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In a few recent cases, some teenagers with advanced programming abilities used a new programming language, FANTOD, to hack into ETS and change their own SAT scores. All of the teenagers convicted of this crime were highly skilled in programming FANTOD. In light of these cases, some colleges have discounted the official SAT scores of applicants with a knowledge of FANTOD, and have required them to take special admission tests in supervised conditions on their own campuses.
Which of following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?

A.Most people who learn to program in FANTOD do so to commit some kind of hacking.

B.Colleges should rely on their own admissions tests instead of the SATs

C..Some students with knowledge of FANTOD are possibly placed at a disadvantage in the college admission process.

D.Students who learn FANTOD tend to have much lower SAT scores than do their peers.

E.Some colleges have not set any special requirements for applicants who have demonstrated knowledge of FANTOD

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by deloitte247 » Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:30 am

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Option A - INCORRECT.
This option is in total disagreement with the advantage of knowledge acquired while studying FANTOD. However, not all people who learn to program in FANTOD do so to commit some kind of hacking, Just few of them are caught in this act.

Option B - INCORRECT.
This option is one of the reason to which this argument is base and which also can be deduce from the conclusion. Colleges should rely on their own admissions tests instead of the SATs so as to avoid students with intensive knowledge of FANTOD from hacking into the SATS score.

Option C - CORRECT.
This option is best describe as the conclusion drawn from the argument. Since, some students who are highly skilled in programming FANTOD have being misusing the knowledge they have about FANTOB by hacking into the ETS and changing their SAT scores which is against the rule Admission board and also a fraudulent act is now know to most colleges. However, this displeasing act has caused some colleges to step up with their admission screening procedures for students who have intriguing knowledge about FANTOB by setting special admission tests in supervised conditions on their own campuses.

Option D - INCORRECT.
Some students who learn FANTOD tend to have much lower SAT scores than do their peers, but not all students with lower SAT score and also that have a full knowledge of FANTOD was caught in the act.

Option E - INCORRECT.
Over the years some colleges have not set any special requirements for applicants who have demonstrated knowledge of FANTOD, not until some colleges detected this fraudulent act exhibited by students with knowledge of FANTOD.