Logical Reasoning

PT3 · S2 · Q22 Public reports by national commissions

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Public reports by national commissions, governors’ conferences, and leadership groups have stressed the great need for better understanding of international affairs by the citizenry.

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

22.

If all of the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true?

Correct
If the country is to
Why this is right
Answer A is correct.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
83% picked this
If new teachers are prepared
Unknown Trigger Illegal Reversal
We don't have any conditionals that begin with the idea of "if teachers are prepared" as a trigger, so we can't derive any certain outcome of that idea. This is reading the chain backwards.
5% picked this
If there is better understanding
Unknown Trigger Reversal (if anything)
We don't have any conditionals that begin with the idea of "if there is a better understanding", so we can't derive any certain outcome of that idea. Even if this said, "If there is need for a better understanding", it would still be doing an illegal reversal to go backwards to "remain leading nation".
11% picked this
If the country is to
Contradicted (if anything)
Our chain goes, "If remain leading nation, then do need better understanding, and thus teachers need to teach in an international style."
1% picked this
Public reports from various groups
Out of Scope
Out of Scope: stressed need for teachers The only thing we know about these public reports is that they've stressed a need for better understanding of international stuff. We don't have any way to prove that they've stressed a need for teachers.
1% picked this

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