PrepTest 157, Section 4, Question 25
This passage was adapted from an article published(444 more words not shown)
In the final paragraph, the(18 more words not shown)
- Aan example of(3 more words not shown)
- Ba rationale for(3 more words not shown)
- Ca causal explanation(4 more words not shown)
- Da layperson's definition(5 more words not shown)
- Ea point of(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What does the statement about specific texts help establish? It explains why software fits copyright: a program expresses an idea through a particular sequence of code, just as a written work expresses ideas through particular words. The statement supplies a reason for the author's choice of protection.
Working the answers
- A
The author doesn't offer it as a surprising claim that conflicts with common sense. Its job is to support the classification of software under copyright.
- BCorrect
The sentence itself links the two: insofar as programs express ideas in specific texts, they fall more appropriately within copyright law. That is a rationale for the author's position, connecting the nature of software to the appropriate legal protection.
- C
This isn't an explanation of what caused a phenomenon. It identifies a feature of software that supports treating it under one legal category rather than another.
- D
No technical legal term is being defined for a layperson. The author is explaining why software belongs within copyright's established domain.
- E
The assertion is used to justify the author's position, not presented as an area of agreement between the two sides. We don't need to assume the opponents would reject every word of it; agreement simply isn't its function here.
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