Logical Reasoning

PT116 · S2 · Q11 After examining the options, the

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After examining the options, the budget committee discovered that QI’s office-phone system would be inexpensive enough to be within the cost limit that had been set for the committee.

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.

11.

The reasoning in the argument above is most closely paralleled by that in which one of the following?

  1. Marissa is just tall enough

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. By reducing the number of

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. John’s blood-alcohol level was far

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. This chocolate is not quite

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. Correct

    Health Dairy’s sharp cheddar cheese

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    84% picked this

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