Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT14 S4 Q15 Explanation

Magazine article: The Environmental Commissioner’s

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Stimulus

Magazine article: The Environmental Commissioner’s new proposals are called “Fresh Thinking on the Environment, ” and a nationwide debate on them has been announced. Well, “fresh thinking” from such an unlikely source as the commissioner does deserve closer inspection. Unfortunately we discovered that these proposals are virtually identical to those issued three it as an environmental nightmare, in our opinion the “nationwide debate” can end here.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
15.

A flaw in the magazine article’s reasoning is

Answer choices

  1. Trap11% picked this

    assumes without any justification that since two texts are similar one of them must be

  2. Trap6% picked this

    gives a distorted version of the commissioner’s proposals and then attacks

  3. Correct77% picked this

    dismisses the proposals because of their source rather than because of

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap1% picked this

    uses emotive language in labeling the

  5. Trap6% picked this

    appeals to the authority of Tsarque Inc.’s chief without giving evidence that this person’s opinion

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