Logical Reasoning

PT158 · S3 · Q17 Situation: A physical therapist wants her patients

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Situation: A physical therapist wants her patients to derive more enjoyment from the challenge of developing physical skills.

Analysis

Success at meeting the first objective will bring about success in meeting the second objective.

Evaluate

They provided an example of such a situation where, .

But we don't need to actually do anything with the Situation. The question stem is just asking us which answer fits the description of .

Goal

Let's look for four situations where we want two things, and getting one of them would actually make more likely we'd get the other.

17.

The analysis provided for the situation above could be appropriate for each of the following situations except:

  1. A math teacher wants her

    Applicable

    It looks like we could say, the better you understand the principles taught in class, the better you can apply these principles in everyday life.

    7% picked this

  2. A software manufacturer wants its

    Applicable

    It looks like we could say, the more satisfied customers are with the product, the fewer calls they're place to service reps about how to use it. I don't love this connection, but it's better than the correct answer, which has an even weirder connection. It seems like this answer would make more sense if it were saying "the more satisfied, the fewer calls complaining to service reps". But connecting 'satisfied' to 'I know how to use the product' is a little weirder. It's definitely common sense to think "The more calls I have to place to customer service about how to use the product, the less satisfied I am with the product." So the goals are connected on some level for sure.

    14% picked this

  3. A librarian wants fewer of

    Applicable

    It looks like we could say, the fewer books that get lost or stolen, the more books can be returned on time. After all, you can't return a book on time if you lose it or it gets stolen.

    16% picked this

  4. Correct

    A hardware retail company wants

    Why this is right

    This one makes the least sense, in terms of connecting the goals. The more we construct a new warehouse, the more employees will help plan how the old one can be expanded for even more space? How are those logically connected? They sound like two separate construction projects (is there a way to expand an old warehouse besides renovating it?) They are both related to the common goal of storage space, but it's not clear how building one helps you to build the other.

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

    56% picked this

  5. A concert series director wants

    Applicable

    We can plausibly say the more varied a repertoire we have, the more we can attract new patrons.

    7% picked this

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