Editorialist: Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additi

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Editorialist: Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver reeducation, since to do otherwise would be to allow a crime to go unpunished. Only if such drivers are likely to be made more responsible drivers should driver re-education be recommended for them. Unfortunately, it is always almost impossible to make drivers with a large number of demerit points more responsible drivers.

If the editorialist’s statements are true, they provide the most support for which one of the following?

A. Drivers with a large number of demerit points who have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should be sent to jail.

B. Driver re-education offers the best chance of making drivers with a large number of demerit points responsible drivers.

C. Driver re-education is not a harsh enough punishment for anyone convicted of a serious driving-related offense who has also accumulated a large number of demerit points.

D. Driver re-education should not be recommended for those who have committed no serious driving-related offenses.

E. Drivers with a large number of demerit points but no conviction for a serious driving-related offense should receive driver re-education rather than jail.

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The correct answer choice is (A) This is a fact set. The stimulus begins with the author indicating that drivers with a large number of demerit points who have also been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver re-education. This either/or relationship sets up the following diagram: J = sent to jail, DE = receive driver re-education, sub-D = drivers with a large number of demerit points who have also been convicted of a serious driving-related offense, ~JD—>DED So ~DED—>JD. The next sentence begins with the conditional indicator “only if,” and introduces the following conditional relationship: R = likely to be made more responsible drivers: DE—>RD. The final sentence denies that drivers with a large number of demerit points who have also been convicted of a serious driving-related offense can be made into more responsible drivers. This can be represented as follows: ~RD. At this point the stimulus ends, but you should continue your analysis by linking the pieces of the stimulus together. The denial of the “R” condition in the final sentence enacts a contrapositive: ~RD —>~DE. Linking this contrapositive to the either/or diagram in the first sentence yields the following chain: ~RD —>~DE—>JD. Hence, the pieces of the argument allow us to conclude that drivers with a large number of demerit points who have also been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should go to jail.  This is restated almost exactly in answer choice (A).

Answer choice (B): Like all four of the incorrect answers, this answer contains new information, which in a Must Be True question is cause for suspicion. The stimulus does not discuss the “best chance” for making drivers more responsible.

Answer choice (C): Similar to the reasoning behind eliminating answer choice (B), the stimulus does not discuss whether driver re-education is a “harsh enough punishment” and thus we can eliminate this answer choice.

Answer choice (D): The stimulus does not address drivers who have not committed a serious driving offense, only those convicted of such an offense. Further, this answer does not indicate that the drivers under discussion have a large number of demerit points, and thus we cannot be certain the recommendations made in the stimulus apply to the drivers mentioned in this answer choice.

Answer choice (E): This is an Opposite Answer. According to the last two sentences of the stimulus, drivers with a large number of demerit points should not receive driver re-education.

wudy · Answer

A. Re-education or jail. Reeducation is no use then only one choice.

Marcab · Answer

I would have chosen A as the answer.
Only two options:
i) either reeducation ii) jail

1)reeducation is suitable for drivers who have less number of demerits points.

So those who have large number of demerit points, it is impossible to re-educate them.

So the only option left for such drivers is Jail.
+1 A
Thats my opinion btw.

shanmugamgsn · Answer

Thanks marcab...

But A seems to be restatement....

Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally have been convicted of a serious driving-relative offense should either be sentenced to jail  or be forced to receive driver reeducation, since to do otherwise would be to allow a crime to go unpunished.

(A) Drivers with a large number of demerit points who have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should be sent to jail.

Ya i understood B cannot be correct choice,,,
Since statement already says it is impossible for drivers with large demerit for re-education ....

can you brief y on A... ?

Marcab · Answer

The two choices are the restatement.
Consider an example:
Captain Ricky will have to play either against India or against South Africa. He doesn't plays against India.

What can we infer from this?
that he will play against South Africa.

So is "he will play against South Africa" is a restatement?
It is just a profound statement, whereas in the original sentence there was 50% probability that he will play against South Africa.

I hope this example will make you through.

unraveled · Answer

Editorialist: Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver reeducation, since to do otherwise would be to allow a crime to go unpunished. Only if such drivers are likely to be made more responsible drivers should driver re-education be recommended for them. Unfortunately, it is always almost impossible to make drivers with a large number of demerit points more responsible drivers.

If the editorialist’s statements are true, they provide the most support for which one of the following?

A. Drivers with a large number of demerit points who have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should be sent to jail. - CORRECT. Re-education is not possible so only possibility is jail.
 
B. Driver re-education  offers the best chance  of making drivers with a large number of demerit points responsible drivers. - WRONG. May not be the best as it is debatable.

C. Driver re-education is not a  harsh enough punishment for  anyone convicted of a serious driving-related offense who has also accumulated a large number of demerit points. - WRONG. Harsh or not is not the core of the passage.

D. Driver re-education should not be recommended for those who have  committed no serious driving-related offenses . - WRONG. This set of people is beyond scope.

E. Drivers with a large number of demerit points  but no conviction for a serious driving-related offense  should receive driver re-education rather than jail - WRONG. The situation is tweaked that can't be justified in any possibility.

Answer A.

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