PrepTest 129, Section 4, Question 4
The United States government agency responsible for overseeing(454 more words not shown)
Based on information presented in(17 more words not shown)
- AIf the United(21 more words not shown)
- BBy their very(10 more words not shown)
- CThe recourse of(14 more words not shown)
- DGovernmental regulation cannot(9 more words not shown)
- EThe government cannot(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What would the author agree with? We have a critical account of the FCC's conduct and a successful court challenge that changed it. That gives us some guidance, but the question is broad. We'll still need support for the particular claim each answer makes.
What we’re looking for
An inference can connect ideas without repeating a sentence word for word. It just can't turn this one agency's conduct into a sweeping rule about all business or government.
Working the answers
- A
We don't know what the FCC would have known without the church's case. The account doesn't rule out other ways for the agency to learn about the station's policies.
- B
“By their very nature” is far too broad. A conflict between this station and the public doesn't establish that business interests always oppose public interests.
- CCorrect
The church used the courts to secure a hearing and ultimately get the license revoked. The author calls the case a “formidable precedent” for public access. Those results support treating a court challenge as an effective way to protect public interests; we don't need a sentence using those exact words.
- D
The FCC's poor handling of this case doesn't show that government regulation cannot protect the public. The court's intervention helped, and other regulations aren't evaluated at all.
- E
The criticism is aimed at the FCC's conduct. Extending it to the government as a whole overlooks the court that stepped in to protect the public.
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