Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT147 S4 Q18 Explanation

Pundit: For many high school

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Stimulus

Pundit: For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job. The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to school graduates have these attributes already.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
18.

The pundit's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to

  2. Correct87% picked this

    overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap5% picked this

    provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability

  4. Trap4% picked this

    takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to

  5. Trap2% picked this

    takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can

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