PT136.S4.Q1

PrepTest 136 - Section 4 - Question 1

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Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the results of last week’s referendum must be rigged. The results indicated that 80 percent voted in favor of the proposal. But the author believes most people must have voted against it, because everyone the author knows voted against it.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author overlooks the possibility that the people the author knows are not representative of the people who voted in the national referendum.

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1.

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

a

The argument uses ████████ █████ ████ █ ██████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ ██████████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████████

b

The argument presumes ███ █████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ██ ██████

c

The argument rejects █ █████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ███ █████ ███████

d

The argument fails ██ ████ █ ██████ ███████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ █████ ███ ███ ████ ████████ ██████

e

The argument defends █ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ███████ ███

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