Intro to Logical Reasoning - Identify the Question Type Flashcards
Which of the following conflicts with information in the passage?
Cannot Be True
The passage, if seen as an objection to an antecedent claim, challenges that claim by?
Methods of Reasoning
Which one of the following, if true, best reconciles the discrepancy described above?
Paradox
In which one of the following does the reasoning most closely parallel that employed in the passage?
Parallel Reasoning
The disagreement between the two paleontologists is over which of the following?
Point at Issue
Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the argument?
Weaken
Clarification of which one of the following issues would be most important to an evaluation of the skeptics’ position?
Argument Evaluation
If it is concluded from the statements above that automobile theft has been reduced by the program, which one of the following would it be most important to answer in evaluating that conclusion?
Argument Evaluation
The answer to which one of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the truth of the conclusion drawn in the advertisement?
Argument Evaluation
Which one of the following would be most important to know in evaluating the hypothesis in the passage?
Argument Evaluation
If the considerations advanced in its support are true, the passage’s conclusion is supported
Argument Evaluation
Which one of the following is the most accurate assessment of the advertising sales director’s argument as a response to the magazine editor’s argument?
Argument Evaluation
That homelessness is a serious social problem figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
Argument Structure
The claim that a university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
The statement that burglar alarm systems, unlike car alarm systems, are effective in deterring burglaries plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
The claim that manufacturers manipulate and create consumer demand plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
The statement that adolescents and adults are not the same plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
Argument Structure
The phrase “certain traits like herding ability risk being lost among pedigreed dogs” serves which one of the following functions in the argument?
Argument Structure
The statement that the law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocate’s argument?
Argument Structure
If all the statements in the passage are true and if it is also true that a bookstore does not cater to mass tastes, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
Cannot Be True
Given the information in the passage, which one of the following must be false?
Cannot Be True
If all of the claims offered in support of the conclusion are accurate, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
Cannot Be True
A flaw in the argument is that the author
Errors in Reasoning