PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 22
It is generally believed that while in some(434 more words not shown)
The passage indicates that which(20 more words not shown)
- Aan expectation about(8 more words not shown)
- Bdeference to expert(7 more words not shown)
- Ca belief as(9 more words not shown)
- Da judgment as(12 more words not shown)
- Ea consideration of(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need the public's actual standard, not the author's preferred one. The opening says laypeople care a great deal whether a risk is taken voluntarily. That helps explain why they might favor public protection in one situation but expect an individual to bear responsibility in another.
Working the answers
- A
The skydiving example explicitly says people might oppose public spending even when the ratio of dollars spent to lives saved is quite good. That ratio is not the significant public concern emphasized here.
- B
We are not told that laypeople usually defer to experts. The opening instead draws a contrast between what those two groups emphasize.
- CCorrect
The public's dividing line mainly concerns whether a risk is incurred voluntarily. This directly answers what influences laypeople's willingness to support intervention and public funding.
- D
The opening associates attention to aggregate lives at stake with policy experts. It identifies voluntariness as the distinctive public concern, so D substitutes the other group's emphasis.
- E
The final paragraph includes available resources in the author's recommended decision rule. It does not identify that consideration as the usual public basis for deciding which risks deserve funding.
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