Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT134 S2 Q19 Explanation

Educator: It has been argued

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Stimulus

Educator: It has been argued that our professional organization should make decisions about important issues—such as raising dues and taking political stands—by a direct vote of all members rather than by having members vote for officers who in turn make the decisions. This would not, however, be the right way to decide officer than by influencing the result of a direct vote on a single issue.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
19.

Which one of the following principles would, if valid, most help to justify

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Evidence8% picked this

    No procedure for making organizational decisions should allow one individual's vote to weigh more than

    This principle does not apply since neither process would allow one individual’s vote to weigh more than that of another.

  2. Out of Scope9% picked this

    Outcomes of organizational elections should be evaluated according to their benefit to the organization as a whole, not according to the fairness of the

    This principle is about the outcomes of organizational elections, while the argument is about the process by which those organizations make decisions.

  3. Wrong Evidence12% picked this

    Important issues facing organizations should be decided by people who can devote their full time to mastering the

    This does not justify the reasoning, since it does not rely on the argument’s evidence. This offers another characteristic of representative government as support.

  4. Out of Scope12% picked this

    An officer of an organization should not make a particular decision on an issue unless a majority of the organization's members

    This principle is about the decisions of an officer, while the argument is about the procedures by which an organization makes decisions.

  5. Correct58% picked this

    An organization's procedures for making organizational decisions should maximize the power of each member of the organization to

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between maximizing the influence of each member of the organization and the process by which that organization should make decisions.

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

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