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Teleconferencing is a sensible solution to the problem of educating high school students in remote Alaskan villages. Students in villages with less than 50 high school students could be linked via the Internet to educators in other locations. If this plan were successful students would receive a superior education compared to that currently being provided by local educators.
Which of the following, if true, could most appropriately be used by proponents of this plan as evidence of the strength of their plan?
(A) A high speed teleconferencing system would require a major investment in satellite and computer equipment.
(B) With teleconferencing, students could take several courses, each from a different teacher who is an expert in that particular subject.
(C) The majority of high school students in the state of Alaska go to schools with more than 50 students.
(D) Several new high schools are being built in the urban areas of Alaska.
(E) A large proportion of Alaskan high school students do not currently have access to the Internet
Which of the following, if true, could most appropriately be used by proponents of this plan as evidence of the strength of their plan?
(A) A high speed teleconferencing system would require a major investment in satellite and computer equipment.
(B) With teleconferencing, students could take several courses, each from a different teacher who is an expert in that particular subject.
(C) The majority of high school students in the state of Alaska go to schools with more than 50 students.
(D) Several new high schools are being built in the urban areas of Alaska.
(E) A large proportion of Alaskan high school students do not currently have access to the Internet
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I believe B should be the answer.
(A) If anything this option tries to weaken the claim by stating that there are additional cost-intensive requirements that may possibly be not met. Eliminate A.
(B) Perfect!! If students can take several courses straight from their experts, it acts as a merit of the teleconferencing aided means of education and strengthens the proponents' claim.
(C) If the majority of students go to schools with more than 50 students then they might not qualify for this new education scheme and reap its benefits. Option C does not strength the claim, rather it weakens it. Eliminate C.
(D) If several new high schools are being built in the urban areas of Alaska, then some of these students might shift there. Anyway this option coming true will only hinder the new education scheme from reaching its desired benefits and in no way would strengthen the same. Eliminate D.
(E) If anything this option tries to weaken the claim by stating that there are additional requirements such as high speed internet that may possibly be not met. Eliminate E.
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(A) If anything this option tries to weaken the claim by stating that there are additional cost-intensive requirements that may possibly be not met. Eliminate A.
(B) Perfect!! If students can take several courses straight from their experts, it acts as a merit of the teleconferencing aided means of education and strengthens the proponents' claim.
(C) If the majority of students go to schools with more than 50 students then they might not qualify for this new education scheme and reap its benefits. Option C does not strength the claim, rather it weakens it. Eliminate C.
(D) If several new high schools are being built in the urban areas of Alaska, then some of these students might shift there. Anyway this option coming true will only hinder the new education scheme from reaching its desired benefits and in no way would strengthen the same. Eliminate D.
(E) If anything this option tries to weaken the claim by stating that there are additional requirements such as high speed internet that may possibly be not met. Eliminate E.
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STIMULUS - the first sentence provides a fact or background about the topic. It can also be said that the first sentence acts as an intermediate conclusion. The second sentence gives a premise. And the third sentence concludes what would happen if a plan was to be successful.
TYPE OF QUESTION: Strengthen
OPTIONS: A - Weakens to some extent. It gives a reason for the plan to not succeed.
B - This statement if true, strengthens the argument - students would receive a superior education compared to that currently being provided by local educators if the plan were to be successful.
C - Irrelevant. The number of students going to school is irrelevant to the argument.
D - Irrelevant. It does not matter if new schools are being built in urban parts of Alaska. That does not help strengthen the argument.
E - Weakens the argument. If the students do not have internet then the plan will not be as successful.
ANSWER: B
TYPE OF QUESTION: Strengthen
OPTIONS: A - Weakens to some extent. It gives a reason for the plan to not succeed.
B - This statement if true, strengthens the argument - students would receive a superior education compared to that currently being provided by local educators if the plan were to be successful.
C - Irrelevant. The number of students going to school is irrelevant to the argument.
D - Irrelevant. It does not matter if new schools are being built in urban parts of Alaska. That does not help strengthen the argument.
E - Weakens the argument. If the students do not have internet then the plan will not be as successful.
ANSWER: B
