Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. It's even more important these days that your computer be protected by a firewall. There are criminal elements

lurking in the shadows of cyberspace who send out probes to detect unprotected PCs. Once a vulnerable computer is found, these criminals install software that assists them in committing identity theft and fencing stolen IDs. They also defraud online advertisers by using these zombie computers to visit pay-per-click ads.

A) Argument; conclusion: There are criminal elements ... to detect unprotected PCs.

B) Argument; conclusion: Once a vulnerable computer ... fencing stolen IDs.

C) Nonargument.

D) Argument; conclusion: They also defraud ... to visit pay-per-click ads.

E) Argument; conclusion: It's even more important ... protected by a firewall.


E

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