Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S2 · Q11 When a major record label

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When a major record label signs a contract with a band, the label assumes considerable financial risk.

Main Conclusion

It is only fair for a major label to take a large portion of the profits from the record sales of any band signed with it.

Intermediate Conclusion

The band does not need to assume nearly as much risk as it would if it produced its own records independently.

Premises

When a major record label signs a contract with a band, the label assumes considerable financial risk.

It pays for videos, album art, management, and promotions.

11.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that a band signed with a major label does not need to assume nearly as much risk as it would if it produced its own records independently?

  1. It is the only conclusion

    Contradiction

    The argument attempts to establish two conclusion. It supports an intermediate conclusion as well as a main conclusion.

    5% picked this

  2. It is one of two

    Contradiction

    The claim is one of two conclusions the argument attempts to establish, but the two conclusions are related, since the intermediate conclusion is used to support the main conclusion.

    4% picked this

  3. It is a general principle

    Contradiction

    While it is true that the claim is a general principle that supports the argument’s conclusion, the conclusion is not a specific instance but rather a general principle.

    4% picked this

  4. It describes a phenomenon for

    Contradiction

    The rest of the argument does not offer an explanation of the claim, since the first two statements support the claim and the claim goes on to support the main conclusion.

    2% picked this

  5. Correct

    Premises are used to support

    Why this is right

    This correctly describes the role of intermediate conclusion.

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

    85% picked this

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