PT103.S2.Q17

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PrepTest 103 - Section 2 - Question 17

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Commissioner: Conclusion I have been incorrectly criticized for having made my decision on the power plant issue prematurely. █ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███████████ ████ ████████ █ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████████ █ ██ ████ ████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ████ █ ████████ █████ ████ ███ ████████████ ███████████ ██ ████ ███████████ █ ██████ ████ ███ ███████████████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The commissioner concludes that critics are incorrect to claim that a decision about a power plant was premature. Why? Because the decision was based on a neighborhood association report, which the commissioner is certain contains accurate information (even though the commissioner hasn’t read it closely). Also, the commissioner agreed with a previous recommendation from this association about a different issue.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The commissioner concludes that a decision was not premature, even though it was based on a single report which the commissioner hadn’t studied closely. This is supported only by a baseless assurance that the report is accurate, and a favorable view of a previous report on a different issue.

The overarching flaw is that the commissioner relies too much on a single, unverified report by an organization of unknown reliability.

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The commissioner accepts the association’s report as the only necessary basis for a decision, but offers no assurance that the association is not biased.

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The commissioner does not appear to have an incomplete recollection of the association’s recommendation. Also, the conclusion is about whether the decision was hasty, not about the recommendation itself.

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The commissioner uses the association’s report as the only basis for a decision, without ever mentioning the possibility of considering other evidence or explaining why other evidence is not necessary.

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The commissioner claims to be “sure” that the report is accurate, but admits to having not studied it in detail. However, without having studied the report in detail, the commissioner cannot really be sure of its accuracy.

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The commissioner uses an agreement with a past report to defend the use of the association’s current recommendation as the only basis for a decision. However, the past report does not guarantee the quality of the present recommendation.

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68% of people who answer get this correct

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Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 147

158

75% 170

Analysis

Question Stem Tags

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Flaw or descriptive weakening

Stimulus Tags

Fact v. belief v. knowledge

Answer Popularity

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10%

163

68%

169

16%

164

158

161

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