Logical Reasoning

PT102 · S2 · Q2 No one wants this job as much as

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No one wants this job as much as Joshua does, but he is not applying for it.

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.

2.

The flawed reasoning in the argument above most closely parallels that in which one of the following?

  1. Beth knows better than anyone

    Trap

    5% picked this

  2. If anyone can decipher this

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    Although he has the strongest

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    89% picked this

  4. The person initially most interested

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. Three times Paul would have

    Trap

    1% picked this

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