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­It has recently been proposed that Country X adopt an all volunteer army. This policy was tried on a limited basis several years ago and was a miserable failure. The level of education of the volunteers was unacceptably low, while levels of drug use and crime soared among army personnel. Can Country X trust its national defense to a volunteer army? The answer is clearly “No.”

Which of the following statements, if true, provides the most support for the claim that an all-volunteer army should not be implemented?

A. The population’s level of education has risen since the first time an all-volunteer army was tried.

B. The proposal was made by an organization called Citizens for Peace.

C. The first attempt to create a volunteer army was carried out according to the same plan now under proposal and under the same conditions as those that exist today.

D. A volunteer army would be less expensive than an army that relies on the draft.

E. Armies are smaller today than they were when a volunteer army was last proposed.



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Option C

Conclusion: Not have a volunteer army
qs: Support this conclusion

Option: C- At present: All the conditions in Country X are the same as when the proposal was implemented the first time - so If all things remain the same- then expect the same output as last time.

Rest all options support the conclusion in a way
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A. The population’s level of education has risen since the first time an all-volunteer army was tried. - This actually supports the proposal for a volunteer army.

B. The proposal was made by an organization called Citizens for Peace. - This does not hold any relevance.

C. The first attempt to create a volunteer army was carried out according to the same plan now under proposal and under the same conditions as those that exist today. - This actually justifies why having a volunteer army at the current stage will not yield any new results and would be a failure. This is the correct answer.

D. A volunteer army would be less expensive than an army that relies on the draft. - But this does not talk about the other factors that were taken into account earlier.

E. Armies are smaller today than they were when a volunteer army was last proposed. - The general mismanagement and issues would still persist as the size was not really an issue here.
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­It has recently been proposed that Country X adopt an all volunteer army. This policy was tried on a limited basis several years ago and was a miserable failure. The level of education of the volunteers was unacceptably low, while levels of drug use and crime soared among army personnel. Can Country X trust its national defense to a volunteer army? The answer is clearly “No.”

Which of the following statements, if true, provides the most support for the claim that an all-volunteer army should not be implemented?

A. The population’s level of education has risen since the first time an all-volunteer army was tried.

B. The proposal was made by an organization called Citizens for Peace.

C. The first attempt to create a volunteer army was carried out according to the same plan now under proposal and under the same conditions as those that exist today.

D. A volunteer army would be less expensive than an army that relies on the draft.

E. Armies are smaller today than they were when a volunteer army was last proposed.



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The question asks for the statement that provides the most support for the claim, so this is a strengthen question. Begin by distinguishing the argument’s conclusion from its premises, and then find the assumption.

The conclusion of the argument is easy to identify because it’s stated in the question stem: an all-volunteer army should not be implemented. As you read the passage, be on the lookout for premises that support the author’s claim.

The author provides only one piece of evidence to suggest that an all volunteer army shouldn’t be implemented: it was tried on a limited basis several years ago and was a miserable failure. According to the argument, Country X shouldn’t implement an all-volunteer army now because it didn’t work out then. This argument exhibits the analogy pattern; it assumes that the current attempt to institute an all-volunteer army will be like the previous attempt.

Because this is a strengthen question, look for answer choices that suggest the two attempts are similar. The more similar they are, the more likely the current attempt will end in failure, and the easier it is to conclude that Country X shouldn’t implement an all-volunteer army.

    A. The population’s level of education has risen since the first time an all-volunteer army was tried.

This answer choice introduces a difference between the current attempt to implement an all-volunteer army and the past attempt. If the education level of the population increased, there’s reason to expect a different result this time around. Rather than strengthen the argument against an all-volunteer army, this answer weakens it. Eliminate (A).

    B. The proposal was made by an organization called Citizens for Peace.

The identity of the group that made the proposal is out of scope. The relevant question asks whether there’s good reason to believe that acting on the proposal will end in failure. Eliminate (B).

    C. The first attempt to create a volunteer army was carried out according to the same plan now under proposal and under the same conditions as those that exist today.

Eureka! This answer introduces a relevant similarity between the two attempts to institute an all-volunteer army. If the last attempt ended in disaster, and the current attempt follows the same plan under the same conditions, there’s reason to believe the outcome will be similar. Choice (C) strengthens the argument against an all-volunteer army, so keep it.

    D. A volunteer army would be less expensive than an army that relies on the draft.

The cost of a volunteer army is out of scope. The argument concerns the trustworthiness of such an army, not its cost. Eliminate (D).

    E. Armies are smaller today than they were when a volunteer army was last proposed.

Like (A), (E) introduces a dissimilarity between the two attempts to institute a volunteer army. For that reason, it’s unlikely to be the correct answer. More importantly, like (B) and (D), it’s out of scope.

It doesn’t matter how big the army is or was, but whether it’s staffed by trustworthy people or fools and criminals. Eliminate (E).

The correct answer is (C).­
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