Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT138 S4 Q8 Explanation

Adobe is an ideal material for

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Stimulus

Adobe is an ideal material for building in desert environments. It conducts heat very slowly. As a result, a house built of adobe retains the warmth of the desert sun during the cool evenings and then remains cool during the heat of the day, thereby helping to maintain a pleasant temperature. In heat more rapidly, grow hot during the day and cold at night.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
8.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion drawn in

Answer choices

  1. Too Broad5% picked this

    Adobe is a suitable substitute for other building materials where the heat-conduction properties of the

    The conclusion is about using adobe as a building material in desert environments. This answer is not limited to desert environments.

  2. Premise4% picked this

    In the desert, adobe buildings remain cool during the heat of the day but retain the warmth of the

    This is part of the second premise of the argument.

  3. Premise4% picked this

    Because adobe conducts heat very slowly, adobe houses maintain a pleasant,

    This is the second premise in the argument.

  4. Assumption4% picked this

    Ideally, a material used for building houses in desert environments should enable those houses to maintain

    This is an assumption of the argument.

  5. Correct84% picked this

    Adobe is an especially suitable material to use for building houses

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

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