Team captain: Winning requires

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Stimulus

Team captain: Winning requires the willingness to cooperate, which in turn requires motivation. So you will not are not motivated.

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

19.

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

Answer choices

Wrong Validity1% picked this
Being healthy requires exercise. But exercising involves risk of injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who wants to be
Being healthy requires exercise. H → E But exercising involves risk of E → RI injury. So, paradoxically, anyone who ~WH → ~E wants to be healthy will not exercise. This conclusion is out of scope, since the premises do not discuss people who want to be healthy.
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Wrong Validity5% picked this
Learning requires making some mistakes. And you must learn if you are to improve. So you will not make mistakes without
Learning requires making some L → M mistakes. And you must learn if you are to I → L improve. So you will not make mistakes M → I without there being a noticeable improvement. This conclusion reverses the inference that could be drawn from the two premises.
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Correct70% picked this
Our political party will retain its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money requires increased campaigning. So our party will
Why this is right
Our political party will retain RS → RM its status only if it raises more money. But raising more money RM → IC requires increased campaigning. So our party will not retain RS → IC its status unless it increases its campaigning. This argument combines two if/then relationships to conclude another if/then relationship. This argument is valid since the conclusion follows as an inference of the two premises.
Skill tested: Parallel · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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Wrong Validity14% picked this
You can repair your own bicycle only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you will also have mechanical aptitude. So if
You can repair your own bicycle RB → E only if you are enthusiastic. And if you are enthusiastic, you E → MA will also have mechanical aptitude. So if you are not able to repair ~E → ~MA your own bicycle, you lack mechanical aptitude.
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Wrong Validity10% picked this
Getting a ticket requires waiting in line. Waiting in line requires patience. So if you do not wait
Getting a ticket requires waiting in T → WL line. Waiting in line requires patience. WL → P So if you do not wait in line, you ~WL → ~P lack patience. This conclusion negates the second premise.
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