PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 23
Computers have long been utilized in the sphere(437 more words not shown)
In the passage as a(7 more words not shown)
- Aarguing that computers(16 more words not shown)
- Bindicating that the(15 more words not shown)
- Cdemonstrating that computers(13 more words not shown)
- Dsuggesting that, because(19 more words not shown)
- Edefending the use(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Our main-point prediction also gives us the author's purpose. The author examines why automated legal reasoning hasn't delivered what was hoped for. I want an answer focused on the interpretive difficulties, not one celebrating the technology's future.
Working the answers
- A
This promises fundamental change. The author's emphasis is on the barriers that have prevented the described systems from succeeding.
- BCorrect
The mobile-home and marriage examples illustrate subtle questions of interpretation, while the last paragraph shows the difficulty of identifying relevant precedents. These are aspects of legal reasoning that the programs don't readily handle.
- C
The case-based approach is introduced as a proposed improvement, then criticized. The author isn't demonstrating that the programs are nearing success at applying precedents.
- D
The author doesn't argue from the human origin of law to a requirement that programmers use human intuition. Explaining what the programs lack is different from prescribing that particular way of designing them.
- E
Established computer uses supply the opening background. Defending computers as indispensable to the profession isn't the purpose of the discussion that follows.
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