Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT105 S4 Q12 Explanation

Nearly everyone has complained of

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Stimulus

Nearly everyone has complained of a mistaken utility bill that cannot easily be corrected or of computer files that cannot readily be retrieved. Yet few people today would tolerate waiting in long lines while clerks search for information that can now be found in a word processor would return to a typewriter.

What this question is testing

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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
12.

The information above conforms most closely to which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct86% picked this

    The fact that people complain about some consequences of technology cannot be taken as a reliable indication that they would

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap1% picked this

    If people do not complain about some technology, then it is probably not a significant factor

  3. Trap4% picked this

    The degree to which technologies elicit complaints from people is always an accurate measure of the extent to which people

  4. Trap5% picked this

    The complaints people make about technological innovations are more reliable evidence of the importance of those innovations than

  5. Trap5% picked this

    The less willing people are to do without technology the more likely they are to complain about the

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