Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT7 S4 Q5 Explanation

The government provides insurance

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Stimulus

The government provides insurance for individuals’ bank deposits, but requires the banks to pay the premiums for this insurance. Since it is depositors who primarily benefit from the security this insurance provides, the government should take steps to ensure that depositors who want this security bear depositors pay the premiums for insuring their own accounts.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
5.

Which one of the following principles, if established, would do most to justify drawing the conclusion of the argument on the basis of the

Answer choices

  1. Correct99% picked this

    The people who stand to benefit from an economic service should always be made to bear the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Any rational system of insurance must base the size of premiums on the degree

  3. Trap1% picked this

    Government-backed security for investors, such as bank depositors, should be provided only when it does not reduce incentives for

  4. Trap0% picked this

    The choice of not accepting an offered service should always be available, even if there is no

  5. Trap0% picked this

    The government should avoid any actions that might alter the behavior of corporations and individuals

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