Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT156 S4 Q24 ExplanationA movie studio's script readers

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

A movie studio's script readers discard all proposed scripts that are not submitted by agents, and they discard all scripts that are incorrectly formatted. So a script that is submitted by an agent discarded by the studio's script readers.

What this question is testing

Parallel Flaw

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
24.

Which one of the following exhibits a flawed pattern of reasoning that most closely parallels that in

Answer choices, explained

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    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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