Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT16 S2 Q13 Explanation

Alexander: The chemical waste dump

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Stimulus

Alexander: The chemical waste dump outside our town should be cleaned up immediately. Admittedly, it will be very costly to convert that site into woodland, but we have a pressing obligation done to local forests and wildlife.

Teresa: But our town's first priority is the health of its people. So even if putting the dump there was environmentally disastrous, we should not spend our resources on correcting it unless it presents a significant health we only need to remove that hazard.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
13.

Which one of the following is the point at issue between Alexander

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    whether the maintenance of a chemical waste dump inflicts significant damage on

  2. Trap2% picked this

    whether it is extremely costly to clean up a chemical waste dump in order to replace

  3. Trap1% picked this

    whether the public should be consulted in determining the public health risk posed by a

  4. Correct95% picked this

    whether the town has an obligation to redress damage to local forests and wildlife if that damage poses no

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap1% picked this

    whether destroying forests and wildlife in order to establish a chemical waste dump amounts to

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