Logical reasoning PrepTest 147 · Section 4 · Question 16

Question prompt

Voter: Our prime minister Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: D

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

Question Type

Flawed Parallel Reasoning Questions / Principle Questions

Answer choices

  1. A
    Kao must be a Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    Incorrect. This answer has a quantified premise ("most"), not a conditional one.
  2. B
    Franklin will lose the Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Incorrect. This answer doesn't provide a conditional rule on how to determine who will win the election. Instead, it assumes the relevant criteria.
  3. C
    Ramirez is evidently able Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    Incorrect. This answer makes a correlation/causation jump.
  4. D
    Thompson must be negotiating Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D matches the stem
    Correct. Argument or Facts:
    Argument

    Valid or Flawed:
    Flawed

    Question Type:
    Flawed Parallel Reasoning

    Stimulus Summary:
    Seeking a job at international organization → Spend a lot of time traveling abroad
    The PM has spent more days abroad than at home
    Therefore: The PM is seeking a job at an international organization

    Answer Anticipation:
    This argument establishes a conditional relationship ("Anyone . . . "), and then it establishes the necessary condition in a premise and concludes the sufficient condition. That illegal reversal should be repeated in the correct answer.

    Answer Explanation:
    Negotiating a personal loan → Go to bank
    Thompson went to the bank
    Therefore: Thompson must be negotiating a personal loan
    This argument features the same illegal reversal as the stimulus, so it's our answer.

    Key Takeaway:
    Knowing your common errors of reasoning can be really helpful in these Flawed Parallel Reasoning questions where each of the wrong answers commits a separate flaw from the stimulus. Being able to quickly spot each flaw means being able to quickly eliminate the other answer choices.
  5. E
    McKinsey must have committed Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Incorrect. This answer commits an absence of evidence flaw—it assumes that something is true because it hasn't been disproven.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A 12%
  2. B 1%
  3. C 3%
  4. D Credited 83%
  5. E 1%

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