Logical Reasoning

PT136 · S4 · Q23 Alex: Shrimp farming results

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Alex: Shrimp farming results in damage to the environment, because investors make quick profits from such farming and then abandon the farms.

Alex's 1st Claim

Shrimp farming results in damage to the environment.

Does Jolene imply that shrimp farming doesn't result in damage to the environment? No. If anything "unsustainable" may be a reference to damaging the environment, so if anything Jolene possibly agrees with Alex here.

Alex's 2nd Claim

Investors make quick profits on shrimp farms and then abandon the farms.

Does Jolene imply that investors don't make quick profits and then abandon the farms? Yes, pretty much. She says that these farms take , both of which don't like "not-quick profits".

She also says that most owners try to make sure the farms are productive for many years, which sounds like "not-quickly abandoned"

Goal

Look for an answer that talks about - whether or not shrimp farmers make quick profits and then quickly abandon the farms

23.

Their dialogue provides the most support for the claim that Alex and Jolene disagree with each other over whether

  1. most owners of shrimp farms

    Out of Scope: eventually

    We know that Alex thinks most farmers quickly abandon their farms, so he would agree with this. Jolene doesn't think they quickly abandon their farms, but we don't know how she feels about the long-term "eventually". She only says that farmers plan to operate for many years, but not necessarily indefinitely.

    25% picked this

  2. Correct

    shrimp farming often yields a

    Why this is right

    Alex would agree with this since he thinks that investors in shrimp farming "make quick profits and then abandon the farms", whereas Jolene would disagree, saying that "it takes a long time to construct and is costly to operate".

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

    62% picked this

  3. shrimp farming hardly ever damages

    Unknown for Person 2

    We know that Alex would disagree with this, but we don't have any clear indication of what Jolene thinks regarding the potential environmental damage of shrimp farming.

    6% picked this

  4. abandonment of a shrimp farm

    Unknown for Person 2

    We know that Alex would agree with this, but we don't have any clear indication of what Jolene thinks regarding the potential environmental damage of shrimp farming.

    4% picked this

  5. some shrimp farmers are environmentally

    Unknown for Person 2

    We know that Alex would probably agree with this (although this wording of "irresponsible" is drifting farther out of scope), but we don't have any clear indication of what Jolene thinks regarding the potential environmental damage of shrimp farming.

    4% picked this

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