PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 15
A proficiency in understanding, applying, and even formulating(471 more words not shown)
Each of the following conforms(21 more words not shown)
- Askill in locating(13 more words not shown)
- Ban understanding of(16 more words not shown)
- Ca knowledge of(5 more words not shown)
- Dfamiliarity with the(16 more words not shown)
- Ean appreciation of(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need the exception: four results should fit the proposed statutory training, and one should not.
What we’re looking for
Recall what the author wants students to gain—understanding, applying, and formulating statutes, including interpreting individual laws and seeing relationships among them. Check the proposed results against those abilities.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This sends students back to locating court decisions. The tax example instead shows that a lawyer can sometimes answer directly from a statute, without the painstaking case analysis emphasized in school. Improved case-reference searching isn't one of the proposed statutory-training results.
- B
Understanding how related environmental laws serve shared purposes is synthesis: seeing how the individual laws form a coherent whole. It fits, so it isn't the exception.
- C
The opening explicitly includes “formulating statutes” among the important abilities. Knowing how statutes are formulated fits that goal; the particular area of maritime law doesn't change the skill.
- D
I initially hesitate at the focus on specific wording, but mastering a set of statutes would naturally involve learning their wording. The final paragraph concedes that students acquire specific regional knowledge even while emphasizing the more transferable skills. D is a reasonable result.
- E
Drafting statutes raises questions about how to word them, which fits the opening's formulation skill and the concern with accurate meaning. E and D both mention wording, but that similarity alone doesn't settle either answer. Each has its own connection to the proposed training.
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