We report new results for a frequently discussed gauge theory with
twelve fermion flavorsin the fundamental representation of the SU(3)
color gauge group. We subject the model to opposite hypotheses with
respect to the conformal window. In the first hypothesis, below the
conformal window, we test chiral symmetry breaking. In the second
test, for the alternate hypothesis inside the conformal window, we
probe conformal behavior driven by a single anomalous mass dimension
under the assumption of unbroken chiral symmetry at vanishing fermion
mass. Our results at fixed gauge coupling, based on the assumptions of
the two hypotheses we define, show low level of confidence in the
conformal scenario with leading order scaling analysis. Relaxing the
important assumption of leading mass-deformed conformality with its
conformal finite size scaling would require added theoretical
understanding of the scaling violation terms in the conformal
analysis.