PT158.S3.Q17

PrepTest 158 - Section 3 - Question 17

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Situation: A physical therapist wants her patients to derive more enjoyment from the challenge of developing physical skills. ███ ████ █████ ████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███████

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Method of Reasoning

The argument concludes that achieving one goal will result in achieving another. The first goal is enjoying practicing skills, and the second goal is spending more time practicing skills. The implied (though unstated) causal link seems to be that people devote more time to things they enjoy.

Note that this reasoning is not logically airtight: it’s conceivable that people could learn to enjoy practicing skills more, but not spend any more time practicing them. Consequently, there may be similar gaps in incorrect answer choices that accurately parallel the stimulus.

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17.

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a

A math teacher █████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████████████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ██ █████ █████ ██████████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████

b

A software manufacturer █████ ███ █████████ ██ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ██ █████ ████ ██ █████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ███ ████████

c

A librarian wants █████ ██ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ █████

d

A hardware retail ███████ █████ ██ █████████ █ ████ ██████ █████████ ███ █████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ████ ███ ███ ███ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ██████

e

A concert series ████████ █████ ██ ███████ █ ████ ██████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████

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