PT102.S3.Q6

PrepTest 102 - Section 3 - Question 6

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The regulator concludes that it was impossible to attract enough qualified investigators. As support, the regulator says that the starting salaries were frozen so low by the legislature that they did not have 500 qualified applicants.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The regulator responds to the legislator’s accusation that the regulation agency purposely limited hiring by highlighting new information that impacts the hiring process. The information raised by the regulator about the low starting salaries provides an alternate explanation that weakens the legislator’s argument. The new information suggests that it was the low salaries, rather than malice by the regulators, that explains the fact that no more than 400 regulators were hired.

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6.

The regulator responds to the ████████████ █████████ ██

a

shifting the blame ███ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████████

b

providing information that ██████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████████

c

claiming that compliance ████ ███ █████████████ ███████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ████████████ ████████

d

rephrasing the legislator's ██████████ ██ █████ ████ █████████ ██ ███ █████████

e

showing that the ████████████ ██████████ ███ ██████████████████

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