Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT143 S3 Q3 Explanation

Louise McBride, a homeowner

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Stimulus

Louise McBride, a homeowner, filed a complaint against a nearby nightclub through the Licensing Bureau, a government agency. Although regulations clearly state that Form 283 is to be used for formal complaints, Bureau staff gave McBride Form 5, which she used with the intention of filing a formal complaint. The the incorrect form was used. But that would be unfair.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
3.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the judgment that dismissing the complaint

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    People who wish to file complaints through the Licensing Bureau should be informed of

  2. Trap0% picked this

    Government agencies should make their forms straightforward enough that completing them will not be unduly burdensome

  3. Correct98% picked this

    It is unfair for someone's complaint to be dismissed because of an incorrect action on the part

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap0% picked this

    A government agency should not make its procedures so complex that even the agency's employees

  5. Trap0% picked this

    It is unfair for a business to be subject to a formal complaint unless the complaint is made in a way that provides the

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