University president: Research institutions

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Left/Right Match Opposite Logic7% picked this

   A university denies a grant application from a faculty member for work on a solution to a famous mathematical puzzle that has

   Given that this answer choice involves denying an application, rather than promoting research, it's hopeless from the start. This answer is trying to bait people into doing an "illegal light switch" (negation) of the conditional: if it isn't gonna yield shouldn't promote insights with practical ? that research benefits

   7%
2. B

   Bad Left Side Match0% picked this

   A government agency funds a research project in astrophysics designed to determine whether there are theoretical limits on the magnitude of

   Here, we have an agency promoting / funding a research project (right side match), but we're never told that the research is likely to yield insights into the causes of practical problems. To the contrary, it sounds like it's investigating something purely theoretical, as well as something super remote and removed from practical concerns.

   0%
3. C

   Trap1% picked this

   A university funds a research position in the physics department that involves no teaching but has the responsibility for managing all the grant applications

   Bad Left Side Match Weak Right Side Match Here, we have an agency promoting / funding a research position (weak right side match), and we're never told that this research position has hope of yielding insights into the causes of practical problems. To the contrary, it sounds like it's just a paperwork processing position.

   1%
4. D

   Bad Right Side Match1% picked this

   A foundation decides not to fund a research proposal in applied mathematics that sought to model certain poorly

   This answer is about not funding a research proposal, whereas the principle only allowed us to derive that we should fund/promote certain research.

   1%
5. E

   Correct91% picked this

   A research institute funds an investigation into the mathematical properties of folded structures that is likely to aid in understanding the structure

   Why this is right

   The right side matches, since this is talking about funding/promoting an investigation. The left side matches, because this investigation is "shows some promise of yielding insights into the causes of practical problems". After all, it's "likely to aid in understanding proteins that cause disease", and diseases are definitely problems that affect people's quality of life.

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

   91%