Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT21 S2 Q16 Explanation

Consumer advocate: One advertisement

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TopicsPrinciple-Strengthen

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Stimulus

Consumer advocate: One advertisement that is deceptive, and thus morally wrong, states that “gram for gram, the refined sugar used in our chocolate pies is no more fattening than the sugars found in fruits and vegetables.” This is like trying to persuade someone that chocolate pies are not fattening by saying that, shopping cart full of celery to equal a chocolate pie’s worth of calories.

Advertiser: This advertisement cannot be called deceptive. It is, true.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
16.

Which one of the following principles, if established, would do most to support the consumer advocate’s position against

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    It is morally wrong to seek to persuade by use of

  2. Trap3% picked this

    A true statement should be regarded as deceptive only if the person making the statement believes it to be false, and thus intends the

  3. Trap1% picked this

    To make statements that impart only a small proportion of the information in one’s possession should not necessarily

  4. Trap4% picked this

    It is morally wrong to make a true statement in a manner that will deceive hearers or readers of the statement into

  5. Correct85% picked this

    A true statement should be regarded as deceptive if it is made with the expectation that people hearing or reading the statement will

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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