Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT15 S2 Q13 Explanation

Pedigreed dogs, including those officially

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Stimulus

Pedigreed dogs, including those officially classified as working dogs, must conform to standards set by organizations that issue pedigrees. Those standards generally specify the physical appearance necessary for a dog to be recognized as belonging to a breed but stipulate nothing about other genetic traits, such as those that enable breeds originally Therefore, pedigree organizations should set standards requiring working ability in pedigreed dogs classified as working dogs.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
13.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, justifies the argument’s conclusion that pedigree organizations should set standards for

Answer choices

  1. Trap17% picked this

    Organizations that set standards for products or activities should not set standards calling for a particular characteristic if such standards increase the risk

  2. Trap0% picked this

    Any standard currently in effect for a product or an activity should be rigorously enforced regardless of when

  3. Trap4% picked this

    Organizations that set standards for products or activities should be responsible for seeing to it that those products or activities conform to all the

  4. Trap7% picked this

    Any standard that is set for a product or an activity should reflect the uses to which that product or

  5. Correct71% picked this

    Organizations that set standards for products or activities should attempt to ensure that those products or activities can serve the purposes for

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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