Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S3 · Q1 Commentator: In last week's wreck

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Commentator: In last week's wreck involving one of Acme Engines' older locomotives, the engineer lost control of the train when his knee accidentally struck a fuel shut-down switch.

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.

1.

The point that Acme Engines spent $500,000 relocating knee-level switches in its newer locomotives is offered in the commentator's argument as

  1. proof that the engineer is

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. a reason for believing that

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. an explanation of why the

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. evidence that knee-level switches are

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. Correct

    an indication that Acme Engines

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    91% picked this

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