Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT107 S4 Q10 Explanation

Parents should not necessarily

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

Parents should not necessarily raise their children in the ways experts recommend, even if some of those experts are themselves parents. After all, parents are the ones who directly in raising their own children.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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
10.

Which one of the following most closely conforms to the principle that the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    Although music theory is intrinsically interesting and may be helpful to certain musicians, it does not distinguish good music from bad: that is a

  2. Trap3% picked this

    One need not pay much attention to the advice of automotive experts when buying a car if those experts are not interested in the

  3. Correct84% picked this

    In deciding the best way to proceed, a climber familiar with a mountain might do well to ignore the advice of mountain

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap1% picked this

    A typical farmer is less likely to know what types of soil are most productive than is someone with an

  5. Trap9% picked this

    Unlike society, one’s own conscience speaks with a single voice; it is better to follow the advice of one’s own conscience

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