Among the many temptations of the digital age, manipulation of photographs ... ...

Among the many temptations of the digital age, manipulation of photographs has proved particularly troublesome for science. Recently, a journal of cellular biology began using a software tool to examine the digital images submitted along with articles for publication. It discovered that dozens of authors had submitted digital images that had been manipulated in ways that violated the journal’s guidelines. Clearly, scientific fraud is a widespread problem among the authors submitting to that journal.

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?


(A) The scientists who submitted manipulated images were aware that the journal used software to examine digital images for evidence of manipulation.
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*This question is included in PT72 (Jun 2014): Logical Reasoning A