Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT137 S3 Q5 Explanation

Dogs learn best when they are trained

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Stimulus

Dogs learn best when they are trained using both voice commands and hand signals. After all, a recent study shows that dogs who were trained using both voice commands and hand signals were twice as who were trained using only voice commands.

What this question is testing

Role

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
5.

The claim that dogs learn best when they are trained using both voice commands and hand signals figures in the argument in which one

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    It is an explicit premise of

  2. Trap1% picked this

    It is an implicit assumption of

  3. Trap1% picked this

    It is a statement of background information offered to help facilitate understanding the issue

  4. Correct91% picked this

    It is a statement that the argument claims is supported by

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap3% picked this

    It is an intermediate conclusion that is offered as direct support for the

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