Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT149 S4 Q14 ExplanationColumnist: Wildlife activists have

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Stimulus

Columnist: Wildlife activists have proposed that the practice of stringing cable TV lines from the same poles that carry electric power lines should be banned because cable TV lines, while electrically neutral themselves, make it easier for animals to climb near electric power lines, risking electrocution. This particular argument for banning the power lines even where cable TV lines are all underground.

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
14.

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the

Answer choices, explained

  1. Trap4% picked this

    It takes a sufficient condition for an argument's being inadequate to be a necessary condition

  2. Correct91% picked this

    It rejects an argument for a proposal merely on the grounds that the proposal would not completely eliminate the problem

    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. Trap4% picked this

    It fails to consider the additional advantageous effects that a proposal to address a

  4. Trap1% picked this

    It rejects an argument by criticizing the argument's proponents rather than by

  5. Trap1% picked this

    It rejects a proposal to address a problem merely on the grounds that other proposals to address the

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