PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 14
Passage A Comedians are not amused when their(497 more words not shown)
Passage A(293 more words not shown)
Passage B(212 more words not shown)
Passage A, but not passage(2 more words not shown)
- Athe relationship of(6 more words not shown)
- Bthe evolution of(2 more words not shown)
- Cthe enforcement of(2 more words not shown)
- Dthe limitations of(2 more words not shown)
- Ethe impact of(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A does more than say comedians have rules. It describes badmouthing and refusals to work with a joke thief, then connects those consequences to reputational and career harm. In B, we learn what chefs must do—avoid exact copying, keep shared secrets, and give credit—but not what happens to someone who violates those rules. That is the distinction to look for: the rules themselves versus the means of enforcing them.
Working the answers
- A
Both authors connect social norms with intellectual-property law. A says the norms generally parallel copyright's functions; B explicitly compares its three norms with forms of legal protection.
- B
Neither account traces how the norms changed over time. Describing the rules in use is not a history of their evolution.
- CCorrect
A names sanctions and explains their professional consequences. B's three requirements describe expected conduct without identifying penalties or other enforcement measures.
- D
The limitations discussed are chiefly limitations of legal protection. Neither author develops an account of the shortcomings of the social norms themselves.
- E
A connects the norms with continued investment in new material. B describes their effects on recipe copying, disclosure, and credit. Creative output includes the work itself, not just the quantity produced: controlling how recipes are copied and shared affects that creative work. This topic is therefore not unique to A.
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