PrepTest 123 Section 2

Choose a question

Explanations for every question, find them by number or text.

1. Q1:
   Economist: Every business strives to increase its productivity…Identify the Conclusion

   Not all efforts to increase productivity help the business, overall.

2. Q2:
   All Labrador retrievers bark a great deal. All Saint Bernards…Flawed Parallel Reasoning

   Rosa’s dogs bark a moderate amount.

3. Q3:
   A century in certain ways is like a life, and as the end…Complete the Argument

   At the end of a century, people will look back on the events of the century.

4. Q4:
   Consumer: The latest Connorly Report suggests that…Flawed Reasoning

   The report is wrong.

5. Q5:
   Scientist: Earth's average annual temperature has increased…Weaken

   The 0.5 degree celsius warming was caused by larger amounts of minor gases in the atmosphere.

6. Q6:
   An undergraduate degree is necessary for appointment…Sufficient Assumption

   Murray can’t be executive administrator.

7. Q7:
   Ethicist: The most advanced kind of moral motivation…Principle – Conform
8. Q8:
   Proponents of the electric car maintain that when the…Complete the Argument

   The electric car causes some pollution. [This was my prephrase before doing the answers]

9. Q9:
   Although video game sales have increased steadily over …Weaken

   Video games sales will soon decline.

10. Q10:
    Double-blind techniques should be used whenever possible…Identify the Conclusion

    We should use double-blind techniques in experiments as much as we can.

11. Q11:
    It is now a common complaint that the electronic media…Role in Argument

    Electronic media will probably alter rather than worsen the human mind.

12. Q12:
    Suppose I have promised to keep a confidence and someone asks…Parallel Reasoning

    It’s impossible to have to keep all promises and also to have to answer every question honestly.

13. Q13:
    Standard aluminum soft-drink cans do not vary in the amount…Sufficient Assumption

    Group M has twice as many cans as group L.

14. Q14:
    A cup of raw milk, after being heated in a microwave oven…Weaken

    Microwaves are what destroy lysozyme enzyme. Heat is not the cause.

15. Q15:
    A new government policy has been developed to avoid…Sufficient Assumption

    We’ll need to vaccinate all high-risk individuals every year.

16. Q16:
    Taylor: Researchers at a local university claim that …Point at Issue
17. Q17:
    Hospital executive: At a recent conference on nonprofit…Flawed Reasoning

    We ought to make client confidentiality protection our highest priority.

18. Q18:
    Modern science is built on the process of posing hypotheses…Most Strongly Supported

    Few scientists have found evidence that global warming is unlikely.

19. Q19:
    Historian: The Land Party achieved its only national victory…Strengthen – Exception

    The Land Party succeeded because:

    1. It addressed the concerns of agricultural and small business interests, and
    2. Because those groups were facing deep problems.

20. Q20:
    Gamba: Muñoz claims that the Southwest Hopeville Neighbors…Method of Reasoning

    Muñoz is wrong to say that people in the city oppose the new water system.

21. Q21:
    Driver: My friends say I will one day have an accident…Flawed Reasoning

    I will have a lower chance of an accident in a minivan.

22. Q22:
    Editorialist: News media rarely cover local politics…Most Strongly Supported

    Lack of news AND secret politics ➞ local politicians isolated from electorate ➞ less chance resident participation will get positive official response ➞ less resident participation

    ~~N~~ AND SP ➞ PI ➞ ~~OR~~ ➞ ~~RP~~

    Note: I’ve drawn these as a conditional statement.

23. Q23:
    Philosopher: An action is morally right if it would be…Sufficient Assumption

    Well being unchanged ➞ right

24. Q24:
    Car companies solicit consumer information on such human…Principle – Conform

    Designer interaction is better than survey data.

25. Q25:
    During the nineteenth century, the French academy of art…Paradox

    The French academy sponsored both painting and sculpture.