PrepTest 123, Section 4, Question 17
The World Wide Web, a network of electronically(464 more words not shown)
With which one of the(16 more words not shown)
- ASuch documents cannot(9 more words not shown)
- BSuch documents cannot(21 more words not shown)
- CThe nearly instantaneous(16 more words not shown)
- DSuch documents can(19 more words not shown)
- ESuch documents cannot(25 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Start with the position we've just read. A chose to put the document online; B merely points people to it. The writer doesn't think that makes B an infringer, and A can use a password if A wants to limit access.
What we’re looking for
I would initially expect a claim consistent with that defense of linking. The question is broad, though, so the right answer needn't simply repeat the main conclusion.
Working the answers
- A
This is the owners' position that the writer argues against. The available access controls are part of the reason the writer considers stronger copyright law unnecessary here.
- B
This blurs widely used communication with a free exchange of ideas. Password-protected messages can still be widely used for communication, even though they aren't freely accessible to everyone. The writer acknowledges some loss of openness from passwords, but doesn't say protecting documents must significantly reduce the web's use for communication.
- C
The password example directly disproves impossible. A can require a password to enter the page, so fast access doesn't prevent the owner from limiting who gets in.
- D
Only by altering legal codes reverses the argument: the writer recommends available access controls and calls the proposed legal change ill-advised.
- ECorrect
Restricted documents cannot contribute as fully to an open exchange as freely accessible ones. The password discussion supplies the connection: limiting access would make the Web somewhat less open (paragraph 3). This doesn't mean restricted documents contribute nothing, only that unrestricted access is needed for their full contribution.
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