Logical Reasoning

PT159 · S1 · Q14 Environmentalist: The adoption of genetically engineered

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Environmentalist: The adoption of genetically engineered crops in agriculture is moving so rapidly and is monitored so loosely that it poses a significant risk of damaging sensitive ecosystems.

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.

14.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the environmentalist's reasoning?

  1. A genetically engineered crop should

    Trap

    29% picked this

  2. If a crop has no

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    No crop that might present

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    61% picked this

  4. If rigorous testing of any

    Trap

    8% picked this

  5. If rigorous studies do not

    Trap

    2% picked this

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