Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT126 S1 Q10 Explanation

Unlike many machines

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Stimulus

Unlike many machines that are perfectly useful in isolation from others, fax machines must work with other fax machines. Thus, in the fax industry, the proliferation of incompatible formats, which resulted from the large number of competing manufacturers, severely limited the usefulness—and hence the to adopt a common format for their machines.

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
10.

The information above provides the most support for which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Unsupported8% picked this

    Whenever machines are dependent on other machines of the same type, competition among manufacturers is

    While cooperation is in the interest of competitors in an industry with interdependent machines, that does not mean that competition among such competitors is damaging to the industry.

  2. Correct75% picked this

    In some industries it is in the interest of competitors to cooperate to some extent

    Why this is right

    The commercial viability of fax technology was severely limited until the manufacturers agreed to adopt a common format. So cooperation was in the interest of competitors within the fax industry.

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

  3. Too Strong1% picked this

    The more competitors there are in a high-tech industry, the more they will have to cooperate in determining the

    The information suggests that it is in the interest of competitors to cooperate with regard to format, but there is no support for the view that such cooperation should increase as the number of competitors increases.

  4. Too Strong14% picked this

    Some cooperation among manufacturers in the same industry is more beneficial than

    This is not limited to industries with interdependent machines.

  5. Out of Scope2% picked this

    Cooperation is beneficial only in industries whose products depend on other products of

    The information does not discuss industries whose products do not depend on other products of the same type.

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