Allowing more steel imports would

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Match2% picked this

   Building construction increases only when people are confident that the economy is doing well. Therefore, since people are now confident in the economy we

   This is a positive prediction (construction will increase) based on a necessary condition (confidence) being met. The original is a negative prediction (won't lift restrictions) based on an actor's rule about avoiding harm. Different structure entirely.

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2. B

   Bad Match3% picked this

   Since workers are already guaranteed the right to a safe and healthful workplace by law, there is no need for the government to establish

   This argues against a regulation by saying it's already covered by existing law — a redundancy argument. The steel argument doesn't use redundancy reasoning at all; it's about an actor avoiding harm. Wrong structure.

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3. C

   Bad Match2% picked this

   In countries that have deregulated their airline industry, many airlines have gone bankrupt. Since many companies in other transportation industries are in weaker economic

   This is a generalization-from-pattern argument: deregulation hurt airlines, other transportation industries are weaker, so deregulating them will also cause bankruptcies. That's reasoning by analogy across industries — not the steel argument's "actor's rule + harm" structure.

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4. D

   Bad Match1% picked this

   The chief executive officer of Silicon, Inc., will probably not accept stock in the company as a bonus next year, since next year’s tax

   This concludes that an individual won't do something because the cost to him personally (a tax) would go up. The steel argument is about the actor avoiding harm to a protected industry, not avoiding harm to the actor himself. The connection is also weaker — the CEO might still accept stock despite the tax.

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5. E

   Correct91% picked this

   The installation of bright floodlights on campus would render the astronomy department’s telescope useless. The astronomy department will not support any proposal that would

   Why this is right

   This matches the steel argument's structure exactly. (1) Floodlights would render the telescope useless (action causes harm). (2) The astronomy department won't support any proposal that renders the telescope useless (actor's rule against causing this harm). (3) Therefore the department won't support installing floodlights (specific action avoided). Same three-step pattern.

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

   91%