Logical Reasoning

PT136 · S2 · Q17 Ditalgame Corporation's computer video

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Ditalgame Corporation's computer video games are subject to widespread illegal copying.

Evidence

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.

Conclusion

Ditalgame’s president predicts a substantial increase in sales of the company’s games once the new copy protection feature is implemented.

Evaluate

Ditalgame’s president assumes that the copy protection feature will be effective at restricting access. The president further assumes that people will pay for games if they are not available for free.

17.

Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for the president's prediction?

  1. Ditalgame has spent millions of

    Irrelevant Relationship

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

    2% picked this

  2. Over the last several years,

    Weaken

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

    3% picked this

  3. Correct

    The copy protection feature causes

    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.

    83% picked this

  4. Game Review Monthly, the most

    Weaken

    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.

    3% picked this

  5. Computer games produced by Ditalgame

    Too Weak

    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.

    11% picked this

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