Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT102 S2 Q11 Explanation

A Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

A Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is based on a law that allows developers to use land inhabited by endangered species in exchange for a promise to preserve critical habitat or provide replacement land nearby. Some individuals of endangered species are lost in return for assurances by the owner or developer that habitat environmental laws. Satisfied property owners prefer HCPs to more restrictive prohibitions of land use.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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
11.

The situation described above most closely conforms to which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    In order to avoid protracted legal battles environmentalists should compromise

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Developers should adhere only to those environmental laws that are

  3. Trap4% picked this

    Laws should not be designed to serve the interests of all the parties concerned since they are often so weak that no

  4. Correct87% picked this

    Laws should be fashioned in such a way as to reconcile the interests of

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap5% picked this

    The most effective means of preserving endangered species is to refrain from

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