PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 12
A proficiency in understanding, applying, and even formulating(471 more words not shown)
The author discusses the skill(10 more words not shown)
- Aidentify and describe(19 more words not shown)
- Bindicate that law(15 more words not shown)
- Cargue for the(17 more words not shown)
- Dexplain why this(9 more words not shown)
- Eprovide an example(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Synthesis means seeing how individual laws fit together. Why bring it up? Paragraph 3 begins by identifying synthesis as another skill developed through statutory study. So this is another benefit offered in support of the proposed training.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Understanding a coherent group of laws is the benefit; teaching statutory law is the recommended change. The paragraph connects the change to that useful result.
- B
The paragraph does say professors favor applying law in individual cases over seeing interrelations. But explaining why schools value one skill above another isn't its main job. That contrast introduces the benefit the proposed training could add.
- C
The author calls synthesis useful without ranking it as more important than other skills. We don't need that ranking for it to be a reason to teach statutes.
- D
This reverses the relationship. Studying statutes develops synthesis; the author doesn't present synthesis as a skill students must already have before they can study statutes.
- E
Synthesis is an ability, not a particular legal problem. We get an educational benefit, not an example of a client's dispute.
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