Logical Reasoning

PT1 · S3 · Q9 Fines levied against those responsible

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Fines levied against those responsible for certain environmentally damaging accidents are now so high that it costs a company responsible for such an accident more to pay the fine than it would have cost to adopt measures that would have prevented the accident.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

9.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

  1. Correct

    Businesses generally greatly underestimate the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    60% picked this

  2. Businesses are as concerned with

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. Businesses generally do the environmentally

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Businesses treat fines that are

    Trap

    30% picked this

  5. Businesses are learning to exploit

    Trap

    3% picked this

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