PT103.S3.Q22

PrepTest 103 - Section 3 - Question 22

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Whenever she considers voting in an election to select one candidate for a position and there is at least one issue important to her, Kay uses the following principle in choosing which course of action to take: it is acceptable for me to vote for a candidate whose opinions differ from mine on at least one issue important to me whenever I disagree with each of the other candidates on even more such issues; it is otherwise unacceptable to vote for that candidate. ██ ███ ████████ ███████ █████████ ███ █████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██████

Summary

When there’s at least one issue important to Kay, then it’s acceptable for her to vote for a person with whom she disagrees on an important issue IF she disagrees with every other candidate on a greater number of important issues. If she does not disagree with every other candidate on a greater number of important issues, she cannot vote for a person with whom she disagrees about an important issue. In the upcoming election, the three candidates are L, M, and N. There’s only 1 issue important to Kay. Kay agrees with M on that issue, but she disagrees with N and L on that issue.

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The question stem asks us to draw an inference about "any" election. So we should pick an answer that logically follows from one of the principles. The details about the upcoming mayoral election aren't relevant to this question stem.

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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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