Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT126 S1 Q4 Explanation

Among the various models

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Stimulus

Among the various models of Delta vacuum cleaners, one cannot accurately predict how effectively a particular model cleans simply by determining how powerful its motor is. The efficiency of dust filtration systems varies significantly, cleaners equipped with identically powerful motors.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
4.

The argument's conclusion is properly drawn if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Correct82% picked this

    For each Delta vacuum cleaner, the efficiency of its dust filtration system has a significant impact on

    Why this is right

    This answer connects the cleaning efficiency of a Delta vacuum with the efficiency of its dust filtration system.

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

  2. Weakens10% picked this

    One can accurately infer how powerful a Delta vacuum cleaner's motor is from the efficiency of the vacuum

    This undermines the argument by questioning the argument's own support.

  3. Out of Scope2% picked this

    All Delta vacuum cleaners that clean equally effectively have identically

    This addresses the wrong point. The argument is whether Delta vacuums with identically powerful motors clean with equal effectiveness.

  4. Weakens2% picked this

    For any two Delta vacuum cleaners with equally efficient dust filtration systems, the one with the more powerful

    This would only make it easier to predict how effectively a Delta vacuum cleans by determining how powerful the motor is.

  5. Out of Scope4% picked this

    One cannot accurately assess how effectively any Delta vacuum cleaner cleans without knowing how powerful that

    This is about assessing how effective the vacuum cleaner was rather than predicting how well it will clean. The issues are related but not the same; the former is about the past, while the latter is about the future.

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