Logical reasoning PrepTest 138 · Section 4 · Question 15

Question prompt

The Volunteers for Literacy 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.

Argument or Facts

Argument

Valid or Flawed

Flawed

Question Type

Parallel Reasoning Questions

Stimulus Summary

Dolores vs. Victor: Dolores is more skillful than Victor at securing necessary funding Victor tends to alienate dedicated volunteers, while Dolores doesn’t Therefore - Dolores replacing Victor would be good for the Program

Answer Anticipation

As with all Parallel Reasoning questions, we should be identifying key logical elements in the stimulus that we can look for in the answer choices. Here, the argument is heavily comparative. The premises bring up one way that Dolores is better for the program than Victor, and one downside of Victor that Dolores doesn’t have. From this, it concludes that it’d be better for the program to have Dolores as director instead of Victor. So we should look for an answer that does a similar pros/cons list before concluding one option is better than another.

Answer choices

  1. A
    It would be more Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A matches the stem
    This argument brings up two relative benefits of taking the bus over the subway before concluding that the bus is a better option. That’s the same pattern of reasoning as the stimulus, where two relative benefits of Dolors are mentioned, so this is the correct answer.
  2. B
    Joshua's interest would be Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    This argument has only a single point of consideration - cost - based on Joshua’s primary concern. That has a premise the stimulus lacks (the primary concern), and it lacks a second point of comparison, so we can eliminate it.
  3. C
    Belinda will get to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    First, this answer includes only a single consideration, as in answer choice (B), not two, as in the stimulus. Second, it doesn’t even directly compare the two options, as it requires the assumption that traffic near the concert hall will make the drive slower - maybe driving even through the traffic is faster than the subway!
  4. D
    Anita would benefit financially Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    Another answer that considers only a single benefit of taking the train over driving!
  5. E
    It would be to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    First, this answer brings up only a single consideration. Second, it’s arguably valid in showing that one option will fail to meet Fred’s need. In the stimulus, there’s no indication that Victor can’t raise the necessary funds - just that Dodlores is more skillful at it!

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A Credited 76%
  2. B 5%
  3. C 2%
  4. D 10%
  5. E 6%

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