Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT1 S3 Q13 Explanation

The term “pit bull”

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Stimulus

The term “pit bull” does not designate a breed of dog, as do the terms “German shepherd” and “poodle.” It is like the terms “Seeing-Eye dog” and “police dog,” which designate dogs according to what they do. If you take two German shepherds and place them side by is the police dog and which is the Seeing-Eye dog.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
13.

Which one of the following is the main point of

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    German shepherds can be pit

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Pit bulls can be distinguished from other kinds of dogs by

  3. Correct74% picked this

    A dog is a pit bull because of what it does, not because

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap1% picked this

    German shepherds can function both as police dogs and as

  5. Trap22% picked this

    Some breeds of dogs cannot be distinguished from other breeds of dogs

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