Each of the candidates

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise Match16% picked this

   Anyone who has worked in sales at this company has done so for at least a year. Most of this company's management has worked

   Once we find that first All statement, All sales are 1+ year All X's are A. our next thought should sound like Most A's are B "Most who worked sales at least a year ..." Instead, the Most statement is saying Most B's are X. We should bail at that point.

   16%
2. B

   Correct60% picked this

   Everything on the menu at Maddy's Shake Shop is fat-free. Most fat-free foods and drinks are sugar-free. And all sugar-free foods and drinks are

   Why this is right

   All Maddy's menu is fat-free. All X's are A Most fat-free are sugar-free. Most A's are B All sugar-free are low-cal. All B's are C ????????????????????????????????????? Most Maddy's menu low-cal Most X's are C On Parallel questions, don't be surprised if "All / None", "Most/Few", or "Some / Not All" flip into their equivalent translation.

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

   60%
3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match7% picked this

   All the books in Ed's apartment are hardcover books. Most hardcover books are more than 100 pages long. Ed has never read a book

   We don't really have to read this one if we look first at the Conclusion and see that it's not giving us the Most claim we were looking for. The premises actually do match up okay. All apt. books are hardcover All X's are A Most hardcover are 100+ Most A's are B All 100+ take Ed 4+ hrs All B's are C The original conclusion was "Most X's are C", so the conclusion should read "Most books in Ed's apartment take Ed more than 4hours to read"

   7%
4. D

   Weak Conclusion Match10% picked this

   Each of the avant-garde films at this year's film festival is less than an hour long. Most films less than an hour long do

   The quickest way to eliminate is too look for the relationship between the first All statement and the conclusion. In the original argument, the first premise was "All X's are A", and the conclusion was "Most X's are C". So whatever idea the conclusion puts after "Most" has to be the trigger of one of our conditional premises. The conclusion here says "Most movies at this year's festival", so we need to a see a conditional premise that says "All movies at this year's festival". We don't. Each avant at fest < 1 hr All X's are A. Most < 1 hr are not CS Most A's are B All < 1 hr have no interm All A's are C. (once we see this bad 3rd premise, bail)

   10%
5. E

   Weak Conclusion Match7% picked this

   All of the bicycle helmets sold in this store have some plastic in them. Most of the bicycle helmets sold in this store have

   The quickest way to eliminate is too look for the relationship between the first All statement and the conclusion. In the original argument, the first premise was "All X's are A", and the conclusion was "Most X's are C". So whatever idea the conclusion puts after "Most" has to be the trigger of one of our conditional premises. The conclusion here says "Most helmets w/ plastic are ____ ", so we need to a see a conditional premise that says "All helmets w/ plastic are ____". We don't. All helmets have plastic All X's are A Most helmets have rubber Most X's are B (bail as soon as you see this mismatch)

   7%