Logical Reasoning

PT112 · S4 · Q23 When investigators discovered that

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When investigators discovered that the director of a local charity had repeatedly overstated the number of people his charity had helped, the director accepted responsibility for the deception.

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.

23.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the investigators' claim?

  1. Anyone who works for a

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Anyone who knowingly aids a

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. Correct

    Anyone who presents as factual

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    97% picked this

  4. Anyone who lies in order

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. Anyone who accepts responsibility for

    Trap

    1% picked this

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