PrepTest 127, Section 4, Question 17
Passage A There is no universally accepted definition(474 more words not shown)
Passage A(231 more words not shown)
Passage B(251 more words not shown)
The term "problematic" has which(23 more words not shown)
- Agiving rise to(2 more words not shown)
- Bconfusing and(1 more words not shown)
- Cresulting in(1 more words not shown)
- Ddifficult to(1 more words not shown)
- Etheoretically(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
In A, the unclear categories make it difficult to account for the Roma's situation. In B, the citizenship requirement lets states exclude them from minority status despite their actual characteristics. In both places, “problematic” means that something causes trouble for the Roma. Try replacing the word with that idea.
Working the answers
- A
Neither use describes an intense debate. Something can cause difficulties without generating a public argument.
- B
The definitions in A are unclear, but that's what leads to the problem. “Problematic” describes their troublesome effect, not simply their lack of clarity. In B, the citizenship condition is quite understandable; the objection is to how it excludes people.
- CCorrect
“Resulting in difficulties” works in both places. The unclear categories and the citizenship condition each create an obstacle for the Roma.
- D
Causing a difficulty doesn't establish that solving it must be difficult. Neither use assesses how hard a solution would be.
- E
An unfair or unhelpful classification needn't be logically incoherent. Neither author is identifying a theoretical contradiction.
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