Bank deposits are credited on the date of the
transaction only when they are made before 3 P.M.
Alicia knows that the bank deposit was made before
3 P.M. So, Alicia knows that the bank deposit was
credited on the date of the transaction.
Which one of the following exhibits both of the
logical flaws exhibited by the argument above?
(A) Journalists are the only ones who will be
permitted to ask questions at the press
conference. Since Marjorie is a journalist, she
will be permitted to ask questions.
(B) We know that Patrice works only on Thursday.
Today is Thursday, so it follows that Patrice
is working today.
(C) It is clear that George knows he will be
promoted to shift supervisor, because George
will be promoted to shift supervisor only if
Helen resigns, and George knows Helen will
resign.
(D) John believes that 4 is a prime number and that
4 is divisible by 2. Hence John believes that
there is a prime number divisible by 2.
(E) Pat wants to become a social worker. It is well
known that social workers are poorly paid.
Pat apparently wants to be poorly paid.
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is it B?

Btw, is it Q related to logical flaws or logical similarity?
Q says flaws
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Bank deposits are credited on the date of the transaction only when they are made before 3 P.M. Alicia knows that the bank deposit was made before 3 P.M. So, Alicia knows that the bank deposit was credited on the date of the transaction.

Which one of the following exhibits both of the logical flaws exhibited by the argument above?

(A) Journalists are the only ones who will be permitted to ask questions at the press conference. Since Marjorie is a journalist, she will be permitted to ask questions.
(B) We know that Patrice works only on Thursday. Today is Thursday, so it follows that Patrice is working today.
(C) It is clear that George knows he will be promoted to shift supervisor, because George will be promoted to shift supervisor only if Helen resigns, and George knows Helen will resign.
(D) John believes that 4 is a prime number and that 4 is divisible by 2. Hence John believes that there is a prime number divisible by 2.
(E) Pat wants to become a social worker. It is well known that social workers are poorly paid. Pat apparently wants to be poorly paid.


Explanation:

First of all, I too agree with nitya34. It looks like a parallel reasoning exercise.

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If we try simplifying the excerpt stated above, then it will look like the following:

A happens ONLY when B happens. Alicia knows that B happened. So, Alicia knows that A also happened.

IMO, only option B & C are contenders.

The problem I find with option B is that it’s only the third person who is concluding everything about the person he/she is talking about (here Patrice). In contrast, if you analyze option C, it looks more similar to the original excerpt (about Bank deposits). Option C is a bit complicated in the sense that it doesn’t look close to the framework presented in the original excerpt but if we rearrange option C, we can see that it’s the closest of all the options.

Original option C:
It is clear that George knows he will be promoted to shift supervisor, because George will be promoted to shift supervisor only if Helen resigns, and George knows Helen will resign.

Rephrased option C:
George will be promoted to shift supervisor only if Helen resigns. George knows Helen will resign. It is clear that George knows he will be promoted to shift supervisor.
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So, option C is my choice.

Hope that helps.


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Technext
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Initially I chose B. after reading texnext's version I re-read the stimulus again.

B should be written off because the conclusion is is not structurally parallel. The correct conclusion should have been " We know that Patrice is working today."

C should be correct.

Thanks Textnext. You really made me think on this one and I really appreciate the contributions you are making to this forum.
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rampuria

I choose B. What is the OA!?

Nice explanation Ian. I just overlooked the flaw.

+1


Thanks,
Technext
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