PrepTest 158, Section 3, Question 17
Situation: A physical therapist wants her patients to(36 more words not shown)
The analysis provided for the(13 more words not shown)
- AA math teacher(23 more words not shown)
- BA software manufacturer(28 more words not shown)
- CA librarian wants(26 more words not shown)
- DA hardware retail(29 more words not shown)
- EA concert series(14 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
If practicing becomes more enjoyable, people may spend more time doing it. That is the relationship the analysis sees between the therapist's two goals: achieving the first helps bring about the second.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for the exception among the new situations. For each choice, ask, “If the first goal succeeds, does that give us a sensible route to the second?” The subject matter doesn't have to involve therapy or enjoyment. And because the question says the analysis could be appropriate, we don't need a guarantee that every person will respond the same way. We need to find the pair whose first goal doesn't do the proposed work.
Working the answers
- A
Understanding the mathematical principles can help students recognize situations where those principles apply. Someone who understands a percentage calculation, for example, is better placed to use it while shopping. So achieving the understanding goal can promote the everyday-use goal. This fits the analysis, so it isn't our exception.
- B
More satisfied customers could be customers who find the software easier to use. That would give them less reason to call for instructions. Satisfaction and support calls aren't guaranteed to move together in every case, but this is a plausible way success with the first goal could bring success with the second.
- C
A lost or stolen book won't be returned on time. Reducing those losses leaves more borrowed books available to be returned when due. Other causes of lateness could remain, but the first goal can still help achieve the second. We don't need it to solve every problem with returns.
- DCorrect
Building a new warehouse doesn't make employees help plan an expansion of the old one. These are different projects, even though both concern storage space. In fact, the new warehouse might remove the need to expand the old building at all.
Compare that with making practice more enjoyable: enjoyment gives people a reason to practice more. D doesn't give us a comparable connection from completing the new building to getting employees to plan expansion of the old one. That is why it is the exception.
- E
A more varied repertoire can appeal to people who weren't interested in the previous selections. Presenting those works could therefore attract new patrons. This is a straightforward example of the first objective helping achieve the second, so we eliminate it in an EXCEPT question.
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