Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT112 S3 Q4 Explanation

Mary: Computers will make more

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Stimulus

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

Joyce: As more knowledge became available in previous centuries, the need for specialists to synthesize and explain it to nonspecialists increased. So computers greater dependency on experts.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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.

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The question
4.

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

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    computers will contribute only negligibly to the increasing dissemination of knowledge

  2. Correct94% picked this

    computers will increase the need for ordinary people seeking knowledge to

    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.

  3. Trap1% picked this

    computers will make more information available to

  4. Trap2% picked this

    dependency on computers will increase with the increase

  5. Trap2% picked this

    synthesizing knowledge and explaining it to ordinary people can be accomplished only

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