Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT128 S3 Q10 Explanation

Biologists often announce that a

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Stimulus

Biologists often announce that a certain kind of animal has been found capable of using tools; this usually refers to something like using a stick to hunt for ants in a log, or a stone to crack nuts. But such announcements are completely unsurprising, since all animals use tools. Birds build nests, an external physical object, then that object can reasonably be regarded as a tool.

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
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that the biologists' announcements that a certain animal has been found

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    It provides evidence that the animals' activities given as examples

  2. Correct84% picked this

    It is the conclusion of the

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap7% picked this

    It is an assumption used by the argument to justify acceptance of a broader conception of what a tool is than that

  4. Trap6% picked this

    It calls into question the basis of the biologists' conception of

  5. Trap1% picked this

    It addresses a weakness in the biologists' announcements that stems from their ambiguous use of

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