Question stems

Question 1

The argument makes which one of the following assumptions?

Answer 1

Necessary Assumption question

Question 2

The argument assumes

Answer 2

Necessary Assumption

Question 3

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

Answer 3

Necessary Assumption

Question 4

Which one of the following is an assumption that the fundraiser’s argument depends on?

Answer 4

Necessary Assumption

Question 5

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

Answer 5

Necessary Assumption

Question 6

Which one of the following is an assumption made by the argument?

Answer 6

Necessary Assumption

Question 7

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary for the critic’s conclusion to be properly drawn?

Answer 7

Necessary Assumption

Question 8

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the economist’s argument?

Answer 8

Main Point Question

Question 9

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the surrealist’s argument?

Answer 9

Main Point Question

Question 10

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument as a whole?

Answer 10

Main Point Question

Question 11

The consultant’s statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

Answer 11

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Question 12

Which one of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by the information above?

Answer 12

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Question 13

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

Answer 13

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Question 14

Which one of the following is most reasonably supported by the information above?

Answer 14

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Question 15

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statements above, if they are true?

Answer 15

Most Strongly Supported (MSS)

Question 16

Which one of the following, if true, is the logically strongest counter that Albert can make to Erin’s argument?

Answer 16

Weakening Question

Question 17

Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the argument?

Answer 17

Weakening Question

Question 18

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?

Answer 18

Weakening Question

Question 19

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the conclusion drawn in the argument above?

Answer 19

Weakening Question

Question 20

Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument in the newspaper article?

Answer 20

Weakening Question

Question 21

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Answer 21

Strengthening Question

Question 22

Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the archaeologist’s reasoning?

Answer 22

Strengthening Question

Question 23

Which one of the following, if true, lends the most support to the psychologist’s conclusion?

Answer 23

Strengthening Question

Question 24

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the economist’s reasoning?

Answer 24

Strengthening Question

Question 25

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must be true?

Answer 25

MUST BE TRUE (MBT)

Question 26

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

Answer 26

MUST BE TRUE (MBT)

Question 27

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?

Answer 27

MUST BE TRUE (MBT)

Question 28

The critic’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 28

SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTION (SA)

Question 29

Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion of the therapist’s argument to be properly inferred?

Answer 29

SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTION (SA)

Question 30

The argument’s conclusion is properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 30

SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTION (SA)

Question 31

The conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 31

SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTION (SA)

Question 32

The proposition that the public is now more interested in reading and hearing about crime plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

Answer 32

ARGUMENT PART (AP)

Question 33

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the statement that zooplankton feed upon phytoplankton?

Answer 33

ARGUMENT PART (AP)

Question 34

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the passage by the point that capitalism and industrialization are distinct?

Answer 34

ARGUMENT PART (AP)

Question 35

The assertion that it is not illegal to use one person as a vehicle for another's ambitions is used in the ethicist's argument in which one of the following ways?

Answer 35

ARGUMENT PART (AP)

Question 36

The veterinarian’s arguments employs which one of the following techniques?

Answer 36

Method of Reasoning

Question 37

The argument derives its conclusion by?

Answer 37

Method of Reasoning

Question 38

Betty uses which on of the following argumentative techniques in countering Alan’s argument?

Answer 38

Method of Reasoning

Question 39

The smokers response to the politicians argument:

Answer 39

Method of Reasoning

Question 40

The method the environmentalist uses to object to the land developer’s argument is to:

Answer 40

Method of Reasoning

Question 41

The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

Answer 41

Parallel Method Of Reasoning

Question 42

Which one of the following is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

Answer 42

Parallel Method Of Reasoning

Question 43

The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following arguments is most similar to that in the argument above.

Answer 43

Parallel Method Of Reasoning

Question 44

The argument is most parallel, in its logical structure, to which of the following?

Answer 44

Parallel Method Of Reasoning

Question 45

Which one of the following principles, if established, provides a basis for the advocate’s argument?

Answer 45

Principle Question

Question 46

The type of situation described above most closely conforms to which one of the following propositions?

Answer 46

Principle Question

Question 47

Which one of the following is an application of the politician’s principle of taxation?

Answer 47

Principle Question

Question 48

Which one of the following judgements most closely conform to the principle cited above?

Answer 48

Principle Question

Question 49

The parents Experience with the child most closely conforms to which one of the following generalizations?

Answer 49

Principle Question

Question 50

The representative’s argument is flawed as a counter to the insurance company’s contention because:

Answer 50

Flaw-Descriptive Weakening (flaw)

Question 51

The argument is most vulnerable to which one of the following criticisms?

Answer 51

Flaw-Descriptive Weakening (flaw)

Question 52

Which one of the following, if true, identifies a flaw in the plan for the progarm?

Answer 52

Flaw-Descriptive Weakening (flaw)

Question 53

Frank’s reasoning in his response to Maria is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it:

Answer 53

Flaw-Descriptive Weakening (flaw)

Question 54

The reasoning above is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it fails to consider the possibility that.

Answer 54

Flaw-Descriptive Weakening (flaw)

Question 55

Which one of the following contains flawed reasoning that most closely parallels that in the argument above?

Answer 55

Parallel Flaw

Question 56

Which one of the following decisions is based on flawed reasoning that is most similar to the worker’s flawed reasoning?

Answer 56

Parallel Flaw

Question 57

Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?

Answer 57

Parallel Flaw

Question 58

Which of the following contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to that in the argument above?

Answer 58

Parallel Flaw

Question 59

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?

Answer 59

Resolve Reconcile Explain

Question 60

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the surprising results of such investments?

Answer 60

Resolve Reconcile Explain

Question 61

Each of the following, if true, helps to reconcile the statements above EXCEPT:

Answer 61

Resolve Reconcile Explain

Question 62

Which one of the following, if true, does most to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

Answer 62

Resolve Reconcile Explain

Question 63

Which one of the following is a point at issue between Muriel and John?

Answer 63

Point At issue Agree & Disagree

Question 64

The main issue in dispute between Francis and Sharon is:

Answer 64

Point At issue Agree & Disagree

Question 65

Trisha and Jerod disagree over whether the institution of the family is:

Answer 65

Point At issue Agree & Disagree

Question 66

A point at issue between P and Q is whether:

Answer 66

Point At issue Agree & Disagree

Question 67

Which of the following most accurately expresses the point at issue between Juan and Michiko?

Answer 67

Point At issue Agree & Disagree