Stem Type Identification and "True" Translation Flashcards
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following indicates a weakness in the position expressed above?
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Methods of Reasoning: Error of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage employs which one of the following argumentative strategies?
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Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument EXCEPT?
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Bizzaro Weaken
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Identify the Stem Type:
The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
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Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The pattern of reasoning displayed above is most closely paralleled in which one of the following?
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Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The answer to each of the following questions would be helpful in evaluating the representatives’ claim EXCEPT:
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Bizarro Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the main point of the passage as a whole?
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Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the argument?
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Weakens
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage?
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Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
The main point of the passage is that instituting real law consists in
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Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best completes the passage?
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Argument Completion
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following inferences is most supported by the information above?
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Must Be True
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The phrase “certain traits like herding ability risk being lost among pedigreed dogs” serves which one of the following functions in the argument?
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Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following sentences best expresses the main point of the passage?
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Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the example presented in the passage?
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Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
The main conclusion of the argument is that
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Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
In order to advance her point of view, the author does all of the following EXCEPT
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Bizarro Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is most closely parallel in its reasoning to the flawed reasoning in the argument above?
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Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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The claim that a university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
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Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
A reasoning error in the argument is that the argument
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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning
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The claim that manufacturers manipulate and create consumer demand plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
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Argument Structure
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The statement that the car Peter took got damaged and the car Alicia took did not plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
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Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
As a rebuttal of Giselle’s argument, Antoine’s response is ineffective because
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Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
In the passage, the author does which one of the following?
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Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following exhibits both of the logical flaws exhibited in the argument above?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
An error of reasoning of the same kind as one contained in the passage is present in each of EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The logical structure of the argument above is most similar to which one of the following?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The answer to which one of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the truth of the conclusion drawn in the advertisement?
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following identifies a problem with the programming director's decision process?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above, if true, would provide the strongest support for which one of the following hypotheses?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best illustrates the proposition above?
Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above most strongly support which one of the following conclusions?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following conclusions is most supported by the information above?
Must Be True
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If all the statements in the passage are true and if it is also true that a bookstore does not cater to mass tastes, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
Cannot Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
In the passage, the author
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The claim that doctoral dissertations should not be required in the humanities plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most helps account for the apparent contradiction above?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if established, could most logically serve as the principle appealed to in the argument countering the critics' claim?
Principle (Must Be True)
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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage is structured to lead to which one of the following conclusions?
Must Be True (Main Point?)
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statements above, if true, most seriously undermine which one of the following assertions?
Cannot Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Mary's decision most closely accords with which one of the following principles?
Principle (Illustration)
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Identify the Stem Type:
If Murrray and Jane are both sincere in what they say, then it can properly be concluded that they agree that
Argument Exchange: Point of Agreement
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following bet expresses the main point of the passage?
Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
The cases described by the psychologist illustrate each of the following generalizations EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following best completes the argument?
Argument Completion
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following argumentative strategies is used above?
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
In which one of the following does the reasoning most closely parallel that employed in the passage?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning used in the passage?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the main point of the passage?
Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
If the considerations advanced in its support are true, the passage's conclusion is supported
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a flaw in the argument?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Mark's response shows that he interpreted Terry's remarks to mean that
Misinterpretation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one the following relies on a questionable technique most similar to that used in Harold's reply to Genevieve?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
If all the statements in the passage are true, then which one of the following must also be true?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains a flaw that is most similar to one in the argument above?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Clarification of which one of the following issues would be most important to an evaluation of the skeptics' position?
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles, if established, would provide the strongest backing for the argument?
Principle (Strengthen)
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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage, if seen as an objection to an antecedent claim, challenges that claim by
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
A major flaw in the reasoning is that it
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following can be inferred from the information in the passage EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following issues would be LEAST important to resolve in evaluating the argument?
Bizzaro Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles provides the most appropriate completion of the argument?
Argument Completion (Principle)
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Identify the Stem Type:
Those who view is described above hold inconsistent beliefs if they also believe that
Cannot Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the apparent discrepancy noted above?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
Sims does which one of the following?
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following would be most important to know in evaluating the hypothesis in the passage?
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following has a logical structure most like that of the argument above?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Arthur's criticism suggest that he interpreted Marta to be
Argument Exchange: Misinterpretation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following accurately describes something Senator Strongwood does in advancing his argument?
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the paradox?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
The point at issue between Jones and Smith is
Argument Exchange: Point at Issue
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The statement that burglar alarm systems, unlike car alarm systems, are effective in deterring burglaries plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
Weaken
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is most parallel in its reasoning to the flawed reasoning above?
Flawed Paralell Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
A major weakness of the argument is that it
Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statement that the law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocate's argument?
Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, could by itself adequately explain the unexpected finding reported in the passage?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
The reasoning in the argument is not sound because it fails to establish that
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Alia and Martha disagree on whether
Argument Exchange: Point At Issue
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Identify the Stem Type:
The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is LEAST similar to that in which one of the following?
Bizarro Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the most accurate evaluation of the government's reply?
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
That homelessness is a serious social problem figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles most helps to justify the naturalists' argumentation?
Principle (Strengthen)
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Identify the Stem Type:
Victor's response does not succeed as a rebuttal of Lenore's argument because his response
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, best reconciles the discrepancy described above?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, supports the conclusion in the passage?
Strengthen
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the statements below follows logically from the statements in the passage?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following identifies a reasoning error in the passage?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains an error of reasoning similar to that in the argument above?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The advertisement is misleading if which one of the following is true?
Weaken
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Identify the Stem Type:
On the basis of their statements, Shanna and Jorge are committed to disagreeing about the truth of which one of the following statements?
Argument Exchange: Point at Issue
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Identify the Stem Type:
If it is concluded from the statements above that automobile theft has been reduced by the program, which one of the following would it be most important to answer in evaluating that conclusion?
Argument Evaluation
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Identify the Stem Type:
In stating the argument, the author does which one of the following?
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify this apparently paradoxical belief?
Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument?
Strengthen
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following would, by itself, help to resolve the apparent paradox described in the passage EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
A questionable technique used in the argument is to
Methods of Reasoning: Errors of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
If all of the claims offered in support of the conclusion are accurate, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
Cannot Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, in its logical features, most closely parallels the reasoning used in the passage?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Olaf's reply suggests that he misinterprets Charlene's use of the term
Argument Exchange: Misinterpretation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the argument above?
Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most clearly identifies an error in the author's reasoning?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a questionable technique used in the argument?
Methods of Reasoning: Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument counters the objection by
Methods of Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?
Main Point
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, would support the conclusion above EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Stregthen
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, indicates that the criticism of Yasukawa's research is based on a misunderstanding of it?
Misinterpretation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle cited above?
Principle (Illustration)
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each of the following, if true, provides support to the argument EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Strengthen
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following logically completes the argument?
Argument Completion
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is a point at issue between the nutritionist and the consumer advocate?
Argument Exchange: Point at Issue
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Identify the Stem Type:
The disagreement between the two paleontologists is over which one of the following?
Argument Exchange: Point at Issue
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning that most closely parallels the flawed reasoning in the argument above?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
The passage best illustrates which one of the following statements about science?
Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
The argument is flawed because it overlooks each of the following possibilities EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Each one of the following, if true, helps to explain the apparent discrepancy EXCEPT:
Bizzaro Paradox
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Identify the Stem Type:
The statement that adolescents and adults are not the same plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following conflicts with information in the passage?
Cannot Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the statements above?
Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?
Must Be True
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, most appropriately completes the explanation?
Argument Completion
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following arguments is flawed in a way most similar to the way in which the passage is flawed?
Flawed Parallel Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
A flaw in the argument is that the author
Errors in Reasoning
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the conclusion above?
Weaken
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following, if it were determined to be true, would provide the best evidence that the journal's decision will have the desired effect?
Strengthen
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Identify the Stem Type:
The student has most likely misinterpreted the professor's remark to imply that
Misinterpretation
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one the following is best illustrated by the statements above?
Illustration
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following principles, if accepted, would provide the most justification for the conclusion?
Principle (Strengthen)
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Identify the Stem Type:
Which one of the following is the most accurate assessment of the advertising sales director's argument as a response to the magazine editor's argument?
Argument Evaluation
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements can be true?
C: Could be true
I: Cannot be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each one of the following can be true EXCEPT:
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Given the information in the passage which one of the following must be false?
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements must be false?
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following can be inferred from the information in the passage EXCEPT:
C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following could be false EXCEPT:
C: Must be true
I: Not necessarily true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following CANNOT be true?
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following statements can be false?
C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
If the statements on which the conclusion above is based are all true, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following statements conflicts with the letter writer's view EXCEPT:
C: Could be true
I: Cannot be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
If all the statements in the passage are true, each of the following must also be true EXCEPT:
C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
The claims made above are compatible with each of the following EXCEPT:
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Which one of the following conflicts with information in the passage?
C: Cannot be true
I: Could be true
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TRUE v. FALSE:
Each of the following statements must be true EXCEPT:
C: Not necessarily true
I: Must be true
