Logical reasoning PrepTest 106 · Section 3 · Question 8

Question prompt

Some environmentalists question the Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: B

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

Must Be True Questions

Stimulus Summary

Some environmentalists - There’s no economic benefit from environmental features that don’t exist
Many environmentalists - Nature has intrinsic value, so the economics of using these resources isn’t the only consideration

Answer Anticipation

The stimulus here has two different groups of environmentalists, both of which are said to be some/many of them. This is important to note for two reasons. First, neither groups represents a majority; second, there’s not necessarily any overlap between the groups.
The first group talks about the lack of value of resources that no longer exist to argue against the exploitation of natural resources. The second group talks about nature’s inherent value being more important than economic value.
What can we infer from this? It’s hard to say, so we’re going to have to get to the answers ASAP and spend our time analyzing them. The one last important thing to note - all the information presented is said to be the views of the environmentalists, so we know only what they think, not what’s true in this situation.

Answer choices

  1. A
    It is economically imprudent Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    The stimulus discusses only what Environmentalists believe, while this answer is about what is true of the economics of the situation. That’s a shift between a subjective view and an objective one, which is enough to eliminate this answer.
  2. B
    Some environmentalists appeal to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B matches the stem
    The second claim here argues against exploiting nature “even if” the economics of it make sense. They appeal to the “intrinsic value” of nature, which overrides economic considerations, so this answer is correct - their appeal to an intrinsic value over economic considerations shows that they’re making a noneconomic justification.
  3. C
    Most environmentalists appeal to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    The two statements here talk about “[s]ome” and “[m]any” environmentalists, neither of which gets us to “[m]ost” environmentalists.
  4. D
    Many environmentalists provide only Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    The second group of environmentalists make a noneconomic appeal to nature’s intrinsic value in arguing against exploiting these resources. However, there’s no indication that this group doesn’t also make an economic argument, so we can’t support this answer saying that they provide “only” a noneconomic justification.
  5. E
    Even if there is Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Similar to (A), this answer is about what is true of the situation, not what environmentalists argue, so we can rule it out.

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Question analytics

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 9%
  2. B Credited 70%
  3. C 2%
  4. D 6%
  5. E 12%

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