Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT137 S2 Q7 Explanation

Antibiotics are standard ingredients

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Stimulus

Antibiotics are standard ingredients in animal feed because they keep animals healthy and increase meat yields. However, scientists have recommended phasing out this practice, believing it may make antibiotics less effective in humans. If farmers will go out of business.

What this question is testing

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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
7.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the

Answer choices

  1. Unsupported Relationship9% picked this

    If scientists are correct that antibiotic use in animal feed makes antibiotics less effective in humans, then some farmers

    This relies on the further assumption that if scientists are correct that antibiotic use in animal feed makes antibiotics less effective in humans, then meat yields will be reduced.

  2. Speculation6% picked this

    If antibiotic use in animal feed is not phased out, some antibiotics will become

    This depends on whether the scientists’ belief is correct.

  3. Negation3% picked this

    If the scientists' recommendation is not heeded, no farmers will go out of business due

    This negates the relationship that heeding the scientists’ recommendation implies that some farmers will go out of business.

  4. Unsupported Relationship3% picked this

    If the health of their animals declines, most farmers will not be able to

    Farmers staying in business is not connected to the health of the farmers animals, unless that health impacts the amount of meat the animal yields.

  5. Correct79% picked this

    If antibiotic use in animal feed is phased out, some farmers will go out of business unless they use other

    Why this is right

    Since antibiotics ~A -causes? ?M ? FLB increase meat yields, not using antibiotics would reduce meat yields, which in turn would ensure that some farmers will go out of business.

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

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