Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT13 S4 Q6 Explanation

Patient: Pharmacists maintain that doctors

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Stimulus

Patient: Pharmacists maintain that doctors should not be permitted to sell the medicine that they prescribe because doctors would then be tempted to prescribe unnecessary medicines in order to earn extra income. But pharmacists have a financial interest in having a monopoly on the sale sale of medicines by doctors cannot be taken seriously.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
6.

The patient’s argument proceeds

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    pointing out an unstated assumption on which the pharmacists’ argument relies and

  2. Correct94% picked this

    attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    undermining the pharmacists’ conclusion by demonstrating that one of the statements used to support the

  4. Trap0% picked this

    rejecting a questionable position on the grounds that the general public does not

  5. Trap1% picked this

    asserting that pharmacists lack the appropriate knowledge to have informed opinions on the

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