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1’sfailure.However,amorethoroughestimateoftheunknowndifficultiesandtimescaleswouldhaveenabledtheDepartmenttobetterpreparefortheproject,andincreaseitschanceofsuccess.InDecember1997XSoftindicatedtheyneededtimetocompletetheproject,whichshouldhavebeeninevitable.IftheDepartmentknewfromthestarthowlongtheprojectwouldtake,itisquestionablewhethertheywouldhaveconsideredinception,especiallyconsideringtheimplicationsofdelayontheoverallprofitabilityfortheventure.Q1Ifmorecarehadbeenputintoestimatingthedifficulties,itislesslikelytheprojectwouldhavefailed.TrueFalseCannotsaySincemorethoroughcanbeconsideredequivalenttogivingmorecare,thisisstatedastrueinthefollowingexcerpt“amorethoroughestimationoftheunknowndifficultiesandtimescaleswould…increaseitschanceofsuccess”.Q2XSoftwitheldinformationfromtheDepartmentregardinghowlongtheprojectwouldtake.TrueFalseCannotsayWearetoldXSoftrequestedmoretime,andthepassageimpliestheDepartmentdidnotknowhowlongitwouldtakeatthebeginning,butthepassagedoesnottellusifXSoftdidordidnotwithholdtimeinformation.Q3TheDepartment’sprofitsweredependentuponhowlongtheprojecttook.TrueFalseCannotsayWearetoldthattherewere“implicationsofdelayonoverallprofitabilityfortheventure”.3’sinventionithasbeenchangingtheworldinmanydifferentways.Manyofthedevelopmentsingundesignhavebeenbroughtaboutbyman’sdesiretoprotecthimself,andthechallengeofinventingbiggerandmoreaccurateweapons.Eachtimetherehasbeenamajorinnovationinthedevelopmentofthegun,therehasbeenaprofoundeffectontheworld.Thegunhelpedintheexplorationoftheworld,ithasalsohelpedinthedevelopmentofsocietyasweknowit.Q4Thegunwasinventedbecausethehumanraceneedstoprotectthemselves.TrueFalseCannotsayThepassagedoesnotsayhoworwhythegunwasinvented.Itdoessaythatsomechangestothegun’sdesignhavebeenbecausehumanswanttoprotectthemselves,butthepassagedoesnotsayhoworwhythegunwasfirstinvented.Q5Gunsarethereasonoursocietyisthewayitistoday.TrueFalseCannotsayThegun“hasalsohelpedinthedevelopmentofsocietyasweknowit”.Thewordhelpimpliesitisnottheonlycontributorandisthereforenotthereasonoursocietyisthewayitistoday.Q6Financialincentiveshadnoparttoplayinthedevelopmentofthegun.TrueFalseCannotsayThepassagedoesnotmentionfinancialincentivesoreconomicgain,sowecannottellfrominformationinthepassagealone.4:“overthelasttenyears,thelevelofvoluntarycorporatesocialresponsibilityinitiativesthatdictatetheactionsofcorporationshasincreased.”Q8Corporationscaninfluencethepublic’squalityoflife.TrueFalseCannotsayThisoneisslightlylessobvious.Wearefirsttoldthatbeingsociallyresponsibledirectlyaffectsourqualityoflife.Thenwearetoldthatcorporatesocialresponsibilitydictatestheactionsofcorporations.Sofollowingthatlogic,corporationsmustbeabletoaffectourqualityoflife.Q9Traditionallythegovernmenthavereliedupononlythelargecorporationstohelpdrivecorporatesocialresponsibility,whilsttheyconcentratedonthesmallercorporations.TrueFalseCannotsayWearetoldthat“traditionallyithasbeenthesoleresponsibilityofthegovernmenttopoliceunethicalbehaviour”,meaningtraditionallynocorporationplayedapart;notevenlargecorporations.5:asthegovernmentworriesaboutobesity–whichisfastrisingamongchildren-andurgeseveryonetoeatlesssalt,fatandsugar,andmorefruitandvegetables,thedeficiencyandunhealthinessofmostschoolmealsisstriking.Butcashconstraintsmakechangedifficult.Q10Childrenwhoeathealthilywillperformbetterinexams.TrueFalseCannotsayThepassagessays“awell-nourishedchildcanbemorelikelytobeastudiosone”,whichmeanstheyaremorelikelytostudy.Whilstthepassagesuggestseatinghealthilycanhelp,itdoesnotsaydefinitivelyifthechildwillorwillnotperformbetterinexams.Q11Thenumberofobesechildrenusedtobelessthanitisnow.TrueFalseCannotsayThepassagesays,inreferencetoobesity,“isfastrisingamongchildren”meaninginthepastitwaslessthanitisnow.Q12Thegovernmentisapatheticaboutobesity.TrueFalseCannotsayThepassagesays“…asgovernmentworriesaboutobesity…”.Worryingaboutsomethingistheoppositeofbeingapatheticaboutsomething.6