LR Question Types Flashcards
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conservationist’s argument?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, most calls into question the view above?
Weaken
The answer to which one of the following questions would most help in evaluating the argument?
Crux
Which one of the following would be most useful to know in order to evaluate the argument?
Crux
Which one of the following, if assumed, would allow the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
Sufficient
The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
Necessary
Which one of the following is an assumption required by the economist’s argument?
Necessary
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the medical specialists’ two claims?
Resolve
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the statistical claim above?
Explain
Which one of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the behavior of the vervet monkeys described above?
Explain
If Murray and Jane are both sincere in what they say, then it can be properly concluded that they agree that…
Agree
The reasoning in the passage is most similar to that in which one of the following?
Parallel
Which one of the following most accurately describes an error in the argument’s reasoning?
Flaw
The editorial’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
Flaw
Which one of the following most accurately describes the method of reasoning?
Describe
The argument proceeds by employing which one of the following approaches?
Describe
Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the passage by the claim that nonmarine animals have scales?
Role
The assertion that insects do not literally breathe figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
Role
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?
Main Point
If the statements above are true, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
MBF
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
~MBT
Which one of the following is best illustrated by the information above?
~MBT
Which one of the following follows logically from the example above?
MBT
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?
MBT
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy described above?
Resolve
Each of the following, if true, helps to resolve the survey’s apparently paradoxical results EXCEPT
Resolve
Which one of the following is an assumption the argument requires?
Necessary
The sociologist’s argument requires the assumption that…
Necessary
The argument depends on the assumption that…
Necessary
The argument above depends on assuming which one of the following?
Necessary
Trent’s argument assumes that…
Necessary
Which one of the following principles must be assumed in order for the psychologist’s conclusion to be properly drawn?
Necessary
The expert’s argument depends on assuming which one of the following?
Necessary
If all of the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true?
MBT
Which one of the following, if assumed, enables Chapin’s conclusion to be properly drawn?
Sufficient
The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient
Assuming the truth of the passage, one can conclude from it that the number of adolescent boys with asthma is approximately equal to the number of adolescent girls with asthma, if one also knows that
Sufficient
Atrens’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient
The producer’s conclusion is properly inferred if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient
Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage?
MBT
Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?
~MBT
If the statements in the passage are correct, which one of the following can be properly concluded from them?
MBT
Which one of the following can most reasonably be concluded on the basis of the information above?
~MBT
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?
MBT
Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principles stated above?
~MBT
The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Sufficient
Which one of the following is an assumption required by the literary critic’s argument?
Necessary
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most strongly supports the researcher’s reasoning?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, would account for the statistic above without supporting the author’s conclusion?
Weaken
The new theory assumes that…
Necessary
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the principle underlying the argument?
Strengthen
The reasoning in the argument most closely conforms to which one of the following principles?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if true, argues most strongly for the inclusion of the antidilution provision of the law?
Strengthen
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the music critic’s argument?
Strengthen
Which one of the following, if it occurred, would be the strongest evidence favoring Ms. Fring’s position over Mr. Blatt’s position?
Strengthen
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the bus driver’s argument?
Strengthen
The parent’s experience with the child most closely conforms to which one of the following generalizations?
Strengthen
