Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT145 S4 Q8 Explanation

Technology is radically improving

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Stimulus

Technology is radically improving the quality of life in some communities, and not only by direct application of innovations. After all, the design, production, testing, and marketing of new technology has itself become a growing industry that is turning around the fortunes of once-ailing communities. The base, and contribute to an upbeat spirit of renewal.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
8.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn by the argument

Answer choices

  1. Correct89% picked this

    The direct application of innovations is not the only way in which technology is radically improving the quality

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap5% picked this

    The design, production, testing, and marketing of new technology has itself become a growing industry that is turning around

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Companies involved in the design, production, testing, and marketing of new technology create jobs, add to the tax base, and contribute to

  4. Trap3% picked this

    Either the creation or the direct application of technological innovations is radically improving the quality of

  5. Trap0% picked this

    The only ways in which technology is radically improving the quality of life in some communities are by creating jobs, adding to the tax

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