Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT134 S2 Q4 Explanation

Editorialist: In a large corporation

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Stimulus

Editorialist: In a large corporation, one of the functions of the corporation's president is to promote the key interests of the shareholders. Therefore, the president the corporation's profits high.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
4.

Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the

Answer choices

  1. Out of Scope0% picked this

    Shareholders sometimes will be satisfied even if dividends paid to them from company profits

    The satisfaction of shareholders is not relevant to the argument.

  2. Premise Support2% picked this

    The president and the board of directors of a corporation are jointly responsible for advancing the key

    This supports the only premise of the argument.

  3. Correct97% picked this

    Keeping a corporation's profits high is likely to advance the important interests of

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between a P → KIS corporation’s profits and advancing the key interests of the corporations shareholders.

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

  4. Out of Scope0% picked this

    In considering where to invest, most potential shareholders are interested in more than just the

    Considering where to invest is not relevant to the argument.

  5. Premise Support1% picked this

    The president of a corporation has many functions besides advancing the important interests of

    This supports the only premise of the argument.

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