PT133.S3.Q22

PrepTest 133 - Section 3 - Question 22

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Principle: A police officer is eligible for a Mayor's Commendation if the officer has an exemplary record, but not otherwise; an officer eligible for the award who did something this year that exceeded what could be reasonably expected of a police officer should receive the award if the act saved someone's life.

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Summary

The author concludes: (1) Franklin should get the award; (2) Penn should not.

The principle:

If and only if an officer has an exemplary record, the officer is eligible for the award. (”But not otherwise” made this a biconditional relationship.)


If an officer who’s eligible saved someone’s life, and in saving that life did something that exceeded what’s reasonably expected of an officer, then that officer should get the award.

Missing Connection

To prove that Franklin should get the award, we want to know that he is eligible, that he saved someone life, and that he exceeded what’s reasonably expected of officers.

To prove that Penn should not get the award, we want to know that he is not eligible. To prove that he is not eligible, we want to know that he doesn’t have an exemplary record.

Note that whether Penn saved someone life or exceeded what’s reasonably expected doesn’t help establish that he shouldn’t get the award.

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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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