Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT2 S4 Q10 Explanation

Even if a crime that has been committed

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Stimulus

Even if a crime that has been committed by computer is discovered and reported, the odds of being both favor the criminal.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
10.

Each of the following, if true, supports the claim

Answer choices

  1. Trap24% picked this

    The preparation of computer-fraud cases takes much more time than is required for average fraud cases, and the productivity of prosecutors is evaluated by

  2. Trap10% picked this

    In most police departments, officers are rotated through different assignments every two or three years, a shorter time than it takes to

  3. Trap6% picked this

    The priorities of local police departments, under whose jurisdiction most computer crime falls, are weighted toward visible street crime

  4. Correct58% picked this

    Computer criminals have rarely been sentenced to serve time in prison, because prisons are overcrowded with violent

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap4% picked this

    The many police officers who are untrained in computers often inadvertently destroy the physical evidence

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