Logical Reasoning

PT159 · S1 · Q24 Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for

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Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for causing people to desire, and thus purchase, products they do not really need.

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.

24.

Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

  1. can be classified as needs

    Trap

    12% picked this

  2. are created by false, but

    Trap

    5% picked this

  3. will rarely be satisfied by

    Trap

    7% picked this

  4. Correct

    are exploited rather than created

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    53% picked this

  5. are generally what induce people

    Trap

    24% picked this

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