Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT121 S4 Q3 Explanation

Since 1989 the importation of ivory

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Stimulus

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. Following the ban, there was a sharp increase in the importation of ivory that importers identified as presented for importation into the U.S. and Canada that was identified by importers as mammoth ivory.

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
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Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Customs officials still cannot reliably distinguish elephant ivory from

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Most of the ivory currently imported into the U.S. and Canada comes from neither African

  3. Trap2% picked this

    In the period since the technique for distinguishing elephant ivory from mammoth ivory was implemented, the population of

  4. Correct88% picked this

    Much of the ivory imported as mammoth ivory just after the ban on ivory from African elephants went into

    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.

  5. Trap6% picked this

    Shortly after the importation of ivory from African elephants was outlawed, there was a sharp increase in the total amount of all ivory presented

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