Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT107 S4 Q25 Explanation

Formal performance evaluations

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Stimulus

Formal performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted using realistic situations. Physicians are allowed to consult medical texts freely, attorneys may refer to law books and case records, and physicists and engineers have their manuals at hand for access to their textbooks whenever they take examinations.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
25.

The reasoning in the argument is questionable because

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Cites examples that are insufficient to support the generalization that performance evaluations in the professional world are

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Fails to consider the possibility that adopting its recommendation will not significantly increase most

  3. Trap6% picked this

    Neglects to take into account the fact that professionals were once students who also did not have access

  4. Trap3% picked this

    Neglects to take into account the fact that, unlike students, professionals have devoted many years of

  5. Correct87% picked this

    Fails to consider the possibility that the purposes of evaluation in the professional world and in school

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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