Logical Reasoning

PT140 · S2 · Q22 If the budget does not allow

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If the budget does not allow for more dairy inspectors to be hired, most of the large dairies in the central valley will not meet federal standards governing the disposal of natural wastes, which can seep into streams and groundwater.

Evidence

If the budget does not allow ~↑DI → ~DMS for more dairy inspectors to be hired, most of the large dairies in the central valley will not meet federal standards governing the disposal of natural wastes, which can seep into streams and groundwater.

The new district budget, ~↑DI however, does not allow for the hiring of more dairy inspectors.

Conclusion

Consequently, most of the DWP district's drinking water is likely to become polluted.

Evaluate

The argument assumes ~DMS → DWP that if most large dairies in the central valley do not meet federal standards, then most of the district’s drinking water is likely to become polluted.

22.

The conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

  1. If most of the dairies

    Negation

    This negates the assumption DMS ? DWP of the argument.

    9% picked this

  2. To keep all the drinking

    Too Weak

    The contrapositive of this relationship states that if more dairy inspectors are not hired, then not all of the drinking water in the district will be kept clean. However, the conclusion is that most of the district’s drinking water is likely to be polluted, while this would only ensure that some of the drinking water is likely to be polluted.

    18% picked this

  3. All of the district's drinking

    Reversal

    This reverses the DWP ? DMS assumption of the argument.

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    Most of the district's drinking

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap ~DMS ? DWP between most of the large dairies in the valley not meeting federal standards and the district’s drinking water likely becoming polluted.

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

    64% picked this

  5. If none of the large

    Wrong Trigger

    The trigger of this relationship has not been established in the argument, since this provides a rule for the case when none of the large dairies meet federal standards. But the argument only establishes that most of the large dairies will not meet federal standards.

    6% picked this

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