Information and IdeasVery hardFinding that weakens a claim about a policy's effect
Information and Ideas practice question
A council claims that its ban on plastic bags cut litter in the town's park, noting that the park's litter collection fell by a quarter in the year after the ban.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the council's claim?
- A. Litter collected in the park fell by a quarter in the same year at the town's other parks, where the collection schedule had been cut from daily to every other day.Correct
- B. Shops now sell paper bags.
- C. Residents supported the ban.
- D. Plastic bags take centuries to decompose.
Answer: A. Litter collected in the park fell by a quarter in the same year at the town's other parks, where the collection schedule had been cut from daily to every other day.
The fall matches other parks and coincides with fewer collections — the ban isn't needed to explain it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Shops now sell paper bags.
- Irrelevant to the park's litter figures.
- C. Residents supported the ban.
- Support doesn't show effect.
- D. Plastic bags take centuries to decompose.
- Irrelevant to the year's figures.
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