Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT10 S1 Q12 Explanation

The fire that destroyed

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Stimulus

The fire that destroyed the Municipal Building started before dawn this morning, and the last fire fighters did not leave until late this afternoon. No one could have been anywhere in the vicinity of a fire like that one and fail to notice it. Thomas must have seen it, whatever he now to get from his apartment to the library without going past the Municipal Building.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
12.

The argument employs which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap9% picked this

    presenting several different pieces of evidence, each of which by itself would allow the conclusion

  2. Correct83% picked this

    establishing that one thing occurred by showing that another thing occurred and that this second thing was enough to ensure the

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap0% picked this

    justifying a claim that a view held by someone else is false by explaining why that view, despite its falsity, is a tempting one

  4. Trap4% picked this

    relying on evidence that a certain kind of event has regularly occurred in the past as a basis for concluding that an event of

  5. Trap4% picked this

    drawing a general conclusion about what is possible in a certain kind of situation on the basis of firsthand

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