PT115.S4.Q26

PrepTest 115 - Section 4 - Question 26

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Commentator: Because of teacher hiring freezes, Support the quality of education in that country will not improve. █████ ██ ████ ██████ ████████████

Method of Reasoning

This argument starts with the premise that the quality of education in a certain country won’t improve. Knowing that the quality of education in that country won’t go up, the author assumes that it will go down (deteriorate).

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of false dichotomy, wherein the author assumes that only two options exist. While it’s true that the quality of education in the country won’t improve (we know that from the premise), that doesn’t mean it will get worse! There’s a third option here: the education quality could also remain constant.

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26.

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a

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b

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c

Since funding levels ███ ██████ ████████ ███ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ███████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ███████████

d

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e

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