Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT114 S1 Q1 Explanation

Physician: In itself, exercise does

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Stimulus

Physician: In itself, exercise does not cause heart attacks; rather, a sudden increase in an exercise regimen can be a cause. When people of any physical condition suddenly increase their amount of exercise, they also increase their risk of heart attack. As a result, there will be of this company due to the new health program.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
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The conclusion drawn by the physician follows logically if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct89% picked this

    Employees will abruptly increase their amount of exercise as a result of the

    Why this is right

    If the new program triggers sudden increase of exercise, and sudden increase of exercise increases anyone's risk of heart disease, then the new program will result in higher risk of heart disease.

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

  2. Helps But Doesn't Prove4% picked this

    The exercises involved in the new health program are more strenuous than those in the

    Since our missing link is that the new program will result in a sudden increase in exercise for employees, it helps to hear that the exercises are more strenuous than the old health program, but that by no means guarantees that employees will be having a sudden increase in exercise.

  3. Helps But Doesn't Prove2% picked this

    The new health program will force employees of all levels of health

    Similarly to (B), this nudges us towards the possibility that the new health program will cause a sudden increase in exercise for some employees, but it doesn't guarantee it. What if all the employees are already exercising regularly?

  4. Word Blender1% picked this

    The new health program constitutes a sudden change in the

    We only care if the new health program will constitute a sudden change (increase) in the employees' exercise. Telling us that it's a sudden shift in company policy doesn't guarantee it's a sudden increase in employees' exercising.

  5. Helps But Doesn't Prove4% picked this

    All employees, no matter what their physical condition, will participate in the

    The more employees who are enrolled, the more things they have to do, the more strenuous those things are, the closer we come to knowing that this program will cause a sudden increase in their exercise. But none of this language guarantees that, since we don't know if these employees were already all doing regular, strenuous exercise. On Sufficient Assumption, we need language that perfectly locks in with the Premises / Conclusion.

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