Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT14 S4 Q24 Explanation

In Peru, ancient disturbances in the dark

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Stimulus

In Peru, ancient disturbances in the dark surface material of a desert show up as light‐colored lines that are the width of a footpath and stretch for long distances. One group of lines branching out like rays from a single point crosses over curved lines that form a very large bird figure. a sunburst pattern? That came abruptly to an end in the middle of an uninhabited plain?"

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
24.

The argumentative strategy of the investigator quoted

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    reject out of hand direct counterevidence to the investigator’s

  2. Trap4% picked this

    introduce evidence newly discovered by the investigator which discredits the

  3. Correct87% picked this

    support one interpretation by calling into question the plausibility of the

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap5% picked this

    challenge the investigative methods used by those who developed the

  5. Trap0% picked this

    show that the two competing interpretations can be reconciled with

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