Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT4 S4 Q14 Explanation

Consumer advocate: Tropical oils are

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Stimulus

Consumer advocate: Tropical oils are high in saturated fats, which increase the risk of heart disease. Fortunately, in most prepared food tropical oils can be replaced by healthier alternatives without noticeably affecting taste. Therefore, intensive publicity about the disadvantage of tropical oils will be likely to result in dietary changes that will be counterproductive, because it would encourage people to believe that more substantial dietary changes are unnecessary.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
14.

Which one of the following is a point at issue between the nutritionist and

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Whether a diet that regularly includes large quantities of tropical oil can increase the risk

  2. Trap7% picked this

    Whether intensive publicity campaigns can be effective as a means of changing

  3. Trap7% picked this

    Whether more people in North America would benefit from reducing the amount of meat they consume than would benefit from eliminating

  4. Trap6% picked this

    Whether some people’s diets could be made significantly healthier if they replaced all tropical oils with vegetable oils that are

  5. Correct79% picked this

    Whether conducting a publicity campaign that, by focusing on the health hazards of tropical oils, persuades people to replace such oils with healthier

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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