READING 1 / QUICK QUIZ

What a Fair Comparison Can Establish

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1Why are the damp trails circumstantial evidence?A. They are surrounding facts from which an earlier test might be inferred.B. They directly record an observer watching the complete test.C. They express a participant's preference about which model should win.D. They settle who tested a particular boat without any further reasoning.

2The complete recording made the official order of finish _____ because it could not reasonably be challenged on the available evidence.A. conjecturalB. provisionalC. incontestableD. disputable

3Which judging procedure is unbiased?A. Increase the weight of a criterion only after seeing that a preferred entrant performs well on it.B. Rate familiar designs highly before testing unfamiliar designs.C. Excuse a friend's steering error but penalize an equivalent error by another entrant.D. Apply the same relevant scoring rules whether a model belongs to a friend or a stranger.

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