Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT122 S4 Q9 Explanation

Executive: In order to add

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

Executive: In order to add to our profits, I was planning to promote and distribute herbal tinctures. However, some members of my advisory staff questioned the medical efficacy of such products. So I have consulted a variety of reliable medical publications, and these likewise claim that herbal marketing such products would not produce the result I intended.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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
9.

The executive’s reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    To be reliable, a medical publication that evaluates consumer products must include at least

  2. Trap6% picked this

    If a majority of reliable sources conclude that a particular substance is medically ineffective, then that substance almost

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Consulting reliable publications is not, by itself, a reliable basis for determining whether or not the promotion of a new line

  4. Trap2% picked this

    It would not be profitable to promote and distribute a new line of products if these products

  5. Correct91% picked this

    The promotion and distribution of a new line of products will not prove profitable if a number of reliable authorities

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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