Background information: This year, each film submitted to the Barbizon Film Festival was submitted in one of ten categories. For each category, there was a panel that decided which submitted films to accept.Fact 1: Within each category, the rate of acceptance for domestic films was the same as that for foreign films. Fact 2: The overall rate of acceptance of domestic films was significantly higher than that of foreign films.
In light of the background information, which of the following, if true, can account for fact 1 and fact 2 both being true of the submissions to this year's Barbizon Film Festival?
Background information:This year, each film submitted to the Barbizon Film Festival was submitted in one of ten categories.For each category, there was a panel that decided which submitted films to accept.
Fact 1:Within each category, the rate of acceptance for domestic films was the same as that for foreign films.
Fact 2:The overall rate of acceptance of domestic films was significantly higher than that of foreign films.
In light of the background information, which of the following, if true, can account for fact 1 and fact 2 both being true of the submissions to this year’s Barbizon Film Festival?
A.In each category, the selection panel was composed of filmmakers, and some selection panels included no foreign filmmakers.
B.Significantly more domestic films than foreign films were submitted to the festival.
C.In each of the past three years, the overall acceptance rate was higher for foreign than for domestic films, an outcome that had upset some domestic filmmakers.
D.The number of films to be selected in each category was predetermined, but in no category was it required that the acceptance rate of foreign films should equal that of domestic films.
E.Most foreign films, unlike most domestic films, were submitted in categories with high prestige, but with correspondingly low rates of acceptance.
Background information:This year, each film submitted to the Barbizon Film Festival was submitted in one of ten categories.For each category, there was a panel that decided which submitted films to accept.
Fact 1:Within each category, the rate of acceptance for domestic films was the same as that for foreign films.
Fact 2:The overall rate of acceptance of domestic films was significantly higher than that of foreign films.
In light of the background information, which of the following, if true, can account for fact 1 and fact 2 both being true of the submissions to this year’s Barbizon Film Festival?
A.In each category, the selection panel was composed of filmmakers, and some selection panels included no foreign filmmakers.
B.Significantly more domestic films than foreign films were submitted to the festival.
C.In each of the past three years, the overall acceptance rate was higher for foreign than for domestic films, an outcome that had upset some domestic filmmakers.
D.The number of films to be selected in each category was predetermined, but in no category was it required that the acceptance rate of foreign films should equal that of domestic films.
E.Most foreign films, unlike most domestic films, were submitted in categories with high prestige, but with correspondingly low rates of acceptance.
It's a paradox question.  aradox question is a special case of must-be-true type. When you deal with the type of question, you might want to learn from the evaluation type of questions, which is slightly different, but using the same method.
Anyway, in this case, you simply plug in each of the answer choices into the passage and see if the answer choice can be in line with both scenarios and MUST-be-true according to the passage.
A) B) C) D) were not mentioned or decucible from the passage. In essence, in an answer choice could be wrong based on the passage, it is the WRONG choice.
Background information:This year, each film submitted to the Barbizon Film Festival was submitted in one of ten categories.For each category, there was a panel that decided which submitted films to accept.
Fact 1:Within each category, the rate of acceptance for domestic films was the same as that for foreign films.
Fact 2:The overall rate of acceptance of domestic films was significantly higher than that of foreign films.
In light of the background information, which of the following, if true, can account for fact 1 and fact 2 both being true of the submissions to this year’s Barbizon Film Festival?
A.In each category, the selection panel was composed of filmmakers, and some selection panels included no foreign filmmakers.
B.Significantly more domestic films than foreign films were submitted to the festival.
C.In each of the past three years, the overall acceptance rate was higher for foreign than for domestic films, an outcome that had upset some domestic filmmakers.
D.The number of films to be selected in each category was predetermined, but in no category was it required that the acceptance rate of foreign films should equal that of domestic films.
E.Most foreign films, unlike most domestic films, were submitted in categories with high prestige, but with correspondingly low rates of acceptance.
It's a paradox question.  aradox question is a special case of must-be-true type. When you deal with the type of question, you might want to learn from the evaluation type of questions, which is slightly different, but using the same method.
Anyway, in this case, you simply plug in each of the answer choices into the passage and see if the answer choice can be in line with both scenarios and MUST-be-true according to the passage.
A) B) C) D) were not mentioned or decucible from the passage. In essence, in an answer choice could be wrong at based on the passage, it is the WRONG choice.