Logical Reasoning

PT13 · S2 · Q23 When people experience throbbing in

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When people experience throbbing in their teeth or gums, they have serious dental problems, and if a dental problem is serious, it will be a problem either of tooth decay or of gum disease.

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.

23.

Which one of the following contains an error of reasoning most similar to that made in the argument above?

  1. People who drink a lot

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. A legally practicing psychiatrist must

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. Someone with severe nasal congestion

    Trap

    10% picked this

  4. Correct

    If a person is interested

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    77% picked this

  5. Someone who is neither an

    Trap

    8% picked this

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