PT107.S4.Q8

PrepTest 107 - Section 4 - Question 8

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Conservationist: The population of a certain wildflower is so small that the species is headed for extinction. ████████ ████ ██████████ ███ ███████████████ ████ █ ███████ ███████ ████████████ ██████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ████ █████████████████ █████ ██████ ██ █ ███████████ ██████████ ██ ████████████████ ████████ ███ █████ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████████ ██████ █████ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████████ █████████████ ██ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████████ █████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████

Summary

A specific wildflower is almost extinct, and the only way of saving it is by cross-pollinating it with a daisy, creating wildflower-daisy hybrids. While the hybrid would be very different from the original wildflower, we should still go through with the cross-pollination.

Notable Assumptions

The argument’s premises describe what would happen if this cross-pollination occurs, but the conclusion then takes a further step by saying the cross-pollination should occur. We’re looking for some principle justifying this gap - that explains why having the cross-pollination occur would be better than just allowing the wildflower to go extinct.

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8.

Which one of the following ██ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ███ █████████████████ █████████ ████████

a

The wildflower currently ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██████

b

The domesticated daisy ███ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████

c

Increasing the population ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████

d

Wildflower-daisy hybrids will ██ ████ ██ ██████████

e

The domesticated daisy ████ ███████████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██████

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