Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT8 S4 Q16 Explanation

Consumer advocate: Under the current

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Stimulus

Consumer advocate: Under the current absence of government standards for food product labeling, manufacturers are misleading or deceiving consumers by their product labeling. For example, a certain brand of juice is labeled “fresh orange juice,” yet the product is made from water, concentrate, and flavor enhancers. Since “fresh” as applied and unprocessed, labeling that orange juice “fresh” is unquestionably deceptive.

Manufacturer: Using words somewhat differently than they are commonly used is not deceptive. After all, “fresh” can also mean never frozen. We cannot be faulted for failing to comply with standards that have not been officially formulated. When the labeling, we will certainly comply with them.

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
16.

Which one of the following principles, if established, would contribute most to a defense of the manufacturer’s position against that

Answer choices

  1. Trap14% picked this

    In the absence of government definitions for terms used in product labeling, common standards of

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Government standards for truthful labeling should always be designed to reflect common

  3. Correct74% picked this

    People should be free, to the extent that it is legal to do so, to exploit to their advantages the inherent

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap5% picked this

    When government standards and common standards for truthful labeling are incompatible with each other, the government standards

  5. Trap4% picked this

    In their interpretation of language, consumers should never presume that vagueness indicates an attempt to deceive on the part of manufacturers unless those manufacturers

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