Does scope matter???? Yes...Try this

reply2spg wrote:Since an elephant that has no tusk is worthless to poachers, the Wildlife Protection Committee plans to protect selected elephants from being killed by poachers by cutting off the elephants' tusks.

The Wildlife Protection Committee's plan assumes that

(A) poachers do not kill elephants that are worthless to them

(B) tuskless elephants pose less of a threat to humans, including poachers, than do elephants that have tusks

(C) tuskless elephants can successfully defend their young against nonhuman predators

(D) elephants are the only animals poachers kill for their tusks

(E) imposing more stringent penalties on poachers will not decrease the number of elephants killed by poachers

Whats the OA my friend.

(A) seems plausible. What do you think?

Took time for me, to fix on A. Follow 2 methods to arrive at A. At the end it is correct that scope is very very important.

is A the answer tho?

Yes

reply2spg wrote:Yes

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So share with us what you learned about scope. If you don't mind.

Scope is very important thing in case of assumption and inference questions.

For this particular assumption question I followed 3 approaches and took more time. However, give more and more emphasis on accuracy than on time.

Approach 1 - negate the option and see whether conclusion holds intact. If yes, then it is not the correct answer and if conclusion falls apart then yes that is the answer.

Approach 2 - Add that option in the passage just before conclusion and see whether conclusion holds true. If yes then that is the answer and if no then that is not the correct one.

Approach 3 - See any new information is coming in the options. If yes then it is not the correct answer and if no then it is the correct answer. Remember this is assumption question.

I followed all 3 approaches while solving this question. When I negated A and E, I feel that conclusion falls apart.
When I add both A and E in the passage then also I felt both are right.
Then as per 3rd approach I went with A, since it is only valid thing as the passage and E is not mentioned anywhere in the passage.

It worked for me. Try, if it works for you, use the same.