Logical reasoning PrepTest 107 · Section 4 · Question 10

Question prompt

Parents should not necessarily Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: C

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

Argument or Facts

Argument

Valid or Flawed

Flawed

Question Type

Illustration Questions / Principle Questions

Stimulus Summary

Parents are the ones who know their kids, so they shouldn’t necessarily listen to experts.

Answer Anticipation

Principle (Illustration) questions are pretty involved. We need to start by understanding the argument, then abstract it to get a principle, and then find the answer that lines up with that principle.
Here, the conclusion is a recommendation against something - always listening to experts on how to raise your kids. Why does the argument recommend against it? Because the parents are the ones who live with their kids and know what works for them, whereas presumably the experts haven’t really spent time with these kids.
So to abstract away from that, we end up with a principle along the lines of:
If someone has direct experience with a situation that experts lack, the person shouldn’t necessarily listen to the experts.

Answer choices

  1. A
    Although music theory is Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    There’s no discussion of experts or their advice here, nor is there a recommendation against taking such advice.
  2. B
    One need not pay Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    This answer does recommend not necessarily listening to experts, but it’s not because they lack direct experience. It’s because they’re not interested in mundane concerns.
  3. C
    In deciding the best Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C matches the stem
    This answer recommends against necessarily taking expert advice on climbing a mountain with which the climber has direct experience when the experts don’t. That matches up with the principle in the stimulus, so this is the correct answer.
  4. D
    A typical farmer is Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    This answer doesn’t talk about advice or when someone shouldn’t necessarily take it. And it also brings up a situation where experts would know better than the average person!
  5. E
    Unlike society, one's own Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    There’s no indication that society is an expert on whatever topic the advice is on.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 7%
  2. B 4%
  3. C Credited 81%
  4. D 2%
  5. E 5%

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