PrepTest 138, Section 1, Question 23
Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify(485 more words not shown)
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Passage B(205 more words not shown)
Both passages explicitly mention which(4 more words not shown)
- Alegal(1 more words not shown)
- Eoverinclusive(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is a shared-detail question. We need something explicitly mentioned in both A and B, not merely an idea we could connect to their general subject. A discusses the gaps that increasingly precise laws can create. B identifies a legal gap that prevents the city from using liens for water debts. That gives us a clear point to check in the choices.
Working the answers
- A
B raises a technical legal distinction: water charges are not taxes. A discusses problems with drafting and enforcing laws, but it does not explicitly identify legal technicalities as the issue. Related legal subject matter is not enough for this question.
- B
B explicitly calls the threat of credit consequences a “powerful incentive” to pay. A does not explicitly discuss incentives. Its focus is the cost of enforcing rules too broadly and the value of discretion.
- CCorrect
A warns that more precise descriptions of forbidden conduct create more “loopholes.” B calls the restriction on city liens “a loophole.” Both explicitly mention the same thing, even though the particular gaps differ.
- D
A mentions “the inherent ambiguities of language.” B does not explicitly discuss language. Its dispute concerns the city's collection methods and the legal restriction on liens.
- E
Overinclusive rules are central to A: their literal reach includes conduct lawmakers did not intend to prohibit. B never explicitly mentions overinclusive laws. We cannot supply that discussion merely because B also concerns enforcement.
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