Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0
Exam: TSIA2 Reading and Writing Practice Test 1
Practice Question
Extract
Such problems are expensive for a government to solve, and often a 'solution' that helps one group hurts another.
In context, which of the following would best be inserted after sentence 6 (reproduced below) as an appropriate example? Such problems are expensive for a government to solve, and often a 'solution' that helps one group hurts another.
Answer Choices
- A: The creation of new watering holes for elephants provides temporary jobs for local residents.
- B: Declaring certain areas off limits to agricultural development can dangerously limit people's food supply.
- C: Wild animals that prey on domestic livestock are active mostly at night.
- D: Legislation attempting to transfer responsibility for wildlife to a country's citizens has failed in other parts of Africa.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is 'Declaring certain areas off limits to agricultural development can dangerously limit people's food supply' because it directly illustrates a solution (restricting agricultural development) that helps wildlife but harms another group (people needing food). Option A describes a benefit without a clear drawback, C is unrelated to a solution, and D discusses a failed policy, not a direct trade-off.