PrepTest 128, Section 4, Question 24
Passage A discusses the views of the economist(495 more words not shown)
Passage A(13 more words not shown)
Passage B(490 more words not shown)
In passage B, which one(20 more words not shown)
- Afair rules (middle(7 more words not shown)
- Bunjust trial (near(9 more words not shown)
- Cimpartial processes (end(7 more words not shown)
- Dtraumatic childhood (middle(7 more words not shown)
- Einnocent people (end(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Inputs are the factors that shape a person and their actions, as opposed to the consequences of those actions. We're using A's definition to identify an example in B. The murderer's background is the obvious place to look.
Working the answers
- A
Fair rules describe how a trial should be conducted. They aren't background circumstances that shaped the defendant's conduct.
- B
An unjust trial is a flawed legal process, not an input into the conduct being judged.
- C
Impartial processes likewise concern the procedure for judging someone, not the personal factors being weighed.
- DCorrect
A traumatic childhood is part of the murderer's background. Considering it at sentencing would mean considering an input, rather than simply the consequences of the murder. That is the connection between A's general distinction and B's example.
- E
Innocent people are the potential victims of additional crime in B's final sentence. They illustrate the possible consequences of reduced deterrence, not the murderer's background inputs.
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