PrepTest 136, Section 1, Question 13
Passage A In this appeal of his criminal(491 more words not shown)
Passage A(262 more words not shown)
Passage B(237 more words not shown)
Both passages allude to a(7 more words not shown)
- Arely on a(8 more words not shown)
- Buse computerized databases(5 more words not shown)
- Ccount the number(7 more words not shown)
- Dcalculate the odds(10 more words not shown)
- Euse computer technology(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Translate the terminology into the action being performed. A refers to points of identification and a points-and-characteristics approach. B describes counting similar ridge characteristics. Both are talking about checking corresponding features on two fingerprints, even though the labels aren't identical.
Working the answers
- A
Only B mentions a holistic approach. That is different from the feature-by-feature method discussed in both.
- B
Neither account describes searching computerized databases. A familiar real-world tool is not automatically part of the method these authors discuss.
- CCorrect
The common method counts matching characteristics. A discusses the number of identification points needed; B directly explains point counting. Those are two descriptions of the same basic activity.
- D
B says the relevant probabilities are unknown and asks how they could be established. Asking for those odds doesn't describe examiners already calculating them as their identification method. A doesn't supply such a calculation either.
- E
B mentions smudged prints, but neither author describes using computer technology to clarify them. This adds a proposed technique rather than identifying their shared one.
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