Question 24
Domain 1: English Language ProficiencyHow has the N.R.C. responded to threatened cuts in its budget?
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The answer fits because the N.R.C. is described as responding to budget threats by “ignoring concerns over weak security.” With no source text provided, the explanation must rely on the stated answer itself, which identifies the agency’s response as dismissing security worries rather than addressing them.
Why each option is right or wrong
A. by shutting down aging equipment
Shutting down aging equipment is a maintenance or cost-control action, not the described response to security concerns.
B. by increasing public service announcements
Public service announcements concern outreach and communication, not handling weak plant security issues.
C. by staging mock attacks on plant security guards
Mock attacks would test and strengthen guard readiness, opposite of ignoring weak security concerns.
D. by ignoring concerns over weak security
The prompt supplies no source passage, so the only defensible basis is the stated answer itself: the N.R.C.’s reaction to the threatened budget reductions is described as dismissing the security objections rather than engaging with them. Because no statute, regulation, or numerical budget detail is provided in the record, there is no additional legal citation or timeframe to apply here.