Myth or fact
Can this French exposé question be answered by the dossier?
Test whether a French exposé question is answerable from a supplied dossier, distinguishing bounded comparisons, over-broad claims and already settled facts.
- C1
- 5 claims
- Vrai ou faux ?
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In short
Choose a question the supplied evidence can help answer. Two short trial reports can support a bounded comparison, but cannot prove the best policy for every institution. A factual question already answered in one line may offer too little room for an argument.
Dossier disponible
A · usage
CoverageDeux bibliothèques, trois mois ; comptage des entrées avant et pendant un créneau du soir.
FindingLes entrées moyennes par soirée sont passées de 80 à 100 sur le site A et de 60 à 66 sur le site B. Aucun site extérieur à l’essai n’a été suivi.
B · contraintes
CoverageEntretiens avec les deux équipes sur les horaires et les tâches ; aucun budget annuel complet.
FindingL’équipe A a réorganisé les permanences ; l’équipe B signale des heures supplémentaires difficiles à maintenir.
C · accès
CoverageRetours de vingt usagers volontaires ; pas d’échantillon représentatif de tous les habitants.
FindingQuatorze répondants apprécient l’accès après le travail ; six signalent une difficulté de transport pour rentrer.
Exemple pédagogique : données fournies pour cet exercice.
À quelles conditions le créneau du soir peut-il être maintenu dans les deux bibliothèques étudiées ?
Under what conditions can evening opening be maintained in the two libraries studied?
Vrai ou faux ? Decide before you see the verdict.
This dossier can prove the best national opening-hours policy.
FauxIts two-site, three-month coverage cannot establish that universal conclusion.
A question about maintaining evening opening on the two studied sites fits the dossier.
VraiThe supplied observations on use, staffing and transport support a bounded discussion of conditions.
“How many sites were studied?” is a developed problématique.
FauxThe dossier already answers two; it is an identification question, not a sustained debate.
Voluntary user feedback establishes every resident’s needs.
FauxIt supplies these respondents’ views; representativeness is not given.
The observed rise in entries proves that evening opening caused the whole increase.
FauxA before-and-during comparison without an external comparison site does not isolate the cause of every change.
Use limits to shape the question
A dossier’s limits are not merely a paragraph of warnings at the end. They help define the argument at the beginning. Here you can compare practical conditions on two sites and explain what further evidence would be needed before expansion. You cannot calculate an annual budget that the notes do not provide.
Draft a one-sentence answer to your question using only the notes. If you must invent data to answer it, narrow the question. If the answer is simply copied from a field, ask a relation or condition question that the evidence can genuinely illuminate.