Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT138 S2 Q18 Explanation

Every delegate to the convention

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

Every delegate to the convention is a party member. Some delegates to the convention are government officials, and each government official who is at the the convention, as well.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
18.

If the statements above are true, then which one of the following statements

Answer choices

  1. Reversal3% picked this

    Every party member at the convention is a delegate to

    This reverses the first premise. PM → D

  2. Unsupported Relationship5% picked this

    At least some speakers at the convention are neither delegates nor

    It can be inferred that S ↢some↣ D + PM some speakers are both delegates and party members. But it does not follow S ↢some↣ ~D + ~PM that some speakers are neither delegates nor party members.

  3. Correct76% picked this

    At least some speakers at the convention are delegates to

    Why this is right

    Some delegates to the D ↢some↣ GO convention are government officials. Each government GO → S official who is at the convention is a speaker at the convention, as well. D ↢some↣ S It follows that some speakers at the convention are delegates to the convention.

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

  4. Reversal4% picked this

    All speakers at the convention are

    This reverses the GO → S third premise.

  5. Too Strong13% picked this

    Every government official at the convention is a

    Every delegate to the D → PM convention is a party member. Some delegates to D ↢some↣ GO the convention are government officials. So it follows that GO ↢some↣ PM some government officials at the convention are party members. But to say that every GO → PM government official at the convention is a party member goes too far.

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