The basic ingredients from which

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite (if anything)5% picked this

   Oil is one of the basic ingredients that make

   If anything, the stimulus implies that oil is not among the ingredients of cement.

   5%
2. B

   Correct90% picked this

   Oil is a source of energy for some of the kilns used in the

   Why this is right

   In order for the price of oil to influence the price of cement because of the energy used to run the kilns, it has to be true that at least some of the kilns use oil as a source of energy.

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

   90%
3. C

   Unsupported Relationship2% picked this

   The higher the price of cement rises, the higher the price

   Nothing here should lead us to infer a directly proportional relationship between the cost of cement and the cost one basic ingredient (clay).

   2%
4. D

   Unsupported Relationship1% picked this

   Whenever oil prices rise, cement prices

   Nothing here should lead us to infer an inversely proportional relationship between the cost of oil and the cost of cement. If anything, the stimulus seems to imply a proportional relationship: as oil prices go up, so go cement prices because it now costs more to fire the kilns and produce the product.

   1%
5. E

   Contradicted2% picked this

   A given amount of cement costs no more than the total cost of

   We're told that the cost of oil influences the price of cement. That means the cost of cement is more than the cost of the sum of its parts.

   2%