Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT128 S2 Q7 Explanation

Builder: Within ten years, most

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Stimulus

Builder: Within ten years, most of the new homes constructed in North America will have steel frameworks rather than wood ones. After all, two-by-fours and two-by-sixes the sizes of lumber most commonly used in home construction are deteriorating in quality and increasing in cost, while unlike wood, steel will not warp, rot, or split.

What this question is testing

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Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

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The question
7.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    Over the next ten years, labor costs in the home construction industry are expected

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Steel-framed homes do not have to be treated with pesticides or other chemicals that can contribute

  3. Trap3% picked this

    Because lumber prices have increased over the last decade, currently most new homes are built

  4. Correct91% picked this

    Training home construction workers to work with steel is

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap2% picked this

    The number of houses built each year is expected to decrease over

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