The use of 24-hour closed-circuit television (CCTV) has sometimes enab

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The use of 24-hour closed-circuit television (CCTV) has sometimes enabled British police to catch criminals they would not otherwise catch, but this technology is not without controversy. In 2007, a British watchdog organization concluded that a majority of 24-hour CCTV cameras are operating in violation of privacy laws. Evidence illegally obtained cannot be used in court.

The information above, assuming all of it is true, supports which of the following conclusions?

A. At least some British police catches based on CCTV will be acquitted.
B. A majority of CCTV cameras are not operated by the British government.
C. Some United Kingdom citizens are concerned that even legal CCTV cameras are an invasion of their privacy.
D. Most of what is recorded on 24-hour CCTV in the United Kingdom would not hold up in court.
E. CCTV is not an effective deterrent to crime.

nedunurianurag · Answer

Correct answer is D. A is a close contender but need not necessarily be true. What if most of the British catches using CCTV are acquitted? Although the initial catch was due to the CCTV recording, other evidence might help get the catch acquitted. D restates part of the stimulus which is "Evidence illegally obtained cannot be used in court" in other words.

sonalgmat123 · Answer

I think it should be A . Since majority of CCTV cameras are in violation of privacy laws , there should be some cases which wont stand in court as they violate the privacy laws . In D , we cant say ,most of what is recorded in CCTV comes from those CCTV which violated privacy laws

dreamknight · Answer

The use of 24-hour closed-circuit television (CCTV) has sometimes enabled British police to catch criminals they would not otherwise catch, but this technology is not without controversy. In 2007, a British watchdog organization concluded that a majority of 24-hour CCTV cameras are operating in violation of privacy laws. Evidence illegally obtained cannot be used in court.

The information above, assuming all of it is true, supports which of the following conclusions?

A.  At least some British police catches based on CCTV will be acquitted. - wrong 
'will' indicates certainty. The passages doesn't have enough information to help achieve certainty of acquittal.

B.  A majority of CCTV cameras are not operated by the British government. - wrong 
Details of who actually operates is not provided in the passage.

C.  Some United Kingdom citizens are concerned that even legal CCTV cameras are an invasion of their privacy. - wrong 
A British watchdog organization concluded that CCTVs operate in violation of privacy laws. It cannot be concluded that any citizen is concerned about privacy.

D.  Most of what is recorded on 24-hour CCTV in the United Kingdom would not hold up in court. - Correct 
' majority of 24-hour CCTV cameras  are operating in violation of privacy laws', since majority of CCTVs are in violation of privacy laws, most of recordings from these CCTVs are evidences illegally obtained and hence cannot hold up in court.

E.  CCTV is not an effective deterrent to crime. - wrong 
We cannot conclude that CCTV doesn't deter crime. The only stated fact is that the evidence from CCTV cannot be used in court.

venkateshradiant · Answer

hi all, 
can some one help how to interpret  most and majority  interms of numbers/percentages.

thanks

Haardy7007 · Answer

Hey there,

Option “ Most of what is recorded on 24-hour CCTV in the United Kingdom would not hold up in court” doesn’t necessarily means that most of the recordings would have been done by CCTV cameras violating rules. What if length of recordings of non-violating CCTV cameras are more than of violating Cameras????

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