Even if a crime that has been committed by computer is discovered and reported, the odds of being both arrested and c...
mmbillingsleyOctober 10, 2017
Why Not B?
I am struggling with how B strengthens this question. It seems to me that if you can become proficient faster as a computer-crime investigator, it will be easier to get people through the program and discovering and helping convict computer criminals. How does B strengthen the stimulus?
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This is a Bizarro Strengthen question, which means that four of the given answer choices strengthen the argument presented in the stimulus, and one - the correct answer - does not.
The argument in the stimulus concludes that the odds of arrest and conviction for computer-based crimes favor the criminal. Each of the four incorrect answer choice strengthen this claim in some way. The one correct answer choice does not strengthen this claim.
Answer choice (B) does strengthen this claim, because it states that in most police departments, officers' assignment rotations happen more quickly than the amount of time needed for an investigator to become proficient in computer crimes. In other words, in most police department, officers do not have enough time on "computer crime" assignment to get good at investigating computer crimes. If this is true, then it supports the claim in the stimulus that the odds favor the criminal (i.e., that a computer criminal is unlikely to be arrested and convicted). Hope this helps!
mmbillingsleyOctober 12, 2017
Thank you!
bfuller20July 5, 2018
Hello,
For this question, I chose answer choice B. I understand why this answer choice strengthens the passage, but am struggling to understand why D is the correct answer. Please explain? Thanks!
AnitaJuly 5, 2018
D is the correct answer because it doesn't strengthen. D is about sentencing, not arrests or convictions, like the stimulus.
