PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 26
It is generally believed that while in some(434 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly supports(11 more words not shown)
- AWhenever an activity(19 more words not shown)
- BSome environmental risks(9 more words not shown)
- CPolicy experts are(17 more words not shown)
- DThe government should(11 more words not shown)
- EGovernment policies intended(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author rejects an all-or-nothing view of many risks. Environmental, occupational and other social risks can involve different degrees of choice. That gives us a concrete supported inference to look for; we do not need to invent a new spending proposal or assume that every danger requires intervention.
Working the answers
- A
The recommendation is to save lives within limited resources, with room for justified departures. It does not require government intervention whenever any activity threatens a life.
- BCorrect
The second paragraph explicitly includes environmental risks when explaining that voluntariness is a matter of degree. Some can therefore be voluntary to a greater degree than others.
- C
Experts' different focus does not establish greater skill at judging voluntariness. The author contrasts their attention to lives at stake with the public's emphasis on choice, rather than ranking the two groups' accuracy at applying the same label.
- D
The author recommends a method for using limited resources, not an increase in the amount available. A different decision rule need not mean a larger budget.
- E
The author criticizes reliance on the public's usual intuition. Justified policy can depart from that intuition when grounded in the actual considerations involved; agreement with most people's beliefs is not required.
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