Logical reasoning PrepTest 138 · Section 2 · Question 5

Question prompt

Principle: A law whose Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: A

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

Question Type

Principle Questions / Strengthen Questions

Answer choices

  1. A
    Since there are relatively Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A matches the stem
    Correct. Argument or Facts:
    Argument

    Valid or Flawed:
    Flawed

    Question Type:
    Strengthen (Principle)

    Stimulus Summary:
    P: Person's actions don't threaten wild animal populations → Law designed to protect wild animals shouldn't be enforced against them

    A: A law designed to protect wild snake populations shouldn't be enforced against snake charmers

    Answer Anticipation:
    In most of these Principle/Application questions, the Application will fail to establish that the sufficient condition of the Principle is met. Here, the principle's sufficient condition is that a person's actions don't threaten a wild animal population. Since the Application wants to apply this Principle to snake charmers, it would need to establish that the snake charmers aren't a threat to these snake populations, so let's find that in the answer choices.

    Answer Explanation:
    This answer establishes that the snake charmers aren't a threat to the wild snake populations. If that's the case, the Principle applies to them and the law shouldn't be enforced against them, justifying the application.

    Key Takeaway:
    Principle/Application questions generally feature an Application that fails to meet the sufficient condition of the Principle. When that's the case, find the answer that connects the details that are established in the Principle to that sufficient condition.
  2. B
    Many attempts to prosecute Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Incorrect. The success in prosecution, the knowledge of the prosecutors, and the procedures used to capture snakes are all out of scope of the Principle.
  3. C
    Very few, if any, Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    Incorrect. The knowledge of the snake charmers as to the law is out of scope of the Principle, which is just about the threat to wild animal populations.
  4. D
    Snake populations are much Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    Incorrect. The law designed to protect wild snake populations is on the books, so it doesn't matter how threatened they are compared to other animals. Also, as a relative statement, this doesn't determine if wild snakes are very, somewhat, or not at all threatened, so this answer doesn't provide much information.
  5. E
    Snake charmers capture wild Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Incorrect. The motives behind the snake charmers in capturing snakes are out of scope of the Principle.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A Credited 89%
  2. B 2%
  3. C 2%
  4. D 6%
  5. E 1%

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