Logical Reasoning: Wrong Answer Types

Question 0

Explain the wrong answer

Irrelevant Comparison

Answer 0

A choice that compares two items or attributes in a way not germane to the author’s argument or statements

Question 1

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Outside the scope

Answer 1

A choice containing a statement that is too broad, too narrow, or beyond the purview of the stimulus

Question 2

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Extreme

Answer 2

A choice containing language too emphatic to he supported by the stimulus; extreme choices are often characterized by words such as all, never, every or none

Question 3

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Distortion

Answer 3

A choice that mentions details from the stimulus but mangles or misstates the relationship between them given or implied by the author

Question 4

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180

Answer 4

A choice that directly contradicts what the answer must say (an answer the strengthens the argument in a weaken problem…)

Question 5

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Faulty use of detail

Answer 5

A choice that accurately states something from the Stimulus but in a manner that answers the question incorrectly. This type is rarely used in Logical Reasoning…