PrepTest 130, Section 2, Question 12
This passage was adapted from articles published in(459 more words not shown)
Which one of the following,(17 more words not shown)
- AUntil recently, computer(24 more words not shown)
- BSome of the(16 more words not shown)
- CComputer designs for(19 more words not shown)
- DSome of the(19 more words not shown)
- EUnderlying the designs(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
First locate the prediction: computer scientists will increasingly look to nature for solutions. We're supporting that forecast, not the earlier claim about predicting weather.
What we’re looking for
I'd look for a reason other scientists would adopt the approach. Perhaps there are examples of them beginning to do so, or a limitation of current technology that encourages a different approach. Let's see what support the answers offer.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This isn't the example of another scientist I initially had in mind, but it gives us a reason adoption could increase. Until recently, scientists had little awareness of these principles; their newly expanded awareness makes using them more plausible. It supports the forecast without guaranteeing it.
- B
Undiscovered weather variables don't show that scientists will increasingly base computer designs on nature. B concerns the difficulty of weather prediction, a different claim.
- C
This compares success in predicting phenomena affected or unaffected by humans. It doesn't establish that the computer designs borrow principles from nature or that scientists will increasingly do so.
- D
Emeagwali's reuse of his own principles doesn't tell us that other computer scientists will adopt this approach. The prediction concerns a broader trend.
- E
Past designers' unrecognized use of mathematical principles doesn't establish a future increase in consciously looking to nature. E never supplies that connection.
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