Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT131 S3 Q9 Explanation

Manager: There is no good reason

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Stimulus

Manager: There is no good reason to suppose that promoting creativity is a proper goal of an employee training program. Many jobs require little or no creativity and, in those positions, using creativity is more likely to be disruptive than innovative. Furthermore, is no evidence that it can be taught.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
9.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion drawn in

Answer choices

  1. Premise2% picked this

    Using creativity in jobs that require little or no creativity can

    This is a premise in support of the argument’s main point.

  2. Too Strong2% picked this

    Employee training programs are not able to teach

    This restates a premise more strongly than it was made in the argument.

  3. Premise1% picked this

    Many jobs require little or no

    This is a premise in support of the argument’s main point.

  4. Correct92% picked this

    There is no good reason to suppose that employee training programs

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

  5. Too Strong3% picked this

    Creativity is in demand, but there is no evidence that it

    The evidence does not actually concede that creativity is in demand.

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