PT153 S2 Q3 ExplanationFood columnist: Only 2 percent of imported seafood

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Too Extreme2% picked this

   Do the health safety inspections detect all health risks present in the seafood

   Too Extreme: all Unrelated to Goal: domestic vs. imported The fact that this isn't a question that helps us assess the comparative risk between domestic vs. imported means it's useless to us. There isn't any answer here that would weaken. We could say, "no, health safety inspections don't detect every single health risk present", but that wouldn't give us a way to argue that imported seafood is at least as safe as domestic seafood. It would be a fact that applies evenly to both of them.

   2%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal: domestic vs. imported0% picked this

   What kinds of health risks can

   The fact that this isn't a question that helps us assess the comparative risk between domestic vs. imported means it's useless to us. There isn't any answer here that would weaken. We could say, "one health risk that seafood can pose is salmonella poisoning", but that wouldn't give us a way to argue that imported seafood is at least as safe as domestic seafood. It would be a fact that applies evenly to both of them.

   0%
3. C

   Out of Scope: other than seafood1% picked this

   What percentage of imported food other than seafood is subjected to

   This argument is only about comparing the risk of domestic seafood to imported seafood. Other types of food are irrelevant.

   1%
4. D

   Out of Scope: other than seafood1% picked this

   What percentage of domestic food other than seafood is subjected to

   This argument is only about comparing the risk of domestic seafood to imported seafood. Other types of food are irrelevant.

   1%
5. E

   Correct97% picked this

   What percentage of domestic seafood is subjected to health

   Why this is right

   This would help us compare domestic seafood to imported seafood. We already know what % of imported seafood gets inspected (only 2%). The author is acting like a higher percentage of domestic seafood gets inspected, but she never established that this is the case. Here, we have a question that can be answered in a way that would weaken. If we said, 'Only 1% of domestic seafood is inspected", then the fact that 2% of imported seafood is inspected would allow us to argue that imported seafood is at least as safe to eat as domestic. If we had an argument that said, "Sharon is much stronger than Tom. After all, Tom can only bench press 100 lbs.", we would be like, "Okay, can Sharon bench press more than 100lbs?" And an analogous answer choice would say: (E) How much can Sharon bench press?

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

   97%