Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S4 · Q16 Consumer advocate: Under the current

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Consumer advocate: Under the current absence of government standards for food product labeling, manufacturers are misleading or deceiving consumers by their product labeling.

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.

16.

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

  1. In the absence of government

    Trap

    15% picked this

  2. Government standards for truthful labeling

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    People should be free, to

    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.

    74% picked this

  4. When government standards and common

    Trap

    5% picked this

  5. In their interpretation of language,

    Trap

    5% picked this

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