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Palmistry—the art of understanding an individual's present personality and predicting his or her future state through the study of the shape, size, and lines of the hands—is an unscientific technique. In a study, most palmists' assertions about the present financial status of the individuals in the sample population were found to be mere intelligent guesses. Which one of the following is an assumption necessary to the argument?
Individuals with the same financial status usually do not have a similar personality.
There is a stable correlation between an individual's personality and his or her financial status.
Palmistry is an effective means of predicting how personalities of individuals evolve over the long term.
There are numerous other methods for understanding the personality of an individual that are more precise than palmistry.
The financial future of a person is one of the most important concerns that palmists address.
Each year, the number of students caught copying in examination is nearly the same as the number of students caught driving without a valid driving license and the number of students caught traveling without a valid ticket. Therefore, the outcry about copying in examination ought to be put to rest, as the act of copying in examination is in fact almost as mundane as the acts of driving without a valid driving license or traveling without a valid ticket. Which one of the following, if true, would most effectively undermine the author's argument?
Although the number of students caught driving without a valid driving license each year is very small, the total number of incidences of students traveling without a valid ticket is many times greater.
The punishments upon being caught copying in examination are graver than those upon being caught driving without a valid driving license or traveling without a valid ticket.
Fewer students would take their chances with driving without a valid driving license and traveling without a valid ticket than with copying in examination.
Cheating in general—including copying in examination—is more prevalent than driving without a valid driving license.
The prevalence of wrongdoings such as copying in examination, driving without a valid driving license or traveling without a valid ticket among students is inversely proportional to their probability of getting caught.
If Amy were a tall and fair actress from the mainstream film industry, she would have won the best actress award. She is not a tall and fair actress since she has not won the best actress award. The conclusion above is flawed because the author does not consider that Amy could
have won an award for scriptwriting
be a singer from the mainstream film industry
be a tall and fair actress from a non-mainstream film industry
be an actress belonging to a mainstream theatre group
have won an award for some other mainstream work
A hundred students of Midtown college were asked to pick their preference for one of three genres of movies: romantic, drama, and tragedy. Each of them picked one of the three genres. More than half picked romantic, more than a quarter picked drama and at least one picked tragedy. When asked about the genre of the movie Titanic, however, more than three quarter viewed it as a romantic movie. If all of the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?
Only the students whose preferences were romantic and drama genres of movies viewed Titanic as a romantic movie.
Only the students whose preferences were romantic and tragedy genres of movies viewed Titanic as a romantic movie.
At least one student from each genre of movies viewed Titanic as a romantic movie.
Some students whose preference was romantic genres of movies viewed Titanic as a romantic movie.
Some students whose preference was tragedy genres of movies viewed Titanic as a romantic movie.
Arguing for the acquittal of his client from the charge of murdering the client's wife, the attorney reasoned that since neither the garage nor the main door of the client's home was bolted on the night of the murder, a thief must have trespassed on the home to steal valuables, and upon an unexpected confrontation with the client's wife, murdered her. The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
The city administration could not find a solution to either water shortage or waterlogging problems; thus, it had to eat a humble pie and publicly accept responsibility for its lackluster approach.
Due to the work strike of railroads and the non-availability of sufficient buses during the rush hours – the only two modes of transport used by John, he may have faced a hard time commuting during the rush hours.
In a 100-meter race, two of Amy's co-participants won Silver and Bronze and she performed exceedingly well; it follows that Amy won Gold.
The evidence collected reveals that the financial fraud was executed by neither one nor all the team members. Therefore, it can be concluded that it was executed by either some team members or a third party.
In an annual test of Midland high school students, the average score of neither the boys nor the girls is more than 50; thus, the average score of the total students is not more than 50.
The parliamentarian has often stated that no crime that impacts only a few individual victims deserves capital punishment and, therefore, capital punishment should be awarded only for the rarest of rare crimes that threaten the survival or well-being of the society as a whole. When gruesome crimes involving only one or two victims but generally viewed as deserving capital punishment are cited as possible counterexamples, the parliamentarian justifies his stance by saying that if those crimes deserve capital punishment, they cannot have impacted only a few individual victims. The parliamentarian's reasoning contains which one of the following errors?
It contains an unfounded acceptance of a popular opinion.
It relies on the parliamentarian's authority on legal or sociological matters.
It seeks to convince by emotion rather than logic.
It attempts to substantiate a viewpoint by appeal to an unrelated contemplation.
It assumes what it intends to substantiate.
As per a report published by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, in the last five years, the per capita income of American workers employed in Agriculture and allied services has increased by 10 percent while that of American workers employed in other sectors has increased by 20 percent. Therefore, American workers employed in other sectors now earn a higher per capita income than those employed in Agriculture and allied services. The argument's reasoning is questionable because the argument fails to rule out the possibility that
five years ago, fewer American workers were employed in other sectors than in Agriculture and allied services
five years ago, the per capita income of American workers employed in other sectors was significantly less than that of American workers employed in Agriculture and allied services
over the last five years, the number of American workers employed in other sectors has decreased
over the last five years, many American workers who were previously employed in Agriculture and allied services shifted to other sectors
the total national income generated by Agriculture and allied services now is still greater than that generated by other sectors
Henry: An average American car driver drives a thousand miles per month. If all American car drivers drove only five miles less daily, their monthly mileage would reduce by 15 percent. Five miles is ten thousand steps, the amount of daily walking recommended by doctors for good health. Therefore, if the government could persuade car drivers to drive five miles less daily and walk that distance instead, the total transport-related carbon emissions in the United States would reduce by 15 percent. Bill: Cars are responsible for 30 percent of all transport-related carbon emissions in the United States. Bill's response to Henry proceeds by
refuting an assumption on which Henry's argument relies
discrediting Henry's argument by giving of erroneous information
arguing that the benefit of Henry's hypothetical measure might also be achieved in another way
citing seemingly irrefutable evidence that contradicts one of the stated premises on which Henry's argument depends
providing additional information in support of Henry's argument
Tony: Most web-pages on the internet have numerous enticing and hard-to-ignore hyperlinks, with each hyperlink leading to further hyperlinks and so on. Regularly falling into this bottomless hole of distracting and mostly trivial information on the internet decreases the ability of heavy internet users to do complex reasoning that requires focus and attention. James: A research study has found that heavy internet users did better than infrequent users on tests for focus and attention and also had stronger muscles in the brain areas associated with complex reasoning, which suggests a higher usage of these muscles. The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Tony and James disagree with each other about whether
focus and attention are necessary to do complex reasoning
most web-pages on the internet require internet users to do complex reasoning
most web-pages on the internet have hard-to-ignore hyperlinks
heavy internet usage decreases a person's ability to do complex reasoning
heavy internet users are more
The Urban Intelligence Unit publishes an annual Livability Ranking, which ranks 100 American cities for their quality of life based on assessments of urban infrastructure, healthcare, education, crime rates, culture and climate. Yet, this ranking should also consider unemployment rates. After all, if a city is unable to offer work opportunities to a sizeable proportion of its population that needs to work for survival, the quality of life for that proportion would be abysmal.
The claim that the Livability Ranking should consider unemployment rates in a city plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
It offers a reason to support the conclusion.
It is an assertion that refutes the conclusion.
It is a principle from which the conclusion is derived.
It is a premise of the argument.
It is a conclusion of the argument.
