Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT144 S4 Q1 Explanation

Aisha: Vadim is going to be laid off

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

Aisha: Vadim is going to be laid off. Vadim's work as a programmer has been exemplary since joining the firm. But management has already made the decision to lay off a programmer. And this firm strictly the most recently hired programmer in such cases.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
1.

Aisha's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    The firm values experience in its programmers more highly than any

  2. Trap1% picked this

    When Vadim was hired, the policy of laying off the most recently hired programmer

  3. Correct99% picked this

    Vadim is the most recently hired programmer at

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap0% picked this

    Every other programmer at the firm has done better work

  5. Trap0% picked this

    It is bad policy that the firm always lays off the most

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