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In the early years of television, Vladimir Zworykin was considered the device's inventor, at least publicly. His loudest champion was his boss David Sarnoff, the president of RCA and the “father of television,” as he was and is widely regarded. Modern historians agree that Philo Farnsworth, a self-educated prodigy who was the first to transmit live images, was television's technical inventor. But Farnsworth's contributions have gone relatively unnoticed, since it was Sarnoff, not Farnsworth, who put televisions into living rooms and, even more important, who successfully borrowed from the radio industry the paradigm of advertiser-funded programming, a paradigm still dominant today. In contrast, Farnsworth lacked business savvy and was unable to realize his dream of television as an educational tool.
Perhaps Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales, but Sarnoff promoted himself as a visionary. Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content. Others contend that it merely created a democratic platform allowing audiences to choose the programming they desire.
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) correct public misconception about Farnsworth's role in developing early television programs (B) debate the influence of television on popular culture (C) challenge the current public perception of Vladimir Zworykin (D) chronicle the events that led from the development of radio to the invention of the television (E) describe Sarnoff's influence on the public perception of television's inception, and debate the impact of Sarnoff's paradigm
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It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the passage that
(A) television shows produced by David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin tended to earn negative reviews (B) educational programs cannot draw as large an audience as sports programs (C) a number of critics feel that Sarnoff's initial decision to earn television revenue through advertising has had a positive or neutral impact on content (D) educational programs that are aired in prime time, the hours during which the greatest number of viewers are watching television, are less likely to earn a profit than those that are aired during the daytime hours (E) in matters of programming, the audience's preferences should be more influential than those of the advertisers
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According to the passage, the television industry earned revenue from
(A) advertising only (B) advertising and the sale of television sets (C) advertising and subscriptions (D) subscriptions and the sale of television sets (E) advertising, subscriptions, and the sale of television sets
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Select the sentence that provides factual evidence that Sarnoff's talents were more imitative than innovative.
His loudest champion was his boss David Sarnoff, the president of RCA and the “father of television,” as he was and is widely regarded. Modern historians agree that Philo Farnsworth, a self-educated prodigy who was the first to transmit live images, was television's technical inventor. But Farnsworth's contributions have gone relatively unnoticed, since it was Sarnoff, not Farnsworth, who put televisions into living rooms and, even more important, who successfully borrowed from the radio industry the paradigm of advertiser-funded programming, a paradigm still dominant today
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Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A) The advertising-funded model of television has damaged programming content. B) The contributions of television's technical inventor were overshadowed by the actions of those who popularized the medium. C) There is no way to definitively prove who invented the first television.
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Can someone help me with the Q4 and Q5?
Q4) Why can't the answer for this question be "Perhaps Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales, but Sarnoff promoted himself as a visionary." as the question inquires for a sentence that provides factual evidence that Sarnoff's talents were more imitative than innovative.
Q5) How is statement (B) identified as a statement supported by the passage?
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To be honest, I would choose exactly the same phrase as you did. Moreover, I never see an official question in which you have to select a sentence from the passage so long. Usually, it is shortest. I do think the OA is becsue the phrase you cited is indeed NOT a factual evidence but rather examples to support the phrase give as official answer
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The first paragraph indicates that Farnsworth was the technical inventor of television. That paragraph also says that Farnsworth's contributions have gone relatively unnoticed since it was Sarnoff who put televisions into living rooms.
Even here the OA is debatable. The only possible explanation is that Sarnoff is the reference in the phrase above
those who popularized the medium. Who=Sarnoff. Quite blurry, even though.
This is a good example how official Material is the north star for the test. period.
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It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the passage that => Its an inference question, so lets look at each option
(A) television shows produced by David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin tended to earn negative reviews - out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(B) educational programs cannot draw as large an audience as sports programs - out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(C) a number of critics feel that Sarnoff's initial decision to earn television revenue through advertising has had a positive or neutral impact on content - In second paragraph, we have reactions from critics - -ve & +ve reaction -ve reaction: Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content. +ve reaction: Others contend that it merely created a democratic platform allowing audiences to choose the programming they desire. This seems decent enough, but lets keep it and look at other options
(D) educational programs that are aired in prime time, the hours during which the greatest number of viewers are watching television, are less likely to earn a profit than those that are aired during the daytime hours => again out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(E) in matters of programming, the audience's preferences should be more influential than those of the advertisers => again out of scope: neither audience preference nor comparison with advertisers is mentioned in the passage.
So even with POE (in this case incorrect options were clearly different) we arrive at the same result. Hope it makes sense, else let me know.
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It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the passage that => Its an inference question, so lets look at each option
(A) television shows produced by David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin tended to earn negative reviews - out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(B) educational programs cannot draw as large an audience as sports programs - out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(C) a number of critics feel that Sarnoff's initial decision to earn television revenue through advertising has had a positive or neutral impact on content - In second paragraph, we have reactions from critics - -ve & +ve reaction -ve reaction: Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content. +ve reaction: Others contend that it merely created a democratic platform allowing audiences to choose the programming they desire. This seems decent enough, but lets keep it and look at other options
(D) educational programs that are aired in prime time, the hours during which the greatest number of viewers are watching television, are less likely to earn a profit than those that are aired during the daytime hours => again out of scope: nowhere is this mentioned
(E) in matters of programming, the audience's preferences should be more influential than those of the advertisers => again out of scope: neither audience preference nor comparison with advertisers is mentioned in the passage.
So even with POE (in this case incorrect options were clearly different) we arrive at the same result. Hope it makes sense, else let me know.
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Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A) The advertising-funded model of television has damaged programming content.
This is not true. In the passage, we do have
the paradigm of advertiser-funded programming, a paradigm still dominant today.
These have damaged
Perhaps Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales, but Sarnoff promoted himself as a visionary. Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content.
NOT the first one
B) The contributions of television's technical inventor were overshadowed by the actions of those who popularized the medium.
This is totally true. Philo Farnsworth overshadowed by Sarnoff
C) There is no way to definitively prove who invented the first television.
Not true. We do know who really invented the TV (Farnsworth) and who basically put the TV into the houses (Sarnoff)
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Hi Carcass Thanks for your prompt response. The passage says that "Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content" so from here why cannot we conclude the first option. If i understand clearly the contsruct here refers to replacing newspaper sales with sales of television and not the advertising model, right?
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tavishg wrote:
Hi Carcass Thanks for your prompt response. The passage says that "Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content" so from here why cannot we conclude the first option. If i understand clearly the contsruct here refers to replacing newspaper sales with sales of television and not the advertising model, right?
Hi Sir.
I thought was clear if you read carefully above. Nonetheless here is why
The damages are due to the following
his business ideas from other industries such as
1) newspapers, 2) replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales,
but Sarnoff promoted himself as a visionary. Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content.
The two points above
Instead, the advertiser-funded programming is the cornerstone of why Tv had so success
Therefore, A is false because mixes apples with bananas
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If someone can explain the answer to Q2. a number of critics feel that Sarnoff's initial decision to earn television revenue through advertising has had a positive or neutral impact on content But where does the author mention that some critics had a neutral impact?
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In contrast, Farnsworth lacked business savvy and was unable to realize his dream of television as an educational tool.
We do know from the last sentence of the 1st paragraph that F was not able to implement the idea he had of television
Perhaps Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales, but Sarnoff promoted himself as a visionary. Some critics argue that Sarnoff's construct has damaged programming content. Others contend that it merely created a democratic platform allowing audiences to choose the programming they desire.
Sarnoff instead simply adapted another business model to television
replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales
And some think he did a good job whereas others think he just copied and past other models of business, creating or adding zero creativity
It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the passage that
(A) television shows produced by David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin tended to earn negative reviews
reviews are NOT mentioned at all.
(B) educational programs cannot draw as large an audience as sports programs
This comparison is NOt stated in the 2nd
(C) a number of critics feel that Sarnoff's initial decision to earn television revenue through advertising has had a positive or neutral impact on content
Perhaps Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales
Essentially C is this
(D) educational programs that are aired in prime time, the hours during which the greatest number of viewers are watching television, are less likely to earn a profit than those that are aired during the daytime hours
This comparison is not stated
(E) in matters of programming, the audience's preferences should be more influential than those of the advertisers
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In question 3 How B is the correct answer choice?
According to the passage, the television industry earned revenue from
(A) advertising only (B) advertising and the sale of television sets (C) advertising and subscriptions (D) subscriptions and the sale of television sets (E) advertising, subscriptions, and the sale of television sets
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Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales,
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Carcass wrote:
Sarnoff simply adapted his business ideas from other industries such as newspapers, replacing the revenue from subscriptions and newsstand purchases with that of television set sales,
B is the only correct choice
i am still confused..I have marked c As correct answer??
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