PT128.S3.Q6

PrepTest 128 - Section 3 - Question 6

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Melchior: Some studies have linked infants' consumption of formula made from cow's milk to subsequent diabetes. ████████████ ███████ ██████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ████████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ ██████ ██ ███████ █████████ █████████ ██ ████████ ████████████

Summarize Argument

Melchior concludes parents should feed cow’s milk formula to their infants, even though some studies have linked infant consumption of cow’s milk formula to diabetes. As support, Melchior says that cow’s milk provides nutrients that are beneficial for infants’ development.

Identify and Describe Flaw

We know that cow’s milk formula has been linked with diabetes. From the information given, it could still be the case that there are other formula options that provide the beneficial nutrients without the risk of diabetes.

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6.

The reasoning in Melchior's argument ██ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██

a

defends a certain ████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ ███ █ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███████████ ███████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ███████

b

draws a conclusion ████ ██████ ████████ █ █████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████

c

inappropriately introduces normative ██████ ██ ███████ ██ █ ██████████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████

d

distorts an argument ███████ ███████ █████ ████ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ █████████ ████████

e

confuses an absence ██ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ █ █████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ███████ █ █████

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