Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT115 S4 Q9 Explanation

In each of the last

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

In each of the last ten years, there have been few complaints to law enforcement agencies of telemarketing fraud. Yet, in the last ten years, fraudulent telemarketing schemes have become a more out of millions of dollars annually.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
9.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    Telemarketers convicted of fraud tend to be punished more severely than other people convicted

  2. Trap3% picked this

    Most complaints of telemarketing fraud that authorities investigate involve the use of credit cards, which makes it extremely difficult for law enforcement

  3. Trap7% picked this

    Some fraudulent telemarketers have concocted phony investment schemes which make it unlikely that victims will detect the fraud until a year or two after

  4. Trap2% picked this

    Fraudulent telemarketers typically base their operations outside the legal jurisdiction inhabited by the people they solicit, so they must

  5. Correct88% picked this

    The majority of those who have been defrauded by telemarketers have been inclined not to seek any legal remedy, out

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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