Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT107 S4 Q6 Explanation

Some judges complain about statutes

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Stimulus

Some judges complain about statutes that specify mandatory minimum sentences for criminal offenses. These legal restrictions, they complain, are too mechanical and prevent judges from deciding when a given individual can or cannot be rehabilitated. But that is precisely why mandatory minimum sentences are necessary. History amply demonstrates that when people are There is no reason to think that judges are an exception to this rule.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
6.

Which one of the following sentences most accurately expresses the main point

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    People believe that they have good judgment but

  2. Trap3% picked this

    Mandatory minimum sentences are too mechanical and reduce

  3. Trap1% picked this

    Judges should be free to exercise their

  4. Trap3% picked this

    Judges are often arbitrary and

  5. Correct91% picked this

    Mandatory minimum sentences are needed to help prevent

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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