QUESTION TYPE: Paradox
ANALYSIS: Simply being more exposed to risk does not mean that the situation is actually riskier. Risk can be matched with precaution.
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- This doesn’t tell us anything about the likelihood of collapse. And all of the dams in question are arch dams.
- Every dam in question is an arch dam, so other dams are irrelevant.
- CORRECT. This explains it. Tall arch dams have a greater risk, but also a greater protection against risk.
- So? This doesn’t explain why shorter arch dams have more problems.
- We’re comparing arch dams under 100 meters to taller arch dams, not dams of another type.
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