.

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12.

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a

It is a ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████████████ █████ █████████ ████████ █ ████ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██████

Professor Shanaz’s main conclusion is not that water presents a more widespread threat. Her main conclusion is that it is unlikely for there to be widespread effort for air pollution controls.

8%
b

It is a ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ █ ███████████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ███████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ████ █████

The claim is a premise and directly supports Professor Shanaz’s claim regarding efforts for new air pollution controls.

77%
c

It is used ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ████████████ ██████

The claim does not explain the public’s awareness. The claim states a generalization about the public’s awareness as fact.

8%
d

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The claim is not evidence that ozone can be dangerous.

1%
e

It is the ████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

The claim is not Professor Shanaz’s main conclusion.

7%

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