Question Stem

Question 1

Which one of the following, if true does most to explain the surprising result?

Answer 1

Resolution question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

Question 2

Which one of the following, if true, most helps resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

Answer 2

Resolution question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

Question 3

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?

Answer 3

Resolution question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

Question 4

Which one of the following, if true, helps resolve the apparent conflict described above?

Answer 4

Resolution question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to make paradox makes sense

Question 5

Which one of the following would it be most helpful to know in order to judge whether what the scientist subsequently learned called into question the Hypothesis?

Answer 5

Evaluate/crux question
Powerful

Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

Question 6

The answer to which one of the following would be the most helpful in determining whether Williams argument could be logically defended against Mariana’s objection?

Answer 6

Evaluate/crux
Powerful

Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

Question 7

The answer to which one of the following question is most relevant to evaluating the conclusion drawn above?

Answer 7

Evaluate/crux question
Powerful

Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

Question 8

Which one of the following would it be most relevant to investigate and evaluating the conclusion of the argument?

Answer 8

Evaluate/crux question
Powerful

Correct answer: a powerful pop quiz for arguments validity

Question 9

If the statement above our true, then on the basis of them which one of the following cannot be true?

Answer 9

Contradiction/must be false
Powerful

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

Question 10

If the statement above are true, each of the following could be true except:

Answer 10

Contradiction/must be false
Powerful

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

Question 11

If the information above, if accurate, can best be used as evidence against which one of the following hypothesis?

Answer 11

Contradiction /must be false
Powerful

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

Question 12

Which one of the following, If true, strongest counter Lila can make Timothy’s objection?

Answer 12

Counter question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy second speakers argument

Question 13

Which one of the following, if true, would provide Cena with the strongest counter to Gabriel‘s response?

Answer 13

Counter question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy second speakers argument.

Question 14

The conclusion about follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 14

Sufficient assumption
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

Question 15

The arguments conclusion can be drawn properly if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 15

Sufficient assumption
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

Question 16

Which one of the following is an assumption that would allow the conclusion about to be properly drawn?

Answer 16

Sufficient assumption
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to prove conclusion 100% valid

Question 17

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the argument?

Answer 17

Strengthen question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

Question 18

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Answer 18

Strengthen question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

Question 19

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most strongly supports the reasoning above?

Answer 19

Strengthen question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

Question 20

Which one of the following principles, if Relied, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument?

Answer 20

Strengthen question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to help arguments conclusion

Keywords:

Question 21

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously Weakens the argument above?

Answer 21

Weaken Question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to destroy arguments conclusion

Keywords: Weaken, Most undermines the conclusion, attack, refute, argue against, calls into question, cast doubt, challenge, damage, counter.

Question 22

Which one of the following, if true, most tends to undermine the argument?

Answer 22

Weaken Question
Powerful

Correct answer: the most powerful thing you can find to destroy arguments conclusion

Keywords: Weaken, Most undermines the conclusion, attack, refute, argue against, call into question, cost doubt, challenge, damage, counter.

Question 23

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

Answer 23

Conclusion or main point question
Provable

Correct answer: a provable translation of conclusion

Question 24

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?

Answer 24

Conclusion or main point question
Provable

Correct answer: a provable translation of the conclusion

Question 25

If the statement above is true, which of the following must also be true?

Answer 25

Inference question
Must be true question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true
Provable answer

Question 26

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?

Answer 26

Inference question
Must be true question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true
Provable answer

Question 27

Which one of the following can Properly be concluded from the information given above?

Answer 27

Inference question
Must be true question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true
Provable answer

Question 28

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

Answer 28

Inference question
Must be true question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true
Provable answer

Question 29

If the statements above are true? Which one of the following is an inference that can be properly drawn on the basis of them?

Answer 29

Inference question
Must be true question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove definitely must be true
Provable answer

Question 30

Which of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

Answer 30

Most strongly supported question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true

Keyword: most strongly supported
Most strongly suggested

Question 31

The statement above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

Answer 31

Most strongly supported question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true

Keyword: most strongly supported
Most strongly suggested

Question 32

The information above provides the most support for which one of the following statements?

Answer 32

Most strongly supported question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing that you can prove is very, very, very likely to be true

Keyword: most strongly supported
Most strongly suggested

Question 33

Which one of the following most logical completes the argument?

Answer 33

Inference/fill in question - With extra guidance
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove completes the authors thought.

Keywords: complete/concludes
A blank at the end of the stimulus

Question 34

The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one of the following completes the argument?

Answer 34

Inference/fill in question - With extra guidance
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove completes the authors thought.

Keywords: complete/concludes
A blank at the end of the stimulus

Question 35

Max and Sherine disagree over whether

Answer 35

Controversy/disagree question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about

Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion

Question 36

The statements above provide the most support for holding that Sandra would disagree with Yuly about which one of the following statements?

Answer 36

Controversy/disagree question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about

Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion

Question 37

Which one of the following is the point at issue between Aubrey and Ty?

Answer 37

Controversy/disagree question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about

Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion

Question 38

The exchange between JT and Carolina most strongly supports the view that they disagree as to

Answer 38

Controversy/disagree question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about

Question stem key word: point at issue, point of disagreement, disagree, differing opinion

Question 39

On the basis of their statements, Jim and Pam are committed to agreeing about which one of the following?

Answer 39

Agreement question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove the two speakers agree about

Question stem keywords: agree on, point of agreement, committed to agreeing.

Question 40

If Rita and Hannah are both sincere and what they say, they can be properly concluded that they agree that

Answer 40

Agreement question
Provable

Correct answer: the thing you can prove the two speakers agree about

Question stem keywords: agree on, point of agreement, committed to agreeing.

Question 41

The argument assumes which one of the following?

Answer 41

Necessary assumption question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true.

Use LOOPHOLE

Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption
The conclusion does not follow unless
The argument assumes which one


Question 42

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

Answer 42

Necessary assumption question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true.

Use LOOPHOLE

Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption
The conclusion does not follow unless
The argument assumes which one

Question 43

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

Answer 43

Necessary assumption question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true.

Use LOOPHOLE

Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption
The conclusion does not follow unless
The argument assumes which one

Question 44

The argument depends on assuming that

Answer 44

Necessary assumption question
Provable

Correct answer: The thing you can prove must be true, if your conclusion is true.

Use LOOPHOLE

Question stem keywords: necessary/depends/required/relies/assumes/assumption
The conclusion does not follow unless
The argument assumes which one

Question 45

Which one of the following most accurately describes how the argument proceeds?

Answer 45

Method question
Describe question
Method of reasoning question

Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)

Question 46

Of the following, Which one is most accurately describes Tom’s strategy of argumentation?

Answer 46

Method question
Describe question
Method of reasoning question

Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)

Question 47

The relationship of Dennis’s response to Malcolm’s argument is that Dennis’s response

Answer 47

Method question
Describe question
Method of reasoning question

Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)

Question 48

Wendell response to Dominic’s argument by

Answer 48

Method question
Describe question
Method of reasoning question

Correct answer choice: A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

Question stem key word: argument precedes by, describes, argumentative technique/method of reasoning/strategy of argumentation, response by (in debates)

Question 49

The reference to the complaint of several centuries ago that powerful memory and extemporaneous eloquence were being destroyed please which one of the following rules in the argument?

Answer 49

Argument part question
Provable

Correct answer choice: approvable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument

Question stem keywords: role in the argument, functions in the argument, argument part, the reference to/the statement that, quoting a phrase from the stimulus. 

Question 50

The statement that the law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocates argument?

Answer 50

Argument part question
Provable

Correct answer choice: approvable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument

Question stem keywords: role in the argument, functions in the argument, argument part, the reference to/the statement that, quoting a phrase from the stimulus.

Question 51

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

Answer 51

Classic flaw question
Provable

Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong

Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.

Question 52

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the reasoning of the argument?

Answer 52

Classic flaw question
Provable

Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong

Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.

Question 53

Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?

Answer 53

Classic flaw question
Provable

Answer choice: look for approval description of what the argument did wrong

Keywords: flaw/flawed, most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it, questionable technique employed, the reasoning in the argument/the reasoning above.

Question 54

Discolors reasoning is flawed because the scholar presumes without giving sufficient justification that

Answer 54

Loophole flaw question
Provable

Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix}

Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that

Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.

Question 55

The reasoning in the researchers argument is questionable in that the argument overlooks the possibility that

Answer 55

Loophole flaw question
Provable

Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix}

Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that

Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.

Question 56

The advertisement reasoning is most wanna able to criticism on the ground that it feels to consider whether

Answer 56

Loophole flaw question
Provable

Question stem keyword: most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that + {Loophole flaw prefix}

Loophole flaw prefix: Mistakenly assumes, fails to consider/establish, presumed without providing sufficient justification, takes for granted, overlooks the possibility that

Correct answer choice: approvable description of how argument overlooked the loophole.

Question 57

Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle Illustrated above?

Answer 57

Principal conform question
Provable

Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example



Question 58

Which one of the following prepositions is best illustrated by situation described in the passage?

Answer 58

Principal conform question
Provable

Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example

Question 59

The reasoning above Conforms most closely to which one of the following prepositions?

Answer 59

Principal conform question
Provable

Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example

Question 60

Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the passage?

Answer 60

Principal conform question
Provable

Question stem keywords: principle/proposition, most closely confirms, illustrate, situation/example

Question 61

Which one of the following arguments exhibit flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?

Answer 61

Parallel flaw question
Provable

Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy

Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.

Question 62

The flawed reasoning in which one of the following arguments most closely resembles the flawed reasoning in the argument above?

Answer 62

Parallel flaw question
Provable

Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy

Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.

Question 63

Which one of the following is most appropriate as an analogy demonstrating that the reasoning in the argument above is flawed?

Answer 63

Parallel flaw question
Provable

Question stem keywords: parallel, Pattern of reasoning, flawed/Dubious/questionable, Faulty, analogy

Answer choice: AC will have same flaw as the stimulus.