Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT105 S1 Q24 Explanation

Editorial: Our society has a

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TopicsPrinciple-Strengthen

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Stimulus

Editorial: Our society has a vested interest in maintaining a political system in which candidates are free to adhere to their principles. Yet campaigning for elected office is extremely costly, and because only the wealthiest individuals are able to finance their own political campaigns, most candidates must seek funding from private sources. their principles. Thus, government itself should assume the cost of candidates' campaigns.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
24.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the conclusion as it is drawn

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Candidates should not run for elected office if doing so would compel the candidates to

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Candidates wealthy enough to finance their own political campaigns should not be permitted to raise additional

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Voters should not support a candidate if that candidate is known to have accepted funding

  4. Correct88% picked this

    The government should finance a given activity if doing so will further a vested

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap2% picked this

    Private funding for political campaigns should be encouraged only if it redresses an imbalance among

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