PT103.S1.Q21

PrepTest 103 - Section 1 - Question 21

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Method of Reasoning

The argument provides information about two subsets (faculty who are not full professors and faculty members in the linguistics department), both with some number of members that possess a trait (tenure), then concludes that those subsets must overlap (some faculty members in the linguistics department are not full professors).

Identify and Describe Flaw

The flaw lies in the assumption that the two subgroups must overlap. The argument only establishes that some tenured faculty are not full professors, but there’s no evidence that any of these individuals are in the linguistics department. It’s possible that the few tenured faculty who are not full professors all belong to other departments.

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21.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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