Logical Reasoning

PT117 · S4 · Q13 Whether a machine performs

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Whether a machine performs its intended function is plain for all to see, but recognition of excellence in art requires a rare subtlety of perception.

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.

13.

The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the following propositions?

  1. People who have an interest

    Trap

    0% picked this

  2. The value of a machine

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. Evaluation of the work of

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    People who create things whose

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    88% picked this

  5. Someone who creates a work

    Trap

    3% picked this

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