Logical Reasoning

PT112 · S3 · Q4 Mary: Computers will make more

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Mary: Computers will make more information available to ordinary people than was ever available before, thus making it easier for them to acquire knowledge without consulting experts.

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.

4.

The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Mary and Joyce disagree with each other about whether

  1. computers will contribute only negligibly

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    computers will increase the need

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    94% picked this

  3. computers will make more information

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. dependency on computers will increase

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. synthesizing knowledge and explaining it

    Trap

    2% picked this

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