Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT117 S3 Q9 Explanation

Rossi: It is undemocratic for

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Stimulus

Rossi: It is undemocratic for people to live under a government in which their interests are not represented. So children should have the right to vote, since sometimes the from those of their parents.

Smith: Granted, children’s interests are not always the same as their parents’; governmental deficits incurred by their parents’ generation will later affect their own generation’s standard of living. But even if children are told about the issues affecting them, which is not generally the case, their conceptions of what can or should those of adults, so we cannot give them the responsibility of voting.

What this question is testing

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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.

Smith’s statements can most directly be used as part of an argument for which one of

Answer choices

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    A democratic government does not infringe on the rights of any

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    Children have rights that must be respected by any political authority that

  3. Trap1% picked this

    News programs for children would give them enough information to enable them to vote in

  4. Correct92% picked this

    If there are any limitations on full democracy that result from denying the vote to children, such

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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  5. Trap4% picked this

    If parents do not adequately represent their children’s interests in the political sphere, those interests will be adequately

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