PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 26
Leading questions—questions worded in such a way as(469 more words not shown)
It can be most reasonably(16 more words not shown)
- Ahave produced some(14 more words not shown)
- Bshed new light(8 more words not shown)
- Cmay be of(9 more words not shown)
- Dprovide insights into(10 more words not shown)
- Eshould be of(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The writer treats the studies as useful: they confirm that leading questions can alter memories and help explain how. Since those memories can become important evidence, I expect the findings to have consequences beyond the researchers' own theoretical interests.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told the findings were unexpected or that they concerned reliance on external verification. Confirmation alone wouldn't rule out surprise, but no such surprise is reported here.
- B
The studies illuminate a memory problem with legal consequences. The account doesn't describe a longstanding procedural controversy that they settle or clarify.
- C
The findings aren't dismissed as tentative and inconclusive. They are used as evidence explaining a problem the writer takes seriously.
- D
No origins of several types of faulty logical reasoning are investigated. Altering remembered details is different from tracing the development of fallacious arguments.
- ECorrect
The findings matter in actual cases because distorted memories can concern details crucial to identifying a perpetrator. That gives the legal profession a practical reason to care, beyond abstract academic interest.
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