PT157.S3.Q19

PrepTest 157 - Section 3 - Question 19

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Method of Reasoning

The argument proceeds by attempting to trigger a conditional chain. It establishes that if the committee accepts a film, then a distributor buys it, which means the film’s backers will be assured of recouping their investment. It then negates the beginning of this chain by establishing that this film was not accepted by the committee and concludes that the film’s backers will therefore not recoup their investment.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a cookie-cutter example of an argument mistaking a sufficient condition for a necessary one. Specifically, it attempts to trigger a conditional chain by negating the sufficient (the film was not accepted). The argument’s conditional chain establishes that a film’s backers will recoup their investment if their film is accepted, but it does not establish that this is the only way for them to recoup their investment. It’s possible that the backers could earn their money back through some other means.

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19.

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a

If a film ███ █ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ███ ███ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ████ █ ████ ██████

b

If a film ████████ ███████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ █ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ █ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ████ ████ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ████ █ ████ ███ ██ █████████

c

If a film ██ ████████ ██ █ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █ ████████ ███████

d

If a film ██ █ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ █ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ██████

e

If a film ███ █ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████████ █ ███████ ████████ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ███ █ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██ █████

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