Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT119 S4 Q2 Explanation

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Stimulus

Advertisement: The pride the people at Austin Stables take in their work accounts for their success in producing more winning racehorses than any other stable. Such a tradition of pride is not only found in the business of horse racing. For generations we at Barr Motor Company have Motor Company to produce more winning automobiles than our competitors.

What this question is testing

Method

Conclusion

The ad's underlying claim is simple: trust Barr Motor — they'll make more winning cars than their competitors.

Evidence

The argument is an analogy. The ad sets up Austin Stables as a parallel: Austin's pride produced more winning racehorses than any other stable. Then the ad says Barr has the same kind of generational pride. The implied conclusion is that Barr will produce more winning cars than its competitors, just as Austin produces more winning horses than its competitors.

Evaluate

For Method questions, ask: how is the argument working? Is it offering evidence directly? Citing experts? Drawing analogies? Attacking opponents?

Here, the engine is an analogy. The ad notices a similarity between two situations (pride leads to dominance at Austin Stables) and applies the same logic to Barr Motor.

Look for the answer that names this technique: an analogy used to support a conclusion of superiority. Avoid trap answers that claim the ad is "proving" something with evidence (it's offering an analogy, not evidence) or that misdescribe what the ad is doing.

Goal

Pick the answer about using an analogy to conclude Barr is superior to competitors.

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The question
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Answer choices

  1. Bad Description0% picked this

    demonstrating that Barr Motor Company has more repeat customers than

    The ad doesn't demonstrate anything about repeat customers. There's no claim about repeat business or customer loyalty — only about pride producing winners. This describes an argumentative move the ad never makes.

  2. Correct92% picked this

    using an analogy to reach the conclusion that Barr Motor Company is superior

    Why this is right

    This nails the structure. The ad sets up Austin Stables (pride → more winning racehorses than competitors) as a parallel case, then uses that parallel to conclude Barr Motor (same pride) will produce more winning cars than its competitors. That's analogical reasoning leading to a superiority conclusion. Exactly what (B) describes.

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

  3. Bad Description4% picked this

    proving that Barr Motor Company has a long- standing tradition

    The ad asserts Barr has a long-standing tradition of pride; it doesn't prove it. There's no evidence offered for the pride claim — just a statement that "for generations" Barr has demonstrated similar pride. Asserting something is not the same as proving it.

  4. Bad Description3% picked this

    understating the role that pride plays in accounting for the success

    The ad doesn't understate pride's role at Austin Stables — if anything, it strongly emphasizes pride as the cause of Austin's success. The ad uses Austin's pride-driven success as the springboard for the Barr argument, so understating its role would defeat the ad's own purpose.

  5. Bad Description0% picked this

    asserting that Barr Motor Company has an older tradition of pride than

    The ad never claims Barr's tradition is older than Austin's. It says the tradition exists at both — "for generations" at Barr, with no specific timeline at Austin. The ad treats them as comparable in their tradition of pride, not as one being older than the other.

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