Passage Map
P1: Intro discussion on US government's assistance of small businesses
P2: Discuss shift in focus of assistance to aid minorities own businesses to remedy past discrim.
P3: Discuss a second shift - focus on growth of minority owned businesses
Q1 - InferenceP2 states that providing funding to middle and high-income bracket entrepreneurs seems justified because of the ownership gap.
A - It's nowhere stated or inferred that non minorities were given an advantage in the awarding of contracts
B - This isn't what we should deduce. The gap exists because 17% of the pop = minority, but only 4% are self employed
C - Doesn't make sense as the gap is in self-employed, not employed persons. Incorrect.
D - This is the only thing that makes sense. If only 4% of all self-employed are minorities, then obviously the gap between 4 and 17% would decrease if the percentage increased to above 10%.
E - this twists what we are told. We are told that only 4% of all self-employed are minorities, but 17% of the population are minorities... don't get it twisted. Incorrect
Q2 - Detail
What are we told the 1970 funding focused on?
p2 describes the 197- funding - essentially focused on bringing up # minority owned businesses
A - No - not
B - this is correct. Ownership gap is what we are targeting. What ownership gap? The gap in ownership mentioned above... 4% ownership.
C - this was the goal of the late 1970s, not 1970 itself. Incorrect
D - No. This was a former goal. Incorrect.
E - No. They were targeting minority-owned businesses in general.
Q3 - Function/ Purpose The second passage really just recalls the next step taken and the shift in focus of the SBA to alleviating gaps in the number of minority owned businesses.
A - It doesn't really narrow the scope. It does talk more specifically about the topic, but there is a shift in scope to the change that occured.
B - At the end of p1 we are told "the answer to the fundamental question of who the recipients should be ..has changed". P2 then goes on to discuss who those recipients should be- minority owners/ self-employed. So B is correct.
C - incorrect. I don't know if this is the most 'striking instance', but I doubt it.
D - Incorrect. Completely off the mark.
E - Its not really a result - a type of change in policy is discussed. Incorrect
Q4 - Detail Administering minority business funding is discussed in P1 and then throughout here and there.
We are told "the fundamental question of who the recipients should be" in p1 though, so that's D straight away.
A is incorrect - nowhere discussed. We are just told that the funding is federally supplemented.
B is incorrect because we are told this is more elaborate decision made down the track... what's more basic? B or D?
C No - the growth potential of small-minority ownd businesses is considered in the late 1970s, but nowhere is profit mentioned.
E - This is a question posed in the 1970s reforms - not so basic though.
Q5 - Main Idea
B is incorrect - is congress even mentioned?
C is incorrect - where are multiple sources mentioned let alone contrasted?
D is incorrect - no misconception is mentioned. Historical changes are traced.
E is incorrect - nothing is really advocated, let alone an alternate approach
Thus A is correct.
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