Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S2 · Q17 Advertiser: There's nothing wrong

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Advertiser: There's nothing wrong with a tool that has ten functions until you need a tool that can perform an eleventh function!

Evidence

The VersaTool can perform more functions than any other tool.

Conclusion

If you use the VersaTool, therefore, you will need additional tools less often than you would using any other multiple-function tool.

Evaluate

This argument completely ignores which functions the VersaTool can accomplish and which functions are most frequently needed. The VersaTool could possibly perform functions only infrequently needed, even though it performs more functions than any other tool.

17.

The reasoning in the advertiser's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the VersaTool might

  1. include some functions that are

    Too Weak

    The issue isn't how many infrequently needed functions the VersaTool can accomplish, but rather how many frequently needed functions the VersaTool cannot accomplish.

    14% picked this

  2. include a number of functions

    Out of Scope

    Whether the functions are difficult to perform is not relevant to the argument.

    1% picked this

  3. cost more than the combined

    Out of Scope

    The cost of the VersaTool is not relevant to the argument.

    6% picked this

  4. Correct

    be able to perform fewer

    Why this is right

    This points to a weakness in the argument, since a tool that does not include frequently needed functions would increase the likelihood that the user would need additional tools.

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

    69% picked this

  5. not be able to perform

    Out of Scope

    A comparison to single-function tools is not relevant to the argument.

    11% picked this

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