Logical reasoning PrepTest 106 · Section 3 · Question 4

Question prompt

Raising the humidity of Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: A

The notes below walk through why it fits the stem and how to eliminate the rest.

Argument or Facts

Facts

Valid or Flawed

NA

Question Type

Bizarro / Must Be True Questions

Answer Anticipation

This stimulus is all about the effects of raising humidity. They each seem to stand on their own, however, so it’s hard to see what the correct answers are going to look like. Instead of spending a lot of time anticipating answers, let’s head down and eliminate each one that lines up with the information presented in this Bizarro Must be True question.

Answer choices

  1. A
    Humidity can be bad Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A matches the stem
    Raising humidity protects computers, so it’s unsupported that humidity can be bad for computers. This answer is therefore correct in this Bizarro Must be True question.
  2. B
    A room can be Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Dry air can cause damage to furniture according to the first sentence, so this answer is supported.
  3. C
    Dry air can feel Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    Raising humidity can make people feel warmer, which implies that dry air can make people feel cooler, as this answer states.
  4. D
    Increased humidity can be Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    Raising the humidity can alleviate some skin rashes, supporting this answer.
  5. E
    The human immune system Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Raising the humidity can help the body’s defenses against viruses, so this answer is supported, as well.

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Question analytics

Based on historical answer selection rates for this question.

Answer choice distribution

  1. A Credited 88%
  2. B 3%
  3. C 8%
  4. D 1%
  5. E 1%

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