What distinguishes a premise from a conclusion?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Separate support from the conclusionA premise is offered as support; the conclusion is the claim that support is intended to establish.
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Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension foundations for the current cycle through June 2027; original shortened reading selections.
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Sample flashcards, with answers
What should a passage map record?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Map a passage before collecting detailsThe author's main purpose and the role of each major part.
Why can a large voluntary-response poll remain biased?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Match the sample to the populationPeople who choose to respond can differ systematically from the population of interest.
What constrains a reading-comprehension inference?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Infer carefully from the textThe passage's evidence, logical relations, and qualifications.
What is reverse causation?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Compare causal explanationsThe supposed outcome influences the supposed cause or who receives it.
Does adding a condition necessarily reject the original consideration?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Compare positions without exaggerating disagreementNo. An author can accept a consideration while denying that it is sufficient alone.
If A requires B, which implication is licensed?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Preserve necessary and sufficient conditionsA implies B.
What extra quantity is needed to turn a percentage into a count?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Control quantities and scopeThe size of the population to which the percentage applies.
What makes a difference relevant to an analogy?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Test the relevant similarityIt affects the mechanism or condition that supports transferring the result.
Does a speaker's financial interest show that the speaker's factual claim is false?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Evaluate evidence rather than labelsNo. It is a reason for scrutiny, not by itself a disproof.
Why can nonobservation fail to establish absence?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Match claim strength to evidenceThe method, time, or amount of observation may be inadequate to detect what is present.
Why is purchase price not always the relevant total cost?
Answer & explanation
Learn: Expose the value and comparison in a recommendationOperating, maintenance, and other costs can change the comparison over the chosen time horizon.
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