Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT14 S2 Q23 Explanation

Government-subsidized insurance available to homeowners

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Stimulus

Government-subsidized insurance available to homeowners makes it feasible for anyone to build a house on a section of coastline regularly struck by hurricanes. Each major storm causes billions of dollars worth of damage in such coastal areas, after which owners who have insurance are to recoup a high percentage of their losses.

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
23.

The passage provides the most support for an argument against a government

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    that power companies be required to bury power lines in areas of the coastline regularly

  2. Trap3% picked this

    an increase in funding of weather service programs that provide a hurricane watch and warning

  3. Trap8% picked this

    renewal of federal funding for emergency life-support programs in

  4. Trap6% picked this

    establishment of an agency committed to managing coastal lands in ecologically

  5. Correct77% picked this

    establishment of a contingency fund protecting owners of uninsured houses in the coastal areas from catastrophic losses due

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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