PrepTest 102, Section 1, Question 2
Most office workers assume that the messages they(434 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(22 more words not shown)
- ASuch deletion reveals(8 more words not shown)
- BSuch deletion runs(10 more words not shown)
- CSuch deletion clearly(14 more words not shown)
- DSuch deletion violates(9 more words not shown)
- ESuch deletion harms(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Who opposes deletion? The people who want the government to keep the emails. My first thought is their complaint that paper copies leave out information, such as who received a message and when. That's one reason to preserve the electronic records. Let's see whether the choices give us that reason or another one these opponents actually state.
Working the answers
- A
They don't accuse the government of an “unhealthy obsession with secrecy.” That adds a motive we weren't given.
- BCorrect
This isn't the missing-information reason we first predicted. It's the next part of the opponents' argument: officials are “civil servants”; the public should be able to review documents from government business. They work for the public; the public should be able to check their work. That's government accountability to the people it serves.
- C
The paper versions are protected from destruction. That doesn't establish a legal requirement to keep duplicate copies of every transaction.
- D
The suggested guidelines would allow deletion. We aren't told that existing guidelines forbid deleting electronic records.
- E
This debate concerns public access to government records. Damage to relationships between employees and supervisors isn't the opponents' reason.
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