Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT129 S1 Q2 Explanation

Randy: After Mega Cable Television Company

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Stimulus

Randy: After Mega Cable Television Company refused to carry the competing Azco News Service alongside its own news channels, the mayor used her influence to get Azco time on a community channel, demonstrating of news programming in the city.

Marion: The mayor's action is fully explained by cruder motives: she's rewarding Azco's owner, of hers.

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
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Of the following, which one, if true, is the logically strongest counter Randy can make

Answer choices

  1. Premise Support7% picked this

    The owner of Azco supported the mayor simply because he liked her political agenda, and not

    This explains why the owner of Azco News Service supported the mayor, but doesn’t explain why the mayor acted to benefit Azco News Service.

  2. Correct83% picked this

    The mayor also used her influence to get time on a community channel for another news service, whose owner supported the mayor's

    Why this is right

    This identifies someone who received a similar benefit to the one received by Azco News Service and yet was not being rewarded as a political supporter. This challenges the explanation offered by Marion.

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

  3. Out of Scope7% picked this

    Azco's news coverage of the mayor has never been judged to be biased by an

    Marion’s explanation was not based on the coverage of the mayor by Azco News Service but rather on the support the mayor received from the owner of Azco News Service.

  4. Strengthens2% picked this

    The many people whose jobs depend on Azco's continued presence on a community channel are a potential source of

    This suggests that the mayor may have acted out of self-interest rather than a desire to keep a diversity of news programming on the air.

  5. Out of Scope1% picked this

    The number of people who watch Mega Cable Television Company's programming has decreased during

    The number of people who watch Mega Cable Television Company’s news program is not relevant to an explanation of the mayor’s action to get time for Azco News Service on a community channel.

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