Logical Reasoning

PT16 · S2 · Q17 Winston: The Public Transportation Authority

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Winston: The Public Transportation Authority (PTA) cannot fulfill its mandate to operate without a budget deficit unless it eliminates service during late‐night periods of low ridership.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

17.

The relationship of Ping’s response to Winston’s argument is that Ping’s response

  1. carefully redefines a term used

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    questions Winston’s proposal by raising

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    93% picked this

  3. supplies a premise that could

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. introduces detailed statistical evidence that

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. proposes a solution to the

    Trap

    2% picked this

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