Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT136 S2 Q17 Explanation

Ditalgame Corporation's computer video

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Stimulus

Ditalgame Corporation's computer video games are subject to widespread illegal copying. To combat this piracy, Ditalgame will begin using a new copy protection feature on its games. Ditalgame's president predicts a substantial increase in the new copy protection feature is implemented.

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
17.

Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for

Answer choices

  1. Irrelevant Relationship2% picked this

    Ditalgame has spent millions of dollars developing the new copy protection feature, and the company can recoup these costs only

    That Ditalgame recoup its cost of developing the new copy protection feature is not relevant to the argument.

  2. Weaken3% picked this

    Over the last several years, the market for computer games has grown steadily, but Ditalgame's share of that

    This makes it less likely that there will be a substantial increase in sales of the company’s games.

  3. Correct82% picked this

    The copy protection feature causes a copied game to be playable just long enough for most people to come to enjoy it so much

    Why this is right

    This provides the assumption that people will pay for the games.

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

  4. Weaken3% picked this

    Game Review Monthly, the most commonly read magazine among people who frequently copy computer games, generally gives favorable

    This presents a possible downside of the new copy protection feature included in new games—less favorable reviews if the new feature upsets the magazine’s readership.

  5. Too Weak11% picked this

    Computer games produced by Ditalgame are copied more frequently than computer games produced by

    Without know why they are copied more frequently this answer does not support the argument because the various possible reasons for why they are copied more frequently lead to opposite outcomes. If they’re copied more frequently because of relaxed copy protection, it might be that increased protection will lead to greater sales. But if they’re copied more frequently because the games are more expensive than those who currently copy games can afford, then the copy protection would likely not lead to greater sales.

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