PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 1
To many developers of technologies that affect public(450 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- ARisk communicators are(16 more words not shown)
- BRisk communicators should(22 more words not shown)
- CExperts who want(22 more words not shown)
- DRisk communication can(20 more words not shown)
- ELay people can(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: find out what people know, then give them information they can use to make their own decisions. The radon brochure illustrates that approach. It worked better because its preparation began with the audience's knowledge.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for some version of that recommendation. An answer that only describes the public, or the approach criticized in the opening, won't capture what the writers want communicators to do.
Working the answers
- A
This says communicators are already doing an effective job. We read a recommendation for improving their work, not a positive assessment of how they're handling increasingly complex technologies.
- BCorrect
Assess what people understand so you can give them the information they need. That's our prediction, and it includes both the preparation and its purpose: helping people make reasonable decisions.
- C
Simplifying a message isn't the same as finding out what the audience knows. Someone may understand simple words but interpret them through a mistaken belief. The recommendation addresses that problem, not just the difficulty of the language.
- D
This describes the persuasive approach introduced in the opening. The writers then argue for a different goal: enabling informed decisions. D gives us the approach being challenged as though it were the main recommendation.
- E
Ethical concerns help explain people's judgments, but the writers don't dismiss those concerns as undue influence. And describing the public's judgments leaves out the central recommendation about how to communicate with that public.
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