PT157 S3 Q7 ExplanationNews report: Some recently invented

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Unsupported Distinction2% picked this

   The technology used to make compound television screens is not appropriate for television sets with

   Nothing suggests compound screen technology is inappropriate for small screens. The ability to go large does not mean small is impossible. A few tiles would make a small, bright screen.

   2%
2. B

   Out of Scope3% picked this

   There is a great consumer demand for television sets that are just a few inches thick and that

   The stimulus describes technological capability but says nothing about consumer demand. Whether consumers want these TVs is a market question the stimulus does not address.

   3%
3. C

   Unsupported Relationship6% picked this

   In a television set with a noncompound screen, the thicker the television set, the

   The stimulus describes the size-brightness relationship at one thickness. It does not describe how changing thickness affects brightness. "The thicker the set, the brighter the screen" asserts an unbounded correlation the stimulus cannot support. Maybe thickness helps to a point, maybe not.

   6%
4. D

   Correct80% picked this

   Television sets that are just a few inches thick can now be made with screens that are both

   Why this is right

   This follows directly from combining premises. Compound screens are a few inches thick. Each tile is bright. Unlimited tiles can be added without losing brightness or gaining thickness. Therefore: thin TVs can now have screens that are both bright and very large. Each element of this answer corresponds to a supported proposition, and the conjunction follows without additional assumptions.

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

   80%
5. E

   Too Speculative9% picked this

   Television sets with compound screens do not have any disadvantages relative to sets

   The stimulus describes advantages of compound screens but never claims they have no disadvantages. There could be many drawbacks not mentioned: higher cost, lower resolution, visible seams, shorter lifespan. Silence on disadvantages does not prove their absence.

   9%