Why is B wrong?
Is it too strong?
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Re: Q8
Question Type:
Main Idea
Answer expected in lines/paragraph:
Lines 56-58 are probably the best encapsulation. The author is essentially Describing a Problem, and the best distillation of the problem is in 56-58.
Any prephrase?
The fingerprint community doesn't have a consistent set of standards nor does it have sufficiently clear error rates, and both of these are troubling given its frequent use as "trusted" evidence.
Correct answer:
D
Answer choice analysis:
(A) Very narrow. And there was nothing about "challening fingerprint evidence during trial" in the passage.
(B) The author hasn't gone to THIS extreme. She's just saying "it's not acceptable that we have so little consensus or information about fingerprinting". She doesn't think conclusive evidence about the reliability of fingerprinting even exists yet.
(C) Too narrow, and the author wouldn't necessarily commit to saying that the study in 63-65 speaks the truth.
(D) Sounds good. Sounds like the purpose: describe a problem. The lack of consistent standards and lack of good info regarding error rate is enough to support this sentence.
(E) Just like (B), too strong. The author is asking tough questions but the passage doesn't give clear, pessimistic answers.
Takeaway/Pattern: Just like an ID the Conclusion question in LR, we see trap answers here going overboard and trying to fish people into guessing "What ELSE the author might say". Our job is to stay with what was explicitly said. The author described a complex problem without providing us with any clear takeaways.
#officialexplanation
Main Idea
Answer expected in lines/paragraph:
Lines 56-58 are probably the best encapsulation. The author is essentially Describing a Problem, and the best distillation of the problem is in 56-58.
Any prephrase?
The fingerprint community doesn't have a consistent set of standards nor does it have sufficiently clear error rates, and both of these are troubling given its frequent use as "trusted" evidence.
Correct answer:
D
Answer choice analysis:
(A) Very narrow. And there was nothing about "challening fingerprint evidence during trial" in the passage.
(B) The author hasn't gone to THIS extreme. She's just saying "it's not acceptable that we have so little consensus or information about fingerprinting". She doesn't think conclusive evidence about the reliability of fingerprinting even exists yet.
(C) Too narrow, and the author wouldn't necessarily commit to saying that the study in 63-65 speaks the truth.
(D) Sounds good. Sounds like the purpose: describe a problem. The lack of consistent standards and lack of good info regarding error rate is enough to support this sentence.
(E) Just like (B), too strong. The author is asking tough questions but the passage doesn't give clear, pessimistic answers.
Takeaway/Pattern: Just like an ID the Conclusion question in LR, we see trap answers here going overboard and trying to fish people into guessing "What ELSE the author might say". Our job is to stay with what was explicitly said. The author described a complex problem without providing us with any clear takeaways.
#officialexplanation
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