Information and IdeasVery hardInference from a controlled comparison
Information and Ideas practice question
A farmer sowed two identical fields with the same barley. One was fenced against deer; the other was not. Both fields yielded the same weight of grain. Camera traps showed deer entering the unfenced field almost every night. The most reasonable interpretation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the deer's visits did not reduce the barley yield, so the fence was not needed for this crop.Correct
- B. the fence did not keep the deer out.
- C. deer improved the yield.
- D. the fields were sown with different barley.
Answer: A. the deer's visits did not reduce the barley yield, so the fence was not needed for this crop.
Deer came nightly, yields were equal: the deer did no measurable harm.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the fence did not keep the deer out.
- The cameras were on the unfenced field; nothing suggests the fence failed.
- C. deer improved the yield.
- Yields were equal, not higher with deer.
- D. the fields were sown with different barley.
- The text says the same barley.
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