PrepTest 127

Incorrect. The argument concluded that it was the business doing something unethical, not the people exploiting their friends and family, so this answer is out of scope.

Incorrect. It's the offering of incentives to provide data that's noted as being unethical, not the use of information.

Incorrect. Very close! However, while the practice that OSC is engaged in does have the effect of risking damage to personal relationships, there's no indication that they're deliberately damaging those relationships—they could be unaware of the impact their drive to capture email addresses is having.

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed

Question Type:
Principle (Strengthen)

Stimulus Summary:
Encouraging people to exploit friends/family for profit risks damaging those relationships, so a business doing so is unethical.

Answer Anticipation:
Principle (Strengthen) questions will generally present a scenario and reach a conclusion where a judgment is made, and the correct answer will connect those two.

Here, the scenario is that a certain business is asking people to exploit their personal relationships, and the judgment is that this is unethical. The correct answer, therefore, should say something similar to:

A business that encourages people to exploit personal relationships and risk damaging them is doing something unethical.

Answer Explanation:
This answer connects the action brought up in the scenario—asking people to engage in behavior that risks their personal relationships—and connects it to the judgment—the practice being unethical. Since this answer connects the situation to the judgment, it's the correct answer.

Key Takeaway:
Principle questions generally deal with scenarios, judgments, and principles. In Principle (Strengthen) questions, the stimulus will frequently feature a scenario where a judgment is drawn, and the correct answer will establish a principle that connects some details from the scenario to the judgment.

Incorrect. This answer increases the likelihood of damage to personal relationships, thus adding some force to a premise, but it doesn't connect that premise to the judgment in the conclusion, so this answer is incorrect.