PrepTest 147

Incorrect. This answer has a quantified premise ("most"), not a conditional one.

Incorrect. This answer doesn't provide a conditional rule on how to determine who will win the election. Instead, it assumes the relevant criteria.

Incorrect. This answer makes a correlation/causation jump.

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.

Incorrect. This answer commits an absence of evidence flaw—it assumes that something is true because it hasn't been disproven.