Logical Reasoning

PT3 · S4 · Q22 The United States Food and Drug Administration

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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the introduction of new therapeutic agents into the marketplace.

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.

22.

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

  1. The FDA is responsible for

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. Correct

    Before new therapeutic agents reach

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    71% picked this

  3. The research community is responsible

    Trap

    9% picked this

  4. The FDA should work more

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. If a new medical discovery

    Trap

    10% picked this

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