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