Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT132 S4 Q6 Explanation

University administrator: Any proposal

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Stimulus

University administrator: Any proposal for a new department will not be funded if there are fewer than 50 people per year available for hire in that field and the proposed department would duplicate more than 25 percent of the material covered in one of our existing departments. The proposed Area Studies Department our existing Anthropology Department. However, we will fund the new department.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
6.

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the university

Answer choices

  1. Correct85% picked this

    The field of Area Studies has at least 50 people per year

    Why this is right

    By contrapositive of the first statement: >50 + 25% F F → 25% or >50 Given: F + 25% We can infer: >50

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

  2. Out of Scope2% picked this

    The proposed Area Studies Department would not duplicate more than 25 percent of the material covered in any

    Existing departments other than Anthropology are out of scope.

  3. Unsupported Relationship4% picked this

    If the proposed Area Studies Department did not duplicate more than 25 percent of the material covered in Anthropology, then the new

    The relationship 25% → F is not supported by the statements.

  4. Unsupported Relationship3% picked this

    The Anthropology Department duplicates more than 25 percent of the material covered in the proposed

    While we know that the proposed Area Studies department would duplicate more than 25 percent of the material in the Anthropology department, we don’t know whether the reverse is true. The Anthropology department may duplicate a much smaller percent of the proposed Areas Studies department.

  5. Contradicted7% picked this

    The field of Area Studies has fewer than 50 people per year

    By contrapositive of the first statement: >50 + 25% → F F → 25% or >50 Given: F + 25% We can infer: >50

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