Even though she thought the informant

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   The information that the informant provided is known to

   We're only shopping for answers that allow us to establish that the judge or her editor will order her to reveal the informant's identity. This answer comes nowhere close to that goal.

   1%
2. B

   Opposite Logic6% picked this

   The journalist's editor will not order her to reveal the informant's identity unless the information is accurate

   We're shopping for answers that allow us to establish that the judge or her editor will order her to reveal the informant's identity. Meanwhile, this answer gives us a rule that would lead to the editor's not ordering her to reveal. It says, information isn't accurate won't or → order her doesn't concern public safety to reveal We basically want the opposite: if the info is accurate then editor and it does concern safety will order reveal

   6%
3. C

   Correct87% picked this

   If the information concerns safety at the power plant, a judge will order the journalist to

   Why this is right

   We're shopping for answers that allow us to establish that the judge or her editor will order her to reveal the informant's identity. This answer says that info concerns safety → judge will order at power plant her to reveal Cool, well does the informant's info concern safety at the power plant? Yes, we were told it concerns safety violations at the power plant. Thus, according to this answer, the judge will order the journalist to reveal the informant's identity. Thus, according to the 'However' sentence, the journalist will publicly reveal the informant's identity. So this answer guarantees the truth of the conclusion. info is about → judge plant safety orders reveal + Premise judge/editor → journey will orders reveal reveal identity informant's info is about plant safety journey will reveal informant's identity

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   87%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

   The truth of the information provided by the informant can be verified only if the informant's

   We're only shopping for answers that allow us to establish that the judge or her editor will order her to reveal the informant's identity. This answer comes nowhere close to that goal.

   4%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   The informant understood, at the time the journalist promised him confidentiality, that she would break this promise if ordered to

   We're only shopping for answers that allow us to establish that the judge or her editor will order her to reveal the informant's identity. This answer talks about the informant's awareness of the fact that a judge's order could cause the journalist to leak their identity. But this answer does nothing to establish that the judge or editor will in fact order a reveal of the identity.

   2%