PrepTest 139

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed

Question Type:
Strengthen (Principle)

Stimulus Summary:
Government agency - Your items are marketed as collector's items, not toys, so they'll be taxes as collectible, not toys.

Answer Anticipation:
Strengthen (Principle) questions task us with connecting the details in the premises to the judgment in the conclusion. For this question, there are two viewpoints, so it's important to note which one the question stem asks us about—here, it's the government agency's argument, so we should focus just on that one. And there will almost certainly be an incorrect answer that would justify the conclusion of the company in question, so we should watch out for that.

They conclude that the items in question should face tariffs as collectibles, not toys. Why? Because they're marketed as collectibles, not toys. Those will need to be connected in the correct answer:

If something is marketed in a particular way, it should be considered that way for other purposes/for the purposes of taxation.

Answer Explanation:
This answer reflects the agency's reasoning. They used how an item was marketed to determine which tariffs it faced, and this answer justifies that.

Key Takeaway:
If there are two arguments/viewpoints in a Strengthen question (any variety of Strengthen question), there's a good chance that there will be incorrect answers strengthening different viewpoints. Make sure you identify which viewpoint you're being asked to strengthen!

Incorrect. This answer justifies the actions of the importing company, but the stem asks us to justify the government agency's reasoning.

Incorrect. This answer would justify not categorizing something as a collectible, and the argument we need to justify concludes that something is a collectible. Additionally, there's no information about how these items are typically used, just that they bring people amusement like a toy. That amusement could be delivered through some other mechanism or through using the items as toys.

Incorrect. First, the stimulus doesn't note that these collectibles are "developed primarily" to provide amusement, just that they do provide amusement. Second, the debate is over classification, not tariff rate. While the classification has implications for the tariff rate, that's ancillary to the debate over classification.

Incorrect. While how a product is marketed is important to the Agency's argument, the prices of those items isn't what needs to be connected to the marketing, but rather the classification.