Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S3 · Q8 A recent study shows

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A recent study shows that those highways that carry the most traffic, and thus tend to be the most congested, have the lowest rate of fatal traffic accidents.

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.

8.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the phenomenon described above?

  1. Drivers have more accidents when

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. The highways that have the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Most of the motorists on

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. Correct

    Most serious accidents occur when

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    95% picked this

  5. Heavily traveled highways do not

    Trap

    1% picked this

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