PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 28
Faculty researchers, particularly in scientific, engineering, and medical(465 more words not shown)
The passage suggests each of(3 more words not shown)
- ASupramaximalist institutions run(17 more words not shown)
- BA faculty-oriented institution(21 more words not shown)
- CFaculty at maximalist(12 more words not shown)
- DThere is little(10 more words not shown)
- EThe degree of(19 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This time we need the claim that isn't supported. Keep the categories separate: the broadest claim, employment or resource use, significant resource use, and faculty ownership with exceptions. We'll check what each choice says about those rules.
Working the answers
- A
I initially hesitate because the support comes in two steps. The opening links limited flexibility to departures; supramaximalism then asserts the broadest ownership claim. Together, those points support the greatest risk of losing researchers to more accommodating institutions. Connecting evidence is allowed.
- B
This invention falls outside both exceptions to faculty ownership: it doesn't concern public health and involves no university resources. The faculty-oriented default leaves it with the researcher.
- C
The maximalist rule can affect nearly everything a faculty member creates (paragraph 2). That suggests inventions outside employment and without institutional resources are uncommon. Otherwise, the rule would leave much more of the researcher's work untouched.
- D
Maximalism isn't quite as sweeping in definition, but its practical reach can still cover virtually everything. That supports little practical difference from supramaximalism, without requiring identical results in absolutely every case.
- ECorrect
The resource-provider claim depends on significant resource use, and the institution judges what counts. Nothing guarantees an unchanging ownership claim across projects with different levels of involvement. A requires linking two supported statements; E adds a no-variation rule we aren't given.
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