Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT122 S2 Q15 Explanation

The greater the number of people

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Stimulus

The greater the number of people who regularly use a product, the greater the number whose health is potentially at risk due to that product. More people regularly use household maintenance products such as cleaning agents and lawn chemicals than regularly use prescription medicines. Therefore, it is even more important for such safety than it is for prescription medicines to be so tested.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
15.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify drawing the conclusion in

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Whether or not it is important for a given product to be carefully tested depends mainly on the number of people

  2. Trap6% picked this

    It is very important for any product that is regularly used by a large number of people to be carefully

  3. Correct84% picked this

    The more people whose health might be at risk from the regular use of a particular product, the more important it is for that

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap2% picked this

    If one type of medicine must be taken in more frequent doses than another type of medicine, it is more important for the former

  5. Trap3% picked this

    It is generally more important for a medicine than it is for a nonmedical product to be carefully tested to ensure its safety unless

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