Logical Reasoning

PT107 · S4 · Q12 Editorialist: Drivers with a large

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Editorialist: Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver re-education, since to do otherwise would be to allow a crime to go unpunished.

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.

12.

If the editorialist's statements are true, they provide the most support for which one of the following?

  1. Correct

    Drivers with a large number

    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.

    80% picked this

  2. Driver re-education offers the best

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. Driver re-education is not harsh

    Trap

    9% picked this

  4. Driver re-education should not be

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. Drivers with a large number

    Trap

    3% picked this

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