Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S1 · Q20 According to sources who can

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According to sources who can be expected to know, Dr. Maria Esposito is going to run in the mayoral election.

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.

20.

The flawed reasoning in the argument above most closely parallels that in which one of the following?

  1. According to its management, Brown’s

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. Correct

    The press release says that

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    76% picked this

  3. Joshua says the interviewing panel

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. An informant says that Rustimann

    Trap

    14% picked this

  5. The review said that this

    Trap

    2% picked this

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