Logical Reasoning

PT102 · S2 · Q11 A Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

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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.

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.

11.

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

  1. In order to avoid protracted

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. Developers should adhere only to

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Laws should not be designed

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    Laws should be fashioned in

    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.

    87% picked this

  5. The most effective means of

    Trap

    5% picked this

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