PT119.S2.Q20

PrepTest 119 - Section 2 - Question 20

Show analysis

Support Professor Donnelly's exams are always more difficult than Professor Curtis's exams. ███ ████████ █████ █████████ ███ ██ █████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████████

Method of Reasoning

Because Professor Donnelly’s exams are always more difficult than Professor Curtis’s exams, the author concludes that a given question from Professor Donnelly’s exam must be difficult.

Identify and Describe Flaw

As the question stem points out, there are two cookie-cutter flaws in this argument:


Part vs. whole: The author erroneously assumes that, because Professor Donnelly’s exams are more difficult than Professor Curtis’ overall, an individual question from Professor Donnelly’s exam must be more difficult.
Relative vs. absolute: The author assumes that a relative relationship (Professor Donnelly’s exams are more difficult than Professor Curtis’) proves an absolute quality (Professor Donnelly’s exams are difficult).

User Avatar Analysis by HollyShulman
Show answer
20.

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

a

Lewis is a ██████ █████ ████ █████████ █████ ████ ████ █████ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██████

b

Porter's new book ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████████ ███ █████ ██ ██ ████ ██ █████

c

Professor Whitburn is ████████ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ █ ███ ██ ████████ ██████████ ████ ██████ ███████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ██████

d

Shield's first novel ███ █ ████ ███████████ ████ ████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███ ████████ ██████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████████

e

Mathematics is more █████████ ████ ████████ ██████████ ██ ████████ ████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ █████

Confirm action

Are you sure?