PrepTest 117, Section 1, Question 7
The Canadian Auto Workers' (CAW) Legal Services Plan,(465 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(19 more words not shown)
- AIt points to(18 more words not shown)
- BIt is identified(28 more words not shown)
- CIt identifies what(16 more words not shown)
- DIt is reported(16 more words not shown)
- EIt describes one(22 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why call the plans marketing devices? My first thought is that this explains which lawyers are likely to participate: someone still building a practice needs new clients more than someone who already has an established client base.
What we’re looking for
Now connect that observation to the argument. Why does the writer care who is attracted to the plans?
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The next sentence supplies the link: participating lawyers tend to have less expertise and provide less satisfaction. Their need for marketing helps explain why the plans attract that group, which supports the concern about quality. This is a tendency, not a claim that every less-established lawyer is incompetent; many are expressly called “able and conscientious.”
- B
The administrators' defense appears earlier. Here, the writer uses the marketing point to develop a concern about the plans' results, rather than to describe what administrators believe they contribute to the profession.
- C
The point introduces a disadvantage for service quality. It isn't presented as an unequivocal benefit.
- D
This reasoning belongs to the writer's final argument. It isn't attributed to established lawyers who oppose participation.
- E
Building a practice may be difficult, but the writer isn't explaining these lawyers' advocacy of the plans. The purpose is to connect the plans' appeal to less-established lawyers with the predicted outcome for clients.
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