Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT149 S4 Q3 Explanation

Restaurant owner: The newspaper

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Stimulus

Restaurant owner: The newspaper reporter who panned my restaurant acknowledges having no special expertise about food and its preparation. His previous job was as a political reporter. He is a good writer, but he is not a true restaurant critic. A critic who had no special training in theater.

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
3.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    The newspaper reporter who panned the restaurant acknowledges having no special expertise about food

  2. Trap0% picked this

    The previous job of the newspaper reporter who panned the restaurant was as

  3. Trap0% picked this

    The newspaper reporter who panned the restaurant is a

  4. Correct94% picked this

    The newspaper reporter who panned the restaurant is not a true

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap1% picked this

    A newspaper would never call someone a drama critic who had no special

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