Logical Reasoning

PT110 · S2 · Q8 Conservationist: The risk to airplane

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Conservationist: The risk to airplane passengers from collisions between airplanes using the airport and birds from the wildlife refuge is negligible.

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.

8.

The pilot counters the conservationist by

  1. Correct

    attempting to show that the

    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.

    85% picked this

  2. questioning the conservationist’s motives for

    Trap

    0% picked this

  3. asserting that dangerous situations inevitably

    Trap

    10% picked this

  4. discrediting the moral principle on

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. disputing the accuracy of the

    Trap

    5% picked this

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