Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S4 · Q1 Aisha: Vadim is going to be laid off

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Aisha: Vadim is going to be laid off.

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

  1. The firm values experience in

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. When Vadim was hired, the

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    Vadim is the most recently

    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.

    99% picked this

  4. Every other programmer at the

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. It is bad policy that

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