Logical reasoning PrepTest 135 · Section 1 · Question 4

Question prompt

Swimming pools should be 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

Argument Completion Questions

Stimulus Summary

Situation 1 - Protect children from pools with fences, but it’s more important to teach them to swim.
Principle - Don’t just protect children, teach them to protect themselves.
Situation 2 - Protect children from soft drinks with restrictions, but it’s more important to __________.

Answer Anticipation

This argument is very much about an analogy - between swimming and consuming soft drinks/candy. The former situation is fully fleshed out, and the stimulus even goes so far as to say that it illustrates a principle that will be applied in the following situation.
So it’s important to “map out” the parts of the analogy. The danger? Swimming/consuming sugary substances. The first layer of protection? Fences/restrictions. The even more important protection? Teaching kids to swim/????. So the correct answer here needs to find a parallel to teaching kids to swim - something about teaching them to avoid or restrict these sugary substances themselves.

Answer choices

  1. A
    that television can be Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    TV is where they’re seeing the ads for these sugary substances which are related to swimming pools - that can result in drowning. If anything, the children should be taught to avoid doing everything a TV ad says.
  2. B
    that television advertisements are Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    There’s no indication that the ads are deceptive or misleading - they could simply focus on how delicious these treats are. Teaching children to swim also isn’t analogous to teaching kids that TV ads are deceptive - the former is a skill, the latter a piece of information.
  3. C
    how to make nutritional Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C matches the stem
    This answer brings up a skill that’s analogous to swimming. Much as children learn to swim to avoid the danger of drowning themselves, they can learn to make good nutritional decisions to avoid overeating sugary substances.
  4. D
    the importance of physical Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    This answer is trying to tie swimming directly into the conversation about sugary substances instead of how the argument uses it - as an analogy that illustrates an applicable principle.
  5. E
    how to creatively entertain Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Swimming directly addresses the danger of drowning, whereas this answer doesn’t directly address the danger of consuming sugary substances.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 1%
  2. B 3%
  3. C Credited 92%
  4. D 2%
  5. E 1%

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