PT131.S3.Q14

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PrepTest 131 - Section 3 - Question 14

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Economist: A country's trade deficit may indicate weakness in its economy, but it does not in itself weaken that economy. ██ ███████████ ███████ ██ ██████ █ █████ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████████ ████ █ █████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ████ █ █████████ ████████ ████████████

Summarize Argument

The economist implicitly concludes that restricting imports to reduce a trade deficit won’t won't have an effect on the strength of the country's economy. She argues that this course of action would be just as ineffective as sticking a thermometer in cold water to lower someone’s fever. This is because, although a country’s trade deficit may indicate economic weakness, the trade deficit does not in itself weaken the country’s economy.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The economist uses an analogy to show that restricting imports to reduce a trade deficit won’t strengthen the economy because the trade deficit isn’t causing economic weakness. She compares it to the pointless act of sticking a thermometer in cold water to lower a fever, suggesting that restricting imports would be just as useless.

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The economist's argument employs which ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████

claiming that a ███████ ██████████ ███████ █ █████████

The economist never points out a crucial assumption in someone else’s argument, nor does she point out any falsehoods.

demonstrating that an ███████ ██████████ ████ ██ █████████ █ ███████ ██████████ ██ ██████

The economist uses an analogy, but not in the way that (B) describes. (B) suggests that the economist is showing that someone else’s analogy used to support their conclusion is flawed. This is not the case. Instead, she draws her own analogy to support her own conclusion.

appealing to an ███████ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ████████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ██████

The economist uses an analogy to show that one course of action (restricting imports to reduce a trade deficit) would be just as futile as another course of action (sticking a thermometer in a cold water to lower a fever).

calling into question ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ █ █████ ██ ████

The economist doesn’t question the authority of anyone making any claims. She doesn’t actually challenge any claims at all.

showing that a ███████████ ██████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ ██████████ ████████████

The economist shows that a particular course of action would be useless. She doesn’t necessarily challenge a “recommended” course of action, and she certainly doesn’t claim that it would have disastrous consequences.

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92% of people who answer get this correct

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

25% 129

139

75% 149

Analysis

Question Stem Tags

Method of reasoning or descriptive

Stems that ask us to articulate, in abstract terms, the structure of the argument in the stimulus.

Stimulus Tags

Analogy

Stimuli that feature arguments by analogy, where the success or failure of that analogy informs the answer choices.

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92%

165

149

146

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