Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT136 S2 Q18 Explanation

Columnist: It may soon

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Stimulus

Columnist: It may soon be possible for an economy to function without paper money. Instead, the government would electronically record all transactions as they take place. However, while this may be technologically feasible it would never be willingly accepted by a society, for it rightly distrustful of governments with too much power.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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.

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The question
18.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion of

Answer choices

  1. Correct78% picked this

    A society would never willingly accept a system in which, in lieu of paper money, the government keeps

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

  2. Evidence4% picked this

    It is reasonable for people to distrust a government that has

    This is a premise that supports the argument’s main point.

  3. Opposing Point2% picked this

    New technology may soon make it possible for an economy to operate

    This opposes the argument’s main point.

  4. Unsupported10% picked this

    People are right to be unwilling to give the government the power it would need to operate an

    This point is not made in the argument since this blends the opinion in the evidence with the conclusion.

  5. Unsupported7% picked this

    Even though it may be technologically feasible, no government will be able to operate an economy without the

    This point is not made in the argument. It isn’t that no government will be able to operate an economy without the use of paper money, but rather that no society will accept it.

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