PrepTest 123, Section 4, Question 19

ApplicationDifficulty3 of 5
Passage 3Hyperlinks, control of access, and copyright
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The World Wide Web, a network of electronically(464 more words not shown)

The passage most strongly implies(5 more words not shown)

Reading the passage

This is an open inference question, so there isn't one narrow prediction to force on the answers. Keep the concrete example in mind: A posts the document, B creates a link to it, and A can require a password to enter the page. Which claim follows from what the writer says about those actions?

Working the answers

  • A

    Nothing makes the roles mutually exclusive. Someone could post a document they own and also create a link to it. Giving A and B different roles in this example doesn't establish that no one can perform both roles.

  • B
    Correct

    The argument asks who controls distribution, then answers that A “actually controls access to it.” A's act of posting offers the document for distribution; B merely directs others there. That reasoning treats control of access as the basis for identifying the distributor.

  • C

    The argument concerns whether linking infringes copyright. It never takes a position on whether owners of online material should receive privacy protection.

  • D

    This reverses the argument. A controls access; B's ability to send readers there doesn't give B control over the document's availability.

  • E

    No printing requirement is given. The discussion concerns access to electronic documents and unauthorized copies, not a rule that infringement must involve paper.

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