Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT113 S3 Q17 Explanation

Because addictive drugs are physically harmful

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Stimulus

Because addictive drugs are physically harmful, their use by athletes is never justified. Purists, however, claim that taking massive doses of even such nonaddictive drugs as aspirin and vitamins before competing should also be prohibited because they are unnatural. This is ridiculous; almost everything in sports is unnatural, from high-tech running shoes unnecessary deaths and injuries. Therefore, the use of nonaddictive drugs by athletes should not be prohibited.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
17.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the

Answer choices

  1. Correct88% picked this

    The fact that something is unnatural is not a sufficient reason

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap3% picked this

    There is nothing unnatural about the use of nonaddictive drugs

  3. Trap3% picked this

    The use of addictive drugs by athletes should be prohibited because addictive

  4. Trap3% picked this

    Some of the unnecessary deaths and injuries in modern sports are caused by the use of

  5. Trap2% picked this

    The use of addictive drugs by athletes is a less serious problem than

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