Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT115 S2 Q1 Explanation

A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton,

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Stimulus

A distinguished British judge, Justice Upton, said that whether some administrative decision by a government minister is reasonable “is a question that judges, by their training and experience, should be well-equipped to answer, or else there would be something badly is little reason to suppose that there is.”

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
1.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of Justice

Answer choices

  1. Premise8% picked this

    There is nothing much wrong with the

    This is the final claim, which is one of the two premises (joined by and). It's very uncommon for the final claim to be the main conclusion on a Main Conclusion question.

  2. Never Said1% picked this

    Judges should be given a greater part in administrative

    We're not fishing for any new ideas here. We're just trying to find the answer choice that matches the first claim in the quotes.

  3. Correct63% picked this

    Judges are qualified to decide upon the reasonableness of a government

    Why this is right

    This matches the first claim in the quotes (which includes referential text from before the quotes). This claim is supported by the final two ideas, joined by an and. Judges are qualified to decide upon Judges should be well-equipped to answer the question of whether the reasonableness of a government minister's administrative decision some administrative decision by a government minister is reasonable

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

  4. Never Said Reversed Logic11% picked this

    If something were badly wrong with the legal system, judges would be ill-equipped to determine whether a government

    This is just a reversed logic version of the conditional premise. The conditional premise was if judges were not well-equipped, something badly wrong This says if something badly wrong, judges are not well-equipped

  5. Never Said Opposite Logic17% picked this

    If judges are well-equipped to determine whether an administrative decision is reasonable, there is not anything badly wrong

    This is just a reversed logic version of the conditional premise. The conditional premise was if judges were not well-equipped, something badly wrong This says if judges are well-equipped, then nothing badly wrong

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