Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT133 S1 Q13 Explanation

A large company

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Stimulus

A large company has been convicted of engaging in monopolistic practices. The penalty imposed on the company will probably have little if any effect on its behavior. Still, the trial was worthwhile, since it provided useful information about the company's practices. After all, this information has emboldened the company's to restrain its unfair behavior toward customers and competitors.

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
13.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn

Answer choices

  1. Speculation2% picked this

    Even if the company had not been convicted of engaging in monopolistic practices, the trial probably would have had some

    While the argument says that the trial had an effect on the company’s behavior, it does not suggest that it would have had this effect if the company had not been convicted of engaging in monopolistic practices.

  2. Premise6% picked this

    The light shed on the company's practices by the trial has emboldened its competitors, alerted potential rivals, and forced the company

    This supports the argument’s main point.

  3. Opposing Point4% picked this

    The penalty imposed on the company will likely have little or no effect

    This opposes the argument’s main point.

  4. Correct88% picked this

    The company's trial on charges of engaging in monopolistic practices

    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. Unsupported0% picked this

    The penalty imposed on the company in the trial should have

    This point is not made in the argument.

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