Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT15 S2 Q8 Explanation

Would it be right for the

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Stimulus

Would it be right for the government to abandon efforts to determine at what levels to allow toxic substances in our food supply? Only if it can reasonably be argued that the only acceptable level of toxic substances in food is zero. However, virtually all foods contain perfectly natural substances that are is that it has been reduced to below the threshold of detection of current analytical methods.

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
8.

The main conclusion of the argument

Answer choices

  1. Correct62% picked this

    the government should continue trying to determine acceptable levels for toxic substances in

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap5% picked this

    the only acceptable level of toxic substances in food

  3. Trap10% picked this

    naturally occurring toxic substances in food present little danger because they rarely occur

  4. Trap20% picked this

    the government will never be able to determine with certainty that a food contains

  5. Trap4% picked this

    the government needs to refine its methods of detecting toxic substances in

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