PT148 · S4 · Q1 Community organizer: Before last year's

"Takes for granted" means this answer should describe something that the argument assumes. The argument does assume a similarity between last year and this year: that more folks will show up than signed up. But it doesn't assume that the same individuals who showed up last year will show up this year.

This is describing a conditional logic flaw that does not appear in this argument. The argument does describe a condition that is sufficient (at least 100 participants) for an outcome (the cleanup being a success). But it doesn't take a condition that is required and confuse it with this sufficient condition. For this answer to be correct, the argument would look something like this: If we have at least 100 participants, the community cleanup is going to succeed. We had a successful cleanup, therefore we must have had at least 100 participants.

"Overlooks the possibility" means the answer choice should describe a potential objection, something that will weaken the argument. But the rest of this answer does not describe an objection. If the cleanup attracts participants from outside the community, that could be a good thing for the argument! It might help us reach the 100 participants that we need.

Sometimes a Flaw answer is wrong because it just doesn't describe what happened in the argument. This argument doesn't define any terms, and what would it even mean to define a term so it always puts a positive spin on the situation? Don't be tempted by the opaqueness of this answer! This is a trap for people who overlooked correct answer A on their first pass. They're hoping you'll think "this answer sounds really technical and hard to understand, therefore this answer is smarter than me, therefore this answer is correct." Don't be fooled!