Question 1.Question : Reporter: A new campaign finance reform bill
being considered by Congress would limit the amount of campaign
contributions that political candidates can receive. However, a
survey of candidates
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Question 1.Question : <11{1[2(06)06]}> Reporter: A new campaign finance reform bill
being considered by Congress would limit the amount of campaign
contributions that political candidates can receive. However, a
survey of candidates running for mayor, governor, and senate seats
shows that not one of them favors the bill. Clearly, there is no desire
among politicians to limit campaign contributions.
Which one of the following points out the flaw in the reporter’s
argument above?
Student Answer: The reporter doesn’t indicate the amount that the new bill
would limit campaign contributions.
The evidence provided by the reporter suggests that most
politicians are in favor of the new bill.
The reporter wrongly assumes that no politician has ever
supported a bill intended to limit campaign contributions.
The views of candidates currently running for office do not
necessarily represent the views of all politicians.
Question 2.Question : <11{1[3(02)02]}> Catherine goes to her local movie theater only to
see romantic comedies. Since Catherine did not go to the movies
yesterday, there is not a romantic comedy playing at her local
theater.
The reasoning above is flawed because the evidence:
Student Answer: does not suggest that Catherine goes to see every romantic
comedy that plays at her local movie theater.
implies that Catherine is uninterested in most types of movies.
does not indicate whether Catherine watches only romantic
comedies at home.
suggests that Catherine’s local movie theater hardly ever shows
romantic comedies.
Question 3.Question : <11{1[4(17)17]}> Mrs. Orlof teaches two history classes, one in
the morning and one in the afternoon. Yesterday she gave the same
test to both classes. Anyone who failed the test must take a retest.
Since a greater percentage of students who took the morning test
failed the test than students who took the afternoon test, more of
Orlof’s morning history students than afternoon history students
will have to take the retest.
The conclusion above is not necessarily valid because:
Student Answer: more students in the morning class may have passed the test
than failed the test.
some students may have been absent from both classes.
some of the students who passed the afternoon test may have
received information about the test from morning students.
more students may have taken the test in the afternoon than in
the morning.
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