PT113.S4.Q4

PrepTest 113 - Section 4 - Question 4

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Support An overwhelming number of industry's chief executive officers who earn over $250,000 annually attended prestigious business schools. █████████ █████ ███████ ███ ████████ █ ███████████ ████████ ███████ ████ ██ █ █████ █████████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ████████ █████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument starts with a “some” relationship: many CEOs who earn over $250,000 annually attended prestigious business schools. On that basis, it concludes that a person who attended a prestigious business school must be a CEO who earns over $250,000 each year.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This commits two cookie cutter flaws. First, it confuses the necessary and sufficient conditions: the premise tells us that a lot CEOs earning over $250,000 attended prestigious business schools, but it doesn’t tell us what percentage of people who attended prestigious business schools are CEOs earning over $250,000. We know that Greta went to a prestigious business school, but that doesn’t tell us anything about her likelihood of being a CEO who earns over $250,000! Second, the argument uses a “many” relationship from the premise (”an overwhelming number of”) to support an “all” relationship in the conclusion (”must be”).

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4.

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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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