Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT135 S2 Q5 Explanation

Lahar: We must now settle

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Stimulus

Lahar: We must now settle on a procedure for deciding on meeting agendas. Our club's constitution allows three options: unanimous consent, majority vote, or assigning the task to a committee. Unanimous consent is unlikely. Forming a committee has usually we should subject meeting agendas to majority vote.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
5.

Lahar's argument does which one of

Answer choices

  1. Bad Premise Match0% picked this

    rejects suggested procedures on constitutional

    She rejects two of the constitutional options by citing that one is unlikely to happen and the other has historically led to bad consequences.

  2. Too Strong: “every”2% picked this

    claims that one procedure is the appropriate method for reaching every decision

    She claims that one procedure, majority vote, is appropriate for meeting agendas. She never claims it’s appropriate for every decision the club makes.

  3. Out Of Scope1% picked this

    suggests a change to a constitution on the basis of

    Out Of Scope: “change to a constitution” She never suggests that we change the constitution. She presents the three constitutional options and picks one of them as the best option.

  4. Correct96% picked this

    recommends a choice based on the elimination of

    Why this is right

    Her conclusion is recommending that we go with majority vote. Her evidence, the basis for her conclusion, involved eliminating options like unaminous vote and committee.

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

  5. Bad Premise Match1% picked this

    supports one preference by arguing against those who have

    She does support one preference, but the evidence doesn’t involve personally attacking people who support other options.

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