Logical Reasoning

PT107 · S1 · Q2 The smoker’s response

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Politician: The funding for the new nationwide health-awareness campaign should come from an increase in taxes on cigarettes.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

2.

The smoker's response to the politician's argument

  1. Correct

    Offers a counterexample that calls

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    93% picked this

  2. Presents an alternative solution to

    Trap

    0% picked this

  3. Argues that the method proposed

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Questions the accuracy of the

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. Illustrates how the politician’s proposal

    Trap

    1% picked this

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