Logical Reasoning

PT159 · S3 · Q7 Last year a local advertising agency produced many

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Last year a local advertising agency produced many of its television commercials in a studio with improperly installed equipment.

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.

7.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the sales discrepancy described above?

  1. Most viewers turned off the

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. Correct

    People are more likely to

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    72% picked this

  3. Most of the advertisers that

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Not all of the commercials

    Trap

    17% picked this

  5. Most of the local automobile

    Trap

    3% picked this

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