Logical Reasoning

PT11 · S2 · Q20 A recent report on an environmental

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A recent report on an environmental improvement program was criticized for focusing solely on pragmatic solutions to the large number of significant problems that plague the program instead of seriously trying to produce a coherent vision for the future of the program.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

20.

The basic position taken by the report’s authors on the criticism leveled against the report is that

  1. Correct

    addressing the critics’ concern now

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    81% picked this

  2. the critics’ motives are self-serving

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. the notion of a coherent

    Trap

    13% picked this

  4. the authors of the report

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. giving the report a single

    Trap

    4% picked this

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