Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT7 S4 Q25 Explanation

Because migrant workers are typically

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Stimulus

Because migrant workers are typically not hired by any one employer for longer than a single season, migrant workers can legally be paid less than the minimum hourly wage that the government requires employers to pay all their permanent employees. Yet most migrant workers work long hours each day for eleven or be paid the same minimum hourly wage that other full-time workers must be paid.

What this question is testing

Parallel

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
25.

The pattern of reasoning displayed above most closely parallels that displayed in which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    Because day-care facilities are now regulated at the local level, the quality of care available to children in two different cities can differ widely.

  2. Trap3% picked this

    Because many rural areas have few restrictions on development, housing estates in such areas have been built where no adequate supply of safe drinking

  3. Trap3% picked this

    Because some countries regulate gun sales more strictly than do other countries, some people can readily purchase a gun, whereas others cannot. Therefore, all

  4. Trap5% picked this

    Because it is a democratic principle that laws should have the consent of those affected by them, liquor laws should be formulated not by

  5. Correct85% picked this

    Because food additives are not considered drugs, they have not had to meet the safety standards the government applies to drugs. But food additives

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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