Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT137 S4 Q20 Explanation

A salesperson who makes

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Stimulus

A salesperson who makes a sale does not change the desires of the customer. Rather, the salesperson finds out what these desires are and then convinces the customer that a particular product will satisfy them. Persuading people to vote for a politician to whom they are initially indifferent is not significantly like to see in place, one tries to _______ .

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
20.

Which one of the following most logically completes

Answer choices

  1. Unsupported Relationship0% picked this

    show that the opponents of the politician in question do not favor all

    Opponents of the politician do not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

  2. Unsupported Relationship0% picked this

    disguise any difference between the policies the politician supports and the policies supported

    Opponents of the politician do not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

  3. Contradiction20% picked this

    convince the voter that the policies favored by the politician in question are preferable to those

    This is precisely the kind of action the salesperson avoids.

  4. Out of Scope2% picked this

    demonstrate that the politician is a person of outstanding character and is interested in some of the same

    Outstanding character does not have a matching element in the analogous relationship.

  5. Correct77% picked this

    persuade the voter that voting for the politician in question is the best way to

    Why this is right

    According to the analogy between a salesperson and a politician, just as the salesperson tires to convince the customer that a particular product will satisfy them, a politician will try to convince voters that the politician will do the best job of adopting the policies desired by the voter.

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

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