Logical Reasoning

PT16 · S2 · Q22 Director of personnel: Ms. Tours

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Director of personnel: Ms. Tours has formally requested a salary adjustment on the grounds that she was denied merit raises to which she was entitled.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

22.

The personnel director’s reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

  1. fails to consider the possibility

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. attempts to undermine the persuasiveness

    Trap

    27% picked this

  3. sidesteps the issue of whether

    Trap

    7% picked this

  4. ignores the possibility that some

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. Correct

    overlooks the implications for the

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    61% picked this

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