Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT3 S4 Q17 Explanation

In a bureaucracy, all decisions

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TopicsSufficient Assumption

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Stimulus

In a bureaucracy, all decisions are arrived at by a process that involves many people. There is no one person who has the authority to decide whether a project will proceed bureaucracies, risky projects are never undertaken.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
17.

The conclusion follows logically from the premises if which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    All projects in a bureaucracy require

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Decisive individuals choose not to work in

  3. Trap8% picked this

    An individual who has decision-making power will

  4. Correct78% picked this

    The only risky projects undertaken are those for which a single individual

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap10% picked this

    People sometimes take risks as individuals that they would not take as part

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