Logical reasoning PrepTest 113 · Section 3 · Question 24

Question prompt

Town councillor: The only Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: E

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

Principle Questions / Strengthen Questions

Stimulus Summary

Goal - Protect children from danger
Skateboarding in River Park is dangerous
~Skateboard in River Park → Skateboard in street
Skateboarding in the street is more dangerous than skateboarding in River Park
Therefore/Approach - We shouldn’t ban skateboarding in River Park

Answer Anticipation

The last question was also based on this stimulus, and we discussed a lot of the relevant elements there to answer this Principle (Strengthen) question about it.
The argument set out a goal and an approach, but it concluded that the approach was the wrong move because it did more harm in achieving the goal than it did good. That said, it still did address the goal in some ways - it banned skateboarding in a place that would make it dangerous, thus protecting children. We should look for an answer, then, that it’s the balance of the effect an approach has on the goal - does it, overall, help in achieving it - that determines whether the approach should be implemented.

Answer choices

  1. A
    Ordinances that restrict the Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    Skateboarding in River Park is “undoubtedly dangerous,” so this answer wouldn’t justify failing to restrict that activity.
  2. B
    Since the town could Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    First, this answer talks about an activity that is “unnecessarily” dangerous, but the danger isn’t described as such in the stimulus. Even assuming that the danger is unnecessary (after all, you don’t have to skateboard), this answer would justify restricting the activity, which runs counter to the conclusion.
  3. C
    Since safety in a Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    This answer brings in a lot of concepts not in the stimulus - mainly, skill and parental discretion. That’s a step past the conclusion, which just states that the government shouldn’t ban skateboarding in the park, so this answer is incorrect.
  4. D
    If recreational activities constitute Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    This answer would justify banning skateboarding in River Park since it’s “undoubtedly dangerous.”
  5. E
    Ordinances that seek to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E matches the stem
    This answer justifies not enacting the ordinance banning skateboarding in the park if it would lead to greater danger. Since it would “most certainly” lead to kids skateboarding in the streets, which is “more dangerous,” this answer justifies not enacting the ordinance.

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Answer choice distribution

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

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