PT127.S1.Q20

PrepTest 127 - Section 1 - Question 20

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A recent study suggests that consuming three glasses of wine daily substantially decreases the risk of stroke. ███████ ██ ███ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████████ ████████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████████ ████ █████ ████ █ ████ ██ █████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ █████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ █████ ███████ ████ ███ █████ █████████ █████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ █████ █████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████████ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███████████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████████ ████ ██ ██████ █████ ███████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

In response to a study suggesting that drinking 3 glasses of wine daily reduces stroke risk, critics conclude that this level of drinking would not benefit overall health. As support, the critics say that binge drinkers (who drink once a week or less, but drink 3+ drinks when they do) are those most likely to drink 3+ glasses in one day, and binge drinkers are more likely to die from heart attacks. According to the critics, this heart attack risk offsets any decrease in the risk of stroke that may result from drinking 3 glasses daily.

Identify and Describe Flaw

There is a mismatch between the critics’ evidence and conclusion. Their evidence concerns binge drinkers, but their conclusion addresses daily drinkers. Since binge drinkers, by definition, don’t drink 3 glasses daily, evidence about binge drinking risks doesn’t support a conclusion about daily drinking.

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20.

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a

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b

confuses the risk ██ ██████ ███████████████ █████ ███████ ████ █████ ██████ █████

c

presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██████████ ███████ ████ ███ █████ █████████ █████████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ ████████ ███ █████

d

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e

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