PrepTest 129 Section 2

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1. Q1:
   Many doctors cater to patients' demands that they …Principle

   Doctors shouldn’t prescribe antibiotics for colds

2. Q2:
   Long-distance runners use two different kinds of cognitive …Complete the Argument

   Runners shouldn’t use associative strategies before a race.

3. Q3:
   MetroBank made loans to ten small companies, in amounts …Paradox

   MetroBank made loans to ten companies.

4. Q4:
   Professor: A guest speaker recently delivered a talk …Flawed Reasoning

   Universities don’t encourage fair minded, tolerant debate.

5. Q5:
   Studies reveal that most people select the foods they eat …Strengthen

   Health experts should encourage people to eat healthy foods by mentioning how flavorful those foods are.

6. Q6:
   Studies show that individuals with a high propensity for …Flawed Reasoning

   Business schools can make their students behave ethically if they discourage risk taking and encourage people to desire social acceptance.

7. Q7:
   Essayist: Lessing contended that an art form's medium …Sufficient Assumption

   If imagists make poems, then Lessing is wrong that literature is events or actions in sequence.

8. Q8:
   A psychiatrist argued that there is no such thing as …Flawed Parallel Reasoning

   The psychiatrist says that multiple personality disorder doesn’t exist.

9. Q9:
   Even if many more people in the world excluded meat from …Weaken

   World hunger would not decrease much even if lots of people stopped eating meat.

10. Q10:
    Dairy farmer: On our farm, we have great concern for …Principle

    The farmer says that changes on the farm have led to the following sequence:

    Sleeping mattresses → Cow comfort → more blood flow to udder → more milk → more profits

11. Q11:
    Pat: E-mail fosters anonymity, which removes barriers …Point at Issue
12. Q12:
    Criminologist: The main purpose of most criminal organizations …Sufficient Assumption

    Criminal organizations will get involved in biotech.

13. Q13:
    Administrators of educational institutions are enthusiastic …Role in Argument

    Teachers are wrong to fear computers.