Logical reasoning PrepTest 119 · Section 2 · Question 15

Question prompt

One's palate is to 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

Facts

Valid or Flawed

NA

Question Type

Illustration Questions / Principle Questions

Stimulus Summary

Notice others like a food AND Become accustomed to it → Grow to like the food

Answer Anticipation

Principle (Must be True) questions generally present the principle as a conditional (usually a pair, actually). Conditionals allow us to draw the necessary condition as a conclusion when the sufficient condition(s) is established in the premises.
Here, the necessary condition makes a prediction - one will grow to like a food. This is based on seeing others liking the food and becoming accustomed to it. The correct answer should bring up a situation where someone grows to like a food based on seeing others like it and becoming accustomed to it.

Answer choices

  1. A
    Maxine spoke to her Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    There’s no indication that Maxine noticed a lot of people eating pasta, so this answer doesn’t meet both sufficient conditions.
  2. B
    Mike dislikes lima beans, Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    The conclusion that we can draw is that someone grows to love a food, so this answer about Mike disliking lima beans is an inversion of that conclusion.
  3. C
    All of George's Ukrainian Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C matches the stem
    George noticed people (all his Ukrainian relatives) enjoying pierogies and spent “several summers” getting accustomed to them, eventually growing to like them himself. This situation follows along with the principle in the stimulus, so it’s the correct answer.
  4. D
    Yolanda dislikes pickles because Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    Similar to (B), this answer is about someone growing to dislike a food, not growing to like it.
  5. E
    Sally found jalapeño peppers Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    This answer doesn’t see Sally “com[ing] to like the food,” but rather able to tolerate the food without discomfort. That’s not the same concept, so this answer doesn’t follow the principle.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 2%
  2. B 2%
  3. C Credited 85%
  4. D 3%
  5. E 8%

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