Logical Reasoning

PT11 · S2 · Q16 Body temperature varies over a 24-hour period

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Body temperature varies over a 24-hour period, with a low point roughly between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Speed of reaction varies in line with body temperature, such that whenever body temperature is low, speed of reaction is low.

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.

16.

Which one of the following conclusions can properly be drawn from the above statements?

  1. Low speeds of reaction cause

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Low speeds of reaction do

    Trap

    8% picked this

  3. Correct

    Low body temperatures do not

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    77% picked this

  4. Low body temperatures cause low

    Trap

    11% picked this

  5. Artificially raising body temperature causes

    Trap

    2% picked this

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