PT152 S2 Q24 ExplanationPolitical scientist: When a bill

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Out of Scope: important compromises10% picked this

   Compromises regarding issues of fundamental importance to large blocs of representatives in the legislature usually do not enable the passage

   The passage talked about situations in which compromise over issues of fundamental importance to lots of reps was impossible. This answer, since it's speaking about situations when compromises do occur is apparently talking about a situation we never covered in this paragraph. We can't contradict something we never covered.

   10%
2. B

   Compatible11% picked this

   Most bills that do not concern any issues of fundamental importance to any large bloc of representatives in

   We could say that "Most bills that at first are unlikely to get approval by the majority and aren't of fundamental importance to a large bloc of reps will pass into law". So this answer could very likely be true. To pick this answer, we would need textual evidence that "most unimportant bills never pass into law", and we certainly don't have ammunition for that.

   11%
3. C

   Correct66% picked this

   Most bills concerning issues of fundamental importance to a large bloc of representatives pass into law as a result of

   Why this is right

   This contradicts the final sentence. If a bill involves something fundamentally important to large blocs, then compromises are impossible. Contradicting a conditional involves presenting a situation in which the trigger is true but the outcome is false. This answer presents a situation in which a bill is of fundamental importance, but compromise isn't impossible.

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

   66%
4. D

   Out of Scope: most are important7% picked this

   Most bills concern issues of fundamental importance to at least one large bloc of representatives

   We can't quantify what percent of bills are / aren't of fundamental importance. Since we don't know the proportion, we can contradict this fact.

   7%
5. E

   Out of Scope6% picked this

   Most bills do not concern any issues of fundamental importance to any large bloc of

   Out of Scope: most are not important We can't quantify what percent of bills are / aren't of fundamental importance. Since we don't know the proportion, we can contradict this fact.

   6%