Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT113 S4 Q4 Explanation

An overwhelming number of industry’s

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

An overwhelming number of industry’s chief executive officers who earn over $250,000 annually attended prestigious business schools. Therefore Greta Harris, who attended a prestigious business school, must who earns over $250,000 annually.

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
4.

Which one of the following exhibits flawed reasoning most nearly parallel to that exhibited in

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Many opera singers are high-strung. Consequently it must be true that Fred, a high-strung opera singer, will develop the health

  2. Trap1% picked this

    The most famous opera singers practiced constantly in order to improve their voices. Therefore Franz will be more famous than will his

  3. Trap1% picked this

    Many of the most popular opera singers are Italian. Thus it must be true that opera is greatly

  4. Trap7% picked this

    Quite a few opera singers carry a bent nail onstage for good luck. Therefore George, an opera singer, must owe his good luck to

  5. Correct90% picked this

    A great many successful opera singers studied more than one language. Hence Eileen must be a successful opera singer, since she

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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