Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT118 S3 Q1 Explanation

Yuriko: Our city’s campaign to

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Stimulus

Yuriko: Our city’s campaign to persuade parents to have their children vaccinated ought to be imitated by your city. In the 16 months since the enactment of legislation authorizing city have increased by 30 percent.

Susan: But the major part of that increase occurred in the first 6 months after that legislation was enacted, right after your city’s free neighborhood health vaccination campaign really got going.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
1.

In responding to Yuriko, Susan does which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    She denies Yuriko’s assumption that Susan’s city wants to increase the vaccination

  2. Correct90% picked this

    She cites facts that tend to weaken the force of the evidence with which Yuriko

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap4% picked this

    She introduces evidence to show that the campaign Yuriko advocates is only effective for a

  4. Trap4% picked this

    She advances the claim that a campaign such as Yuriko recommends is not necessary because most parents already choose

  5. Trap2% picked this

    She presents evidence to suggest that vaccination campaigns are

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