QUESTION: 309

When people predict that certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they believe that they have learned that the prediction is correct when the action is taken and the result occurs. On reflection, however, it often becomes clear that the result admits of more than one interpretation.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the claims above?

Judging the success of an action requires specifying the goal of the action.
Judging which action to take after a prediction is made requires knowing about other actions that have been successful in similar past situations.
Learning whether a certain predictive strategy is good requires knowing the result using that strategy through several trials.
Distinguishing a correct prediction and effective action from an incorrect prediction and ineffective action is often impossible.
Making a successful prediction requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction.

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 310

Nearly one in three subscribers to Financial Forecaster is a millionaire, and over half are in top management. Shouldn’t you subscribe to Financial Forecaster now?
A reader who is neither a millionaire nor in top management would be most likely to act in accordance with the advertisement’s suggestion if he or she drew.

Which of the following questionable conclusions invited by the advertisement?

Among finance-related periodicals. Financial Forecaster provides the most detailed financial information.
Top managers cannot do their jobs properly without reading Financial Forecaster.
The advertisement is placed where those who will be likely to read it are millionaires.
The subscribers mentioned were helped to become millionaires or join top management by reading Financial Forecaster.
Only those who will in fact become millionaires, or at least top managers, will read the advertisement.

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 311

Contrary to the charges made by some of its opponents, the provisions of the new deficit-reduction law for indiscriminate cuts in the federal budget are justified. Opponents should remember that the New Deal pulled this country out of great economic troubles even though some of its programs were later found to be unconstitutional.
The author’s method of attacking the charges of certain opponents of the new deficit-reduction law is to

attack the character of the opponents rather than their claim
imply an analogy between the law and some New Deal programs
point out that the opponents’ claims imply a dilemma
show that the opponents’ reasoning leads to an absurd conclusion
show that the New Deal also called for indiscriminate cuts in the federal budget

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 312

The opponents could effectively defend their position against the author’s strategy by pointing out that

the expertise of those opposing the law is outstanding
the lack of justification for the new law does not imply that those who drew it up were either inept or immoral
the practical application of the new law will not entail indiscriminate budget cuts
economic troubles present at the time of the New Deal were equal in severity to those that have led to the present law
the fact that certain flawed programs or laws have improved the economy does not prove that every such program can do so

Answer(s): E

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