PrepTest 125, Section 1, Question 2

Purpose of ClaimDifficulty1 of 5
Passage 1Internet communications and territorial legal authority
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This passage was adapted from an article published(455 more words not shown)

The author mentions French officials(16 more words not shown)

Reading the passage

Why bring France into a message going from Canada to Japan? My first prediction is broad: this is another example of a regulatory problem.

Working the answers

  • A

    Worldwide availability is part of the background, but this example asks who may lawfully access a communication. Its point is the regulatory complication, not merely the size of the Internet's audience.

  • B

    Languages aren't discussed.

  • C
    Correct

    This makes our broad prediction more precise. The preceding sentence explains that communications may pass through several territorial jurisdictions. France illustrates an intermediate country along the route. The question about French officials shows why the sender's and recipient's locations don't settle the privacy issue.

  • D

    Trademarks are the previous paragraph's example. This one concerns access to private communications.

  • E

    Nothing here describes cooperation that created the Internet. The example raises an unresolved question about legal authority.

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