PT119.S2.Q1

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PrepTest 119 - Section 2 - Question 1

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Cox: The consumer council did not provide sufficient justification for its action when it required that Derma-35 be recalled from the market.

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Speaker 1 Summary

Cox doesn’t make an argument, instead just claiming without support that the consumer council didn’t sufficiently justify its decision to pull Derma-35 from the market.

Speaker 2 Summary

Crockett argues that Cox is wrong; in other words, that the council did sufficiently justify its decision. What was the justification? The council cited the side effect of blemishes, which Crockett says are a legitimate health concern. Crockett clearly believes that citing a legitimate health concern justified the council’s decision.

Objective

We’re looking for a point of disagreement. Cox and Crockett disagree about whether or not the council’s decision was sufficiently justified.

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Cox and Crockett disagree over ███████

Derma-35 should remain ██ ███ ██████

Neither speaker states their own opinion about whether or not Derma-35 should stay on the market. Each just discusses whether the council had an adequate basis for its decision.

blemishes are sometimes ██████ ██ ████████████

Neither speaker mentions a causal connection between blemishes and inflammation. Cox doesn’t mention blemishes or inflammation at all. Crockett mentions both, but doesn’t say whether they’re related.

the council based ███ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████████

Crockett’s argument indicates that the council based its decision on the threat of blemishes rather than inflammation (or at least it said it did). Cox, however, doesn’t discuss either blemishes or inflammation at all.

the council gave ██ ████████ ██████ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████████

Cox disagrees with this and Crockett agrees, so this is the point of disagreement. Cox’s claim is that the council did not give an adequate reason for its decision. Crockett’s argument disagrees with this claim, and tries to prove that the council’s reason was adequate.

inflammation is a ███████ ██████ ██████

Neither speaker offers an opinion about whether inflammation is a serious health threat. Only Crockett even mentions inflammation, and even then doesn’t say anything about its status as a health threat.

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98% of people who answer get this correct

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Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 120

122

75% 133

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Point at issue: disagree

Stems that ask us to identify a statement to which one speaker in the stimulus would say "Yes" and the other would say "No"

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