Logical reasoning PrepTest 126 · Section 4 · Question 9

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Valid

Question Type:
Must Be True (Principle)

Stimulus Summary:
Challenges can help those who are self—aware discover their weaknesses, providing self—knowledge.

Answer Anticipation:
Most Must Be True (Principle) questions present the principle as a conditional statement. We diagram it, get the judgment" in the necessary condition, and then look for an answer that meets the sufficient condition while concluding the necessary.

Most, but not all. This stimulus doesn't present a conditional. Instead, the principle is stated in normal language. As such, we should read it, understand it, and then find an answer that conforms to it.

Here, the stimulus is about facing challenges. They can help you become self—aware if you pay attention to how you react to them and discover your own limitations/weaknesses. Let's find an answer that describes a situation where that happens for someone.

Answer Explanation:
Challenge? Check—a difficult performance definitely counts. Analysis of performance letting someone get insight into a weakness? Check—a lapse in memory would be a weakness, and the pianist understanding it would require paying attention to the reaction. And from this, this pianist grows and gets better through this self—knowledge. This is therefore the correct answer.

Key Takeaway:
When a Must Be True (Principle) question doesn't have a conditional principle, just make sure you understand what it's saying and then head to the answers. Analyzing them is where you should spend most of your time.

Incorrect. There's no challenge here—just a compensation structure.

Incorrect. There's no challenge here—just the analysis of the benefits of a certain personality trait.

Incorrect. There is a challenge here—a competition is, by definition, a challenge. However, there's no self—analysis here, or a discovery of weaknesses leading to self—knowledge. In fact, there's not even a person in this answer to go through that process!

Incorrect. This answer does feature a challenge—public speaking. However, the people afraid of public speaking aren't noted as analyzing their performance and discovering their weaknesses. If anything, they started with a weakness" (fear of public speaking) and the challenge was forcing them to overcome it (or at least minimize it for a time period).