PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 22
Computers have long been utilized in the sphere(437 more words not shown)
In relation to the third(20 more words not shown)
- Aa general assertion(5 more words not shown)
- Ba general assertion(16 more words not shown)
- Ca general assertion(6 more words not shown)
- Da theoretical assumption(5 more words not shown)
- Ea specific observation(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
First identify all three sentences. The sentence we're classifying says the systems have fallen short of early predictions and haven't delivered independent expert advice. That's the broad assessment.
What we’re looking for
The two sentences we're comparing it with identify particular problems: rule-based systems underestimated interpretation, and case-based systems use similarity criteria fixed by their designers. Both help explain the disappointing result. The direction runs from these specific problems to the general assessment.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The general assertion is that the systems haven't delivered the expected results. The two observations support it by identifying a limitation in each approach. We aren't merely being asked to notice that there are two types of programs; we need the role of the stated problems with them.
- B
Neither observation refutes the broad assessment. Both identify reasons the systems fall short.
- C
This reverses the support. Knowing only that the programs disappointed expectations wouldn't establish these two particular causes. The author gives those problems as reasons for the assessment, not deductions from it.
- D
The assessment isn't a theoretical assumption that the later sentences disprove. They support it.
- E
The opening assessment is broader than the two specific problems. Those problems aren't incompatible generalizations either: both types of systems can have the limitations described.
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