Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT9 S4 Q11 Explanation

Some critics claim that it is unfair

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

Some critics claim that it is unfair that so many great works of art are housed in huge metropolitan museums, since the populations served by these museums already have access to a wide variety of important artwork. But this criticism is in principle unwarranted because the limited number of masterpieces makes wider alongside other works that provide a social and historical context for it.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

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
11.

Which one of the following, if established, could most logically serve as the principle appealed to in the argument

Answer choices

  1. Trap8% picked this

    In providing facilities to the public, the goal should be to ensure that as many as possible of those people who could benefit from

  2. Trap17% picked this

    In providing facilities to the public, the goal should be to ensure that the greatest possible number of people gain the

  3. Trap10% picked this

    It is unreasonable to enforce a redistribution of social goods that involves depriving some members of society of these goods

  4. Correct58% picked this

    For it to be reasonable to criticize an arrangement as unfair, there must be a more equitable arrangement

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap8% picked this

    A work of art should be displayed in conditions resembling as closely as possible those in which the work was

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