PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 23
Leading questions—questions worded in such a way as(469 more words not shown)
In discussing the tangential details(37 more words not shown)
- AFor purposes of(27 more words not shown)
- BFor the purpose(34 more words not shown)
- CFor purposes of(33 more words not shown)
- DFor purposes of(30 more words not shown)
- EFor purposes of(28 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What is the contrast we need to match? A detail may matter little to the witness's experience but matter greatly to the court's purpose. The shirt color is the same detail; its importance changes with what someone needs it for.
What we’re looking for
Look for something unimportant for one purpose but important for another. Merely including two different purposes won't be enough.
Working the answers
- A
Salt and vinegar matter for the stated purposes, but other ingredients could perform those jobs. That's replaceability, not the same feature becoming important for a different purpose.
- B
Caffeine's presence supplies one desired effect, while its absence is promoted for another. This contrasts reasons to include or exclude it; it doesn't make the same clean unneeded-for-one-purpose, needed-for-another comparison.
- C
This switches from the skins of apples and other fruits to grape skins. It doesn't show the same detail becoming important when evaluated for a different purpose.
- DCorrect
Wheat germ isn't needed for flavor and appearance, but is important for nutrition. Likewise, the shirt color or hairstyle may not matter much to the witness's immediate experience but can matter greatly for identification. The same feature has different significance under the two purposes.
- E
Removing fat is desirable for texture and appearance and also for health. Those purposes align; there isn't the contrast in importance we need.
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