Self-study
Most veterinarians, and especially those at university veterinary research centers, have a devoted interest in the biological sciences. ███ ████ █████████████ ██████ █████ ██████████ █████████ ███████ ████ ████ ████████ █████ ███████ ███ ███ █████████ ██████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ███ █████████ ██████████████
Summary
The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:
Notable Valid Inferences
If someone is seriously interested in the biological sciences and does not have a special love for animals, then they are not a prominent veterinarian.
Some people with a devoted interest in biology chose their profession primarily because of love for animals.
5.
If all of the statements █████ ███ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ██ █████
a
Some veterinarians have █ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████████
This could be true. The stimulus does not provide any information that compares how much veterinarians love these two things.
b
Most veterinarians love ███████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████████
This could be true. We do know that some veterinarians love animals and are interested in biology; it could be true that this is the case for most veterinarians.
c
Prominent veterinarians at ████ ██████████ ████████ ███████ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████████
This must be false. We know that if someone doesn’t love animals and is intensely interested in biology, then they are not a prominent veterinarian.
d
Few veterinarians at ██████████ ████████ ███████ █████ █████ ██████████ █████████ ███████ ████ ████ ████████
This could be true. We know that most veterinarians as a whole chose their profession primarily because they love animals, but we don’t know the quantity of veterinarians at university research centers who did so.
e
Most veterinarians who ███ ███ █████████ ██████ ██ █████████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ███████████
This could be true. The stimulus does not talk about what anyone considers the most important quality for success in their profession.