Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT1 S3 Q9 Explanation

Fines levied against those responsible

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Stimulus

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. Therefore, have such accidents will now install adequate environmental safeguards.

What this question is testing

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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.

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The question
9.

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

Answer choices

  1. Correct61% picked this

    Businesses generally greatly underestimate the risk of

    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.

  2. Trap4% picked this

    Businesses are as concerned with long-term as they are with short-term strategies

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Businesses generally do the environmentally “right” thing only if doing so makes

  4. Trap29% picked this

    Businesses treat fines that are levied against them as an ordinary

  5. Trap3% picked this

    Businesses are learning to exploit the public’s environmental awareness in

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