Logical reasoning PrepTest 107 · Section 1 · Question 4

Question prompt

Cats spend much of Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: D

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

Paradox Questions

Stimulus Summary

Cats sleep and stretch, yet they have muscles that other animals need to exercise for.

Answer Anticipation

As with all Paradox questions, we should start by clearly defining the paradox.
Here, we learn that cats don’t do much besides sleep and stretch. And yet they have musculature that other types of animals need to exercise a lot to get. In other words, we’re trying to figure out how the cats get so muscular without strenuously exercising.
While we could leave it at that, Paradox questions tend to have answers that connect back to details in the stimulus. Here, we learn two things about cats - they sleep, and they stretch. The correct answer will likely tie back into one of these things. Maybe they twitch and flex in their sleep, thus exercising while resting. Or maybe the stretching they do exercises their muscles enough to build up that musculature.

Answer choices

  1. A
    Cats have a greater Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    This answer can explain why they sleep so much, but not how they have a strong, agile musculature.
  2. B
    Many other animals also Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    This answer aligns with the stimulus, but it doesn’t explain how these animals are getting so muscular while sleeping the day away. In short, it doesn’t answer the how?
  3. C
    Cats are able to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    There’s no indication that sleeping in uncomfortable positions is related to building musculature.
  4. D
    Cats derive ample exercise Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D matches the stem
    This answer establishes that the stretching cats do provides them “ample” exercise, thus explaining how they could end up as muscular as other animals despite not engaging in strenuous exercise - they don’t need it to get muscular!
  5. E
    Cats require strength and Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    This answer establishes that being agile and muscular is important to cats, but it doesn’t explain how they get that way without strenuous exercise.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 8%
  2. B 2%
  3. C 2%
  4. D Credited 87%
  5. E 1%

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