PT122.S1.Q15

PrepTest 122 - Section 1 - Question 15

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The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:

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15.

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a

If all classes ███ █████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ██ █ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ███ █ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ███ █████████

Mismatched premises. The stimulus gives a conditional relationship with two sufficient conditions in conjunction, fails the necessary condition, then concludes that either one of the sufficient conditions must fail. (A) gives a conditional relationship with two sufficient conditions in conjunction (if all classes are canceled AND biology lab is a class, then biology lab is canceled), but (A) then fails one of the sufficient conditions (/biology lab is a class) instead of failing the necessary condition.

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b

If all medical ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ █████████████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████

Mismatched conclusion. The stimulus concludes that either one of the two sufficient conditions must have failed; (B) concludes that both of the sufficient conditions must have failed (that not all medical research is significant AND this research is not medical).

6%
c

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The argument structure for (C) matches the structure of the stimulus:

84%
d

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Mismatched conclusion. The stimulus concludes that either one of the two sufficient conditions must have failed; (D) concludes by specifying which of the two sufficient conditions must have failed (/clinical psychology is a science). The stimulus does not specify which of the two sufficient conditions must have failed, so (D) does not match the structure of the stimulus.

2%
e

If all classes ███ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ █████ ██ █ ███████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ███ █ ████████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █████

Mismatched premises. The stimulus gives a conditional relationship with two sufficient conditions in conjunction; (E) gives a conditional relationship with one sufficient condition (all classes are canceled today) and two necessary conditions (today is a holiday and the library is closed).

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