Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT112 S4 Q25 Explanation

The judgment that an artist is

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

The judgment that an artist is great always rests on assessments of the work the artist has produced. A series of great works is the only indicator of greatness. Therefore, to say that an artist is great is just to summarize the quality of his or her known works, predicting the quality of the artist’s unknown or future works.

What this question is testing

Parallel Flaw

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
25.

Which one of the following contains questionable reasoning most similar to that in

Answer choices

  1. Correct81% picked this

    The only way of knowing whether someone has a cold is to observe symptoms. Thus, when a person is said to have a cold,

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Although colds are very common, there are some people who never or only very rarely catch colds. Clearly these people must be in some

  3. Trap12% picked this

    Someone who has a cold is infected by a cold virus. No one can be infected by the same cold virus twice, but there

  4. Trap3% picked this

    The viruses that cause colds are not all the same, and they differ in their effects. Therefore, although it may be certain that a

  5. Trap3% picked this

    Unless a person displays cold symptoms, it cannot properly be said that the person has a cold. But each of the symptoms of a

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