Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT102 S3 Q16 Explanation

Motorcoach driver: Professional

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Stimulus

Motorcoach driver: Professional drivers spend much more time driving, on average, than do other people and hence are more competent drivers than are other, less experienced drivers. Therefore, the speed limit on major highways should not be reduced, because that action would have the undesirable both law-abiding and competent drivers to break the law.

Police officer: All drivers can drive within the legal speed limit if they wish, so it is not true to say that reducing the speed of such illegal behavior.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
16.

The point at issue between the motorcoach driver and the police officer

Answer choices

  1. Trap10% picked this

    it would be desirable to reduce the speed limit on

  2. Trap7% picked this

    professional drivers will drive within the legal speed limit if that

  3. Correct79% picked this

    reducing the speed limit on major highways would cause some professional drivers to

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap1% picked this

    professional drivers are more competent drivers than are other, less

  5. Trap3% picked this

    all drivers wish to drive within the

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