Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT9 S2 Q20 Explanation

A university should not be entitled

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Stimulus

A university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members. Universities, as guarantors of intellectual freedom, should encourage the free flow of ideas and the general dissemination of knowledge. Yet a university that retains the right to patent the inventions of its faculty members has a motive to is incompatible with the university’s obligation to promote the free flow of ideas.

What this question is testing

Role

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
20.

The claim that a university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members plays which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Correct84% picked this

    It is the conclusion of the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap11% picked this

    It is a principle from which the conclusion

  3. Trap0% picked this

    It is an explicit

  4. Trap2% picked this

    It is additional but nonessential information in support of one of

  5. Trap4% picked this

    It is a claim that must be demonstrated to be false in order to

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