Logical Reasoning

PT112 · S1 · Q5 Company policy: An employee of

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Company policy: An employee of our company must be impartial, particularly when dealing with family members.

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.

5.

Which one of the following employee behaviors most clearly violates the company policy cited above?

  1. Correct

    refusing to hire any of

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    76% picked this

  2. receiving over a hundred complaints

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. never firing a family member,

    Trap

    7% picked this

  4. repeatedly refusing to advance an

    Trap

    6% picked this

  5. promoting a family member over

    Trap

    10% picked this

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