Logical Reasoning

PT121 · S4 · Q3 Since 1989 the importation of ivory

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Since 1989 the importation of ivory from African elephants into the United States and Canada has been illegal, but the importation of ivory from the excavated tusks of ancient mammoths remains legal in both countries.

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.

3.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

  1. Customs officials still cannot reliably

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Most of the ivory currently

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. In the period since the

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. Correct

    Much of the ivory imported

    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.

    87% picked this

  5. Shortly after the importation of

    Trap

    7% picked this

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