PT127.S2.Q23

PrepTest 127 - Section 2 - Question 23

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Ecologist: Without the intervention of conservationists, squirrel monkeys will become extinct. ███ ████ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ██████ ██ █████████████ ██████ ███████ ███ █████████ ███ █████ ████████ ███████ ████████ ██ █████████████ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ██ █████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████

Summary

First sentence - “Without” is used just like “unless” here, so it means:

If there is NO intervention of conservationists → squirrel monkeys extinct

Second sentence - “If” introduces the sufficient condition:

Tracts of second-growth forest preserved → squirrel monkeys NOT extinct

The last sentence tells us why squirrel monkeys “flourish” in second-growth forest. But it is not a conditional and does not connect to the conditionals in the first two sentences.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions

We can connect the first two sentences, although you need to do the contrapositive of one or the other to see the connection:

If there is NO intervention of conservationists → squirrel monkeys extinct → tracts of second-growth forest NOT preserved

OR

If tracts of second-growth forest preserved → squirrel monkeys NOT extinct → there was intervention of conservationists

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23.

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

a

No habitat other ████ █████████████ ██████ ████████ █████████ ████████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████

b

At least some ██ ███ ████████████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██████████ █████████████ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ████████

c

Without plentiful supplies ██ █████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███████ ████ ██████ ████████

d

If conservationists intervene ██ ████ ████████ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ████████

e

Without the intervention ██ █████████████████ █████ ██████ ██ █████████████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████

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