Logical Reasoning

PT156 · S4 · Q16 Manager: I plan to put together

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Manager: I plan to put together a successful marketing team by choosing highly skilled, independent workers who prefer not to work as part of a tightly knit group.

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.

16.

The reasoning in the manager's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

  1. presumes that factors that are

    Trap

    11% picked this

  2. relies on research that has

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. takes for granted that flexible

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    overlooks the possibility that people

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    77% picked this

  5. confuses the goals that the

    Trap

    6% picked this

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