Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT127 S3 Q24 Explanation

The local radio station

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TopicsParallel

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Stimulus

The local radio station will not win the regional ratings race this year. In the past ten years the station has never finished better than fifth place in the ratings. The station's manager has not responded to its dismal ratings by changing its musical format or any key personnel, while the competition music and has aggressively recruited the region's top radio personalities.

What this question is testing

Parallel

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
24.

The reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Flaw2% picked this

    Every swan I have seen was white. Therefore all swans are

    This argument contains a generalization about all swans based on evidence about some swans, while the error of reasoning in the stimulus assuming what is true of the past will be true of the future.

  2. Too Weak16% picked this

    A fair coin was fairly flipped six times and was heads every time. The next flip will

    The degree of this conclusion is not as strong as that in the stimulus.

  3. Wrong validity / Wrong Reasoning2% picked this

    All lions are mammals. Therefore Leo, the local zoo's oldest lion, is

    This argument is valid, while the one in the stimulus is not. Furthermore, this argument rests on conditional reasoning, while the argument in the stimulus rests on comparative reasoning.

  4. Correct73% picked this

    Recently stock prices have always been lower on Mondays. Therefore they will be lower this

    Why this is right

    This argument also makes a prediction about the future based on past events.

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

  5. Wrong Validity / Wrong Reasoning7% picked this

    Only trained swimmers are lifeguards, so it follows that the next lifeguard at the local pool will

    This argument is valid, while the one in the stimulus is not. Furthermore, this argument rests on conditional reasoning, while the argument in the stimulus rests on comparative reasoning.

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