Logical Reasoning

PT1 · S3 · Q20 Most people in the United States

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Most people in the United States view neither big nor small business as particularly efficient or dynamic and regard both as providing consumers with fairly priced goods and services.

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.

20.

The statements above, if true, would provide the strongest support for which one of the following hypotheses?

  1. Most people in the United

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. If big business were more

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. If small business were regarded

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Even if people did not

    Trap

    24% picked this

  5. Correct

    Many people in the United

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    68% picked this

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