PT156.S4.Q24

PrepTest 156 - Section 4 - Question 24

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A movie studio's script readers discard all proposed scripts that are not submitted by agents, and they discard all scripts that are incorrectly formatted. ██ █ ██████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ██ █████ ███ █████████ █████████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument proceeds by establishing two separate sufficient conditions for a script being discarded by its readers (if it’s not submitted by agents and/or if it’s incorrectly formatted). It then concludes that any script that does not meet these conditions will not be discarded.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a cookie-cutter example of an argument mistaking sufficient conditions for necessary ones. The argument establishes that any script that is either not submitted by agents and/or is incorrectly formatted will be discarded, but it doesn’t establish that these are the only kinds of scripts that get discarded. It’s possible that a script could be discarded for a different reason, so these two conditions are not necessary for that outcome.

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24.

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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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