Logical Reasoning

PT121 · S4 · Q4 My suspicion that there is some

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My suspicion that there is some truth to astrology has been confirmed.

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.

4.

The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

  1. Professor Smith was convicted of

    Trap

    0% picked this

  2. Correct

    I have come to the

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    93% picked this

  3. Quantum mechanics seems to be

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Most mechanical engineers I have

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. For many years now, many

    Trap

    1% picked this

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