Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT130 S4 Q1 Explanation

Automated flight technology

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

Automated flight technology can guide an aircraft very reliably, from navigation to landing. Yet this technology, even when functioning correctly, is against human error.

What this question is testing

Paradox

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
1.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the

Answer choices

  1. Out of Scope6% picked this

    Automated flight technology does not always

    The apparent paradox is about those times when automated flight technology does function properly.

  2. Too Weak1% picked this

    Smaller aircraft do not always have their automated flight technology

    If this further provided that these smaller aircraft were causing problems for those planes flying with automated flight technology it would be stronger.

  3. Out of Scope7% picked this

    If a plane's automated flight technology malfunctions, crew members have to operate

    The apparent paradox is about those times when automated flight technology does function properly.

  4. Out of Scope2% picked this

    Some airplane crashes are due neither to human error nor to malfunction of

    The apparent paradox is about those times when automated flight technology does function properly.

  5. Correct84% picked this

    Automated flight technology invariably executes exactly the commands that humans

    Why this is right

    This points to the latter of the anticipated explanations. A computer program might be programmed by humans who introduce flawed commands.

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

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