PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 24
Computers have long been utilized in the sphere(437 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that the(20 more words not shown)
- AThese systems have(17 more words not shown)
- BProgress in research(22 more words not shown)
- CThese systems will(15 more words not shown)
- DRule systems will(6 more words not shown)
- EDeveloping adequate legal(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author thinks these systems aren't adequate yet. That's our starting point, but it doesn't settle every claim about how they might improve or what people will use them for. We'll need evidence for the particular claim in each choice.
Working the answers
- A
The opening says the systems fell short of optimistic predictions. It doesn't give us a separate group of satisfied computer specialists whose expectations were met despite practitioners' disappointment.
- B
The obstacle described isn't a shortage of electronically accessible legal documents. It's the difficulty of interpreting rules and identifying relevant similarities. The proposed comparison between those two obstacles isn't supported.
- C
We aren't given this forecast about their eventual use. Existing legal research programs are mentioned, but that doesn't establish that the reasoning systems under discussion will mainly become research tools.
- D
The author identifies shortcomings in both approaches without predicting that rule systems will replace case-based systems.
- ECorrect
At first, research breakthroughs can sound stronger than simply saying the programs need improvement. But the end of the second paragraph supplies the support: the necessary knowledge is well outside what these systems can provide now or anytime soon (paragraph 2). The final sentence likewise describes a major unresolved problem in independently finding relevant similarities. Those are substantial obstacles, which supports the need for breakthroughs rather than just a routine adjustment.
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