Typically, a design that turns

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: best / most9% picked this

   The designs that turn out best go through the

   Here's the classic Too Strong type of trap answer. This paragraph spoke in general terms, not extreme terms like "best" / "most".

   9%
2. B

   Correct74% picked this

   Many good designs have emerged from design ideas that

   Why this is right

   This is sort of a Trait Overlap type of inference. The first sentence talks about good designs (ones that turned out well), and said that most of them go through many iterations. The second sentence talks about the idea that designers usually use sketches to see the flaws in their ideas. The third sentence talks about how the weak parts of the sketch point the designer to towards the most inadequate (flawed) parts of the design. It's not quite derivable in a Must Be True sense, but this is Most Supported. "Many" is a relatively weak quantity that just means "at least a few".

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

   74%
3. C

   Fake Opposite Too Strong: universal10% picked this

   Designs that do not turn out well have not gone through

   We were told that designs that turn out well typically did go through many drafts. This answer is just trying to flip those two ideas (and not hedging its wording at all, which makes it sound like "all ideas that don't turn out well" didn't go through drafts). If we say, college athletes that make it to the pros typically started playing their sport by the time they were 10 years old Does that mean we can infer that, college athletes that don't make it to the pros typically did not start playing their sport by the time they were 10 years old? Of course not. We aren't allowed to take claims and just flip the polarity of both ideas. Saying "black lives matter" does not imply "non-black lives don't matter".

   10%
4. D

   Too Strong: rarely4% picked this

   Designs whose initial conceptualization was inadequate rarely turn

   We can't speak to the frequency with which ideas ultimately turn out well. "rarely" = less than 50% of the time. Do we know whether "most inadequately conceived ideas do not turn out well"? No, for all we know, most of them eventually turn out well via sketches, drafts, and iterative improvements.

   4%
5. E

   Too Strong: never3% picked this

   A designer will never see advantages and flaws in a design idea without the aid

   My goodness, this is too strong. We know that sketches usually allow a designer to see the flaws and advantages, but this answer acts like we were told that only sketches allow a designer to see these things.

   3%