Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT131 S1 Q21 Explanation

Designer: Any garden and adjoining

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Stimulus

Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space. If the sliding doors are open, as may happen in summer, this effect will be created if it does not already exist and intensified if it does. The coordinated with the room and contributes strong visual interest of its own.

What this question is testing

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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
21.

The designer's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of

Answer choices

  1. Unsupported Relationship5% picked this

    A garden separated from an adjoining living room by closed sliding glass doors cannot be well coordinated with the room unless the

    The statements suggest that the garden contributing a strong visual interest together with the garden being well coordinated represent a sufficient condition of the the garden and adjoining living room appearing to merge during the colder months. However this says that the latter WC → SVI implies the former.

  2. Reversal24% picked this

    In cold weather, a garden and an adjoining living room separated from one another by sliding glass doors will not visually merge into a

    This reverses the relationship VM → WC in the third statement.

  3. Reversal6% picked this

    A garden and an adjoining living room separated by sliding glass doors cannot visually merge in summer unless

    This reverses the relationship VM → DO in the second statement.

  4. Correct62% picked this

    A garden can visually merge with an adjoining living room into a single space even if the garden does not contribute strong

    Why this is right

    This is supported by the first statement. SGD → CVM Remember “even if” is not the same as “if.” Instead it means “regardless of.” And if there is a sliding glass door between the garden and the adjoining living room, then the two can visually merge. The key word here is “can.”

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

  5. Too Strong3% picked this

    Except in summer, opening the sliding glass doors that separate a garden from an adjoining living room does not intensify the effect of the

    The second statement provides that whenever the door is open between the garden and the adjoining living room the effect will be intensified if it already exists. It just so happens that sliding doors are often open in summer, but not exclusively so.

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