PrepTest 113, Section 2, Question 13
Adam: Marking road edges with reflecting posts gives(74 more words not shown)
Aiesha responds to Adam's argument(1 more words not shown)
- Aquestioning Adam's assertion(11 more words not shown)
- Bpresenting a possible(6 more words not shown)
- Craising a consideration(14 more words not shown)
- Ddenying that the(13 more words not shown)
- Eproviding additional evidence(16 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Seeing the edge of a dark road sounds helpful. Adam's proposal makes sense at first: reflecting posts make the boundary easier to see, so drivers have a better chance to stay where they belong. I'd still want to know about possible drawbacks. Could the posts themselves create a problem if someone drove too close?
Aiesha brings up a more specific concern. On roads with posts, drivers are more likely to speed and drive near the edge than on similar roads without them. Those behaviors cause accidents. Better visibility may help in one way while drivers' behavior creates a problem in another. Imagine someone who feels so protected by safety equipment that they start taking risks. The protection can be real without settling the person's overall safety.
What we’re looking for
We're asked how Aiesha responds. She adds a consideration Adam hasn't accounted for: what drivers actually do on the marked roads. His prediction about fewer accidents has to survive that concern.
Working the answers
- A
Aiesha doesn't deny that the posts make the road edges easier to see. The drivers could see the edges perfectly well and still drive faster or get too close. Her objection concerns their behavior, not whether the reflectors improve the view.
- B
She offers no alternative plan for reducing accidents. We hear a reason to question Adam's plan, but no proposal to replace it with something else. An objection to a method isn't itself a different method.
- CCorrect
Here, 'facilitating' safe driving means making it easier or possible, not making sure people actually do it. Adam moves from giving drivers a clearer view to expecting fewer accidents. Aiesha points out that drivers on the marked roads engage more often in two dangerous behaviors.
That distinction resolves the wording: a road can make safe driving easier while the people using it choose to drive less safely. Adam needs more than the opportunity to drive safely; he needs actual behavior that supports his prediction. Aiesha's comparison challenges that step without denying the improvement in visibility.
- D
Aiesha doesn't say the view is irrelevant. Visibility could affect accidents while speed and proximity to the road edge also matter. Adding other relevant factors isn't the same as denying the relevance of the first one.
- E
Read the whole claim this answer says she undermines: safer driving does not necessarily reduce accidents. Undermining that claim would push toward a closer connection between safer driving and fewer accidents. Aiesha isn't doing that. She questions whether the marked roads will produce safer driving in the first place. E sends the additional evidence at the wrong claim.
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