Logical Reasoning

PT5 · S1 · Q18 Mary, a veterinary student, has

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Mary, a veterinary student, has been assigned an experiment in mammalian physiology that would require her to take a healthy, anesthetized dog and subject it to a drastic blood loss in order to observe the physiological consequences of shock.

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.

18.

Mary’s decision most closely accords with which one of the following principles?

  1. All other things being equal,

    Trap

    18% picked this

  2. Correct

    Taking the life of an

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    39% picked this

  3. The only sufficient justification for

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Practicing veterinarians have a professional

    Trap

    27% picked this

  5. No one is ever justified

    Trap

    13% picked this

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