Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT3 S2 Q11 Explanation

It is often said that people should

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Stimulus

It is often said that people should be rewarded for doing a given job in proportion to the effort it costs them to do it. However, a little reflection will show that this is, in fact, a very bad idea, since it would mean that those people with the least be the ones given the most incentive to do it.

What this question is testing

Method

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.

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The question
11.

Which one of the following argumentative strategies is

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Stating a general principle and then presenting reasons in favor of

  2. Trap5% picked this

    Providing evidence that where the principle under discussion has been adopted, the results usually

  3. Trap0% picked this

    Demonstrating that a consequence that had been assumed to follow from the principle under consideration need

  4. Correct88% picked this

    Attempting to undermine a general principle by arguing that undesirable consequences would

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap6% picked this

    Showing that, in practice, the principle under consideration could not be

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