Self-study
I have been studying for a little over a month and finished the core curriculum as well as drilling. I saw improvement when I implemented blind reviews. I have taken my first practice test and I feel so upset after receiving a 150. The blind review raised me by one point. Is this a normal baseline? I was hoping for at least a 155, and then I can drill the next two months till October and raise it to the 160s. The school I want to get into has a median of 165 but now I feel disheartened about my chances of getting in. Any advice or tips? I have lots of time but am running out of study material so I'm planning on getting a tutor.
To me, it's wrong for the same reason that A is wrong. Think of it like this:
A is wrong because it says that the usage of the problematic rules is intermittent (not always happening, and only at certain times). However, we can conclude that it's a bad answer because despite the fact that the rules aren't always obscured, they are in this case.
Similarly, it doesn't really matter that it's not ALWAYS reasonable to adopt an alternate code, because clearly here (according to the argument) it is. Sure it's not always reasonable but it's not strong enough to undermine this argument on that basis alone. It would need to say:
"It is not reasonable to adopt an alternate code in order to maintain the public's confidence" for it to be right. The "always" weakens it as an answer.
The answer choice needs to directly support why we can keep the code we have now and not just adopt an alternate one. The only answer that does that is C.