PT125.S2.Q23

PrepTest 125 - Section 2 - Question 23

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The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:

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23.

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a

The only food ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ██ ███ █████████████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █████████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ██ ███ █████████████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ███ ████ █████

Mismatched premises and conclusion. The stimulus gives a conditional chain of A→B→C; (A) gives two independent sufficient conditions for one necessary condition (food in apartment→ in refrigerator; food purchased in the last week → in refrigerator).

The stimulus concludes A→C; (A) concludes that there is a conditional relationship between the two independent sufficient conditions (food in apartment→ food purchased in the last week).

9%
b

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Mismatched premises and conclusion. The stimulus gives a conditional chain of A→B→C; (B) gives one sufficient condition with two independent necessary conditions (food in refrigerator→ in apartment; food in refrigerator→ purchased in the last week.

The stimulus concludes A→C; (B) concludes that there is a conditional relationship between the two independent necessary conditions (food in apartment→ food purchased in the last week).

6%
c

All the food ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ██ ███ █████████████ █████ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████ ███ ████ █████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ███ ████ █████

The diagram for (C) matches the diagram of the stimulus:

67%
d

The only food ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ██ ███ █████████████ █████ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████ ███ ████ █████ ██████████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █████████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ██ ███ ██████████

Mismatched conclusion. The stimulus gives the conditional chain A→B→C and concludes A→C; (D) gives a similar conditional chain (food in apartment→ food in refrigerator→ purchased in the last week) but then reverses the conditional relationship. Instead of concluding “food in apartment→ purchased in the last week,” (D) makes the invalid conclusion of “purchased in the last week→ food in apartment.”

13%
e

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Mismatched premises and conclusion. The stimulus gives a conditional chain of A→B→C; (E) gives one sufficient condition with two independent necessary conditions (food purchased in the last week→ in refrigerator; food purchased in the last week→ in apartment.

The stimulus concludes A→C; (E) concludes that there is a conditional relationship between the two independent necessary conditions (food in apartment→ food in refrigerator).

4%

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