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Complete Question Explanation
Question #3: Must Be True—X. The correct answer choice is (A)
This stimulus addresses characteristics that make cable TV stations more attractive to advertisers
than broadcast networks. These characteristics include the targeted focus of cable stations, decreased
advertising rates, and multinational audiences. The question stem indicates that a number of valid
inferences can be drawn from these facts and asks you to identify the only invalid inference.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Since having a multinational audience is
touted as a particular advantage of cable stations, the stimulus does not provide support for inferring
that broadcast networks may also have multinational audiences.
Answer choice (B): The stimulus suggests that cable stations offer lower advertising rates in part
because of subscriber fees. By inference, the higher rates charged by broadcast networks are not
subsidized by subscriber fees. This is supported by the stimulus.
Answer choice (C): Lower advertising rates are listed among the advantages that allow cable stations
to attract many more advertisers than broadcast networks. If low rates are considered advantageous
in attracting advertisers, price must be a factor in deciding where advertisements are run.
Answer choice (D): As in answer choice (C), for the lure of multinational audiences to be among
the reasons why advertisers are attracted to cable networks, some advertisers must prefer to have the
opportunity to address a worldwide audience.
Answer choice (E): The stimulus suggests that advertisers sometimes choose to target particular
audiences offered by cable stations, including 24-hour news channels. We can therefore conclude
that some advertisers prefer to target audiences that watch 24-hour news stations.
Question #3: Must Be True—X. The correct answer choice is (A)
This stimulus addresses characteristics that make cable TV stations more attractive to advertisers
than broadcast networks. These characteristics include the targeted focus of cable stations, decreased
advertising rates, and multinational audiences. The question stem indicates that a number of valid
inferences can be drawn from these facts and asks you to identify the only invalid inference.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Since having a multinational audience is
touted as a particular advantage of cable stations, the stimulus does not provide support for inferring
that broadcast networks may also have multinational audiences.
Answer choice (B): The stimulus suggests that cable stations offer lower advertising rates in part
because of subscriber fees. By inference, the higher rates charged by broadcast networks are not
subsidized by subscriber fees. This is supported by the stimulus.
Answer choice (C): Lower advertising rates are listed among the advantages that allow cable stations
to attract many more advertisers than broadcast networks. If low rates are considered advantageous
in attracting advertisers, price must be a factor in deciding where advertisements are run.
Answer choice (D): As in answer choice (C), for the lure of multinational audiences to be among
the reasons why advertisers are attracted to cable networks, some advertisers must prefer to have the
opportunity to address a worldwide audience.
Answer choice (E): The stimulus suggests that advertisers sometimes choose to target particular
audiences offered by cable stations, including 24-hour news channels. We can therefore conclude
that some advertisers prefer to target audiences that watch 24-hour news stations.